All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 241
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Express Newspapers cuts PMI costs
Express Newspapers has reduced its private medical insurance (PMI) premiums by 10%.The publishing firm, which has titles including the Daily Express, the Sunday Express, the Daily Star and the Daily Star on Sunday, appointed PMI Health Group to broker its PMI scheme for its 600 employees. One of its sister ...
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AnalysisBuyer’s guide to private medical insurance
The factsWhat is private medical insurance (PMI)? PMI is health insurance to cover employees for the treatment of curable short-term medical conditions. Cover can include consultations, diagnostic tests and in-patient and out-patient procedures.What are the origins of PMI?The roots of PMI can be traced back to the late 19th century, ...
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Case StudiesCapital One builds enticing employee value proposition
The EVP focuses on benefits in the context of total reward. It covers the standard benefits offered by the organisation, such as private medical insurance, pensions and bikes for work, and also ensures that staff are given details about their working environment, development opportunities and health and wellbeing initiatives.Jill Cunnison, ...
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ArticleHay Group reviews benefits to fund auto-enrolment
EXCLUSIVE: Hay Group has undertaken a full review of its employee benefits to help fund the cost of auto-enrolment.The global management consultancy, which has around 350 employees, reached its auto-enrolment staging date on 1 February 2014.Charlotte Koch (pictured), head of HR at Hay Group, said: “Auto-enrolment allowed us to take ...
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ArticleEmployers see absence rates improve
More than a third (34%) of respondents have seen absence rates improve over the past 12 months, according to research by industry body Group Risk Development (Grid).Its research, which surveyed 500 UK employers, found that only 16% of respondents have seen their absence rates worsen in the past 12 months.It ...
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ArticleStaffordshire council reduces absence
Staffordshire County Council has reduced its absence levels. after introducing a range of initiatives aimed at lowering staff sickness levels.Its latest Achieving excellence quarterly performance report showed that since December 2013, the average number of days lost through sicknesshas falled to 7.06 days per employee. Prior to December, this stood ...
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Article70% lack confidence in staff absence data
One in seven (70%) of respondents are not confident about the accuracy of their employee absence data, according to research by Aon HewittIts Employee Benefits and trends survey, which questioned more than 340 benefits and HR professionals, found that 6% of respondents reported ‘low’ confidence in the system or method ...
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ArticleBuyer's guide to corporate eyecare 2014
The perk is not only popular with employees, but it helps them to look after their eyesight and other aspects of their health.A full eye examination can detect serious conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol at an early stage, which can help employers to cut their future healthcare ...
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Rugby Football League switches health cash plan providers
The Rugby Football League (RFL) has switched health cash plan providers.The employer-funded plan, now provided by Medicash, offers the RFL’s 86 employees based in Leeds access to a range of benefits, including physiotherapy, dental and optical treatments, flu jabs, as well as specialist services, such as consultations and diagnostic treatment.Other ...
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ArticlePresenteeism higher among unhealthy employees
Unhealthy employees are 53% more likely to suffer presenteeism and 55% more likely to have poorer productivity overall in the workplace, compared to their healthier counterparts, according to research by Pruhealth.Its Britain healthiest company report, which surveyed almost 10,000 employees, found that organisations with poor management leadership around health and ...
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ArticleNearly one million UK workers suffer long-term sickness absences
An estimated 960,000 UK employees are on sick leave for a month or more each year, according to analysis by the Department for Work and Pensions.Its Long-term sickness absence analysis looked at information from the Office for National Statistics’ Labour force survey, specifically at figures published between October 2010 and ...
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ArticleSickness absence rates fell in last 10 years
More than 130 million days were lost due to sickness absence in the UK in 2013, down from 178 million days in 1993, according to research by the Office for National Statistics.Its Sickness absence in the labour market, February 2014 report, which looked at sickness absence trends over the past ...
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Court rules how to handle ill-health dismissals
Clarification has been given on how employers should handle an employee dismissal following an extended period of absence due to ill-health.In the case of BS v Dundee City Council, BS had been off sick for 272 days with stress and depression. During his absence, he was signed off sick by ...
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AnalysisHow to align health cash plans with employees' healthcare needs
If you read nothing else, read this…Employers must first identify which employees would benefit from health cash plans.Staff surveys and management information can then help to identify employees’ healthcare needs.But employers must also consider their own business objectives.Laing and Buisson’s Health Cover UK Market Report 2013 , published in July ...
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Opinion
Paula Hargaden: Healthcare trusts have key attractions
A trust can be employer-branded and can cover treatment that might be prohibitively expensive to obtain from an insured solution. Alternatively, the healthcare benefit can be packaged to mimic an existing insured solution, for example to ease the transition from insured to trust-based arrangements, so that, from the employee’s perspective, ...
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AnalysisThe value of health cash plan benefits paid in 2012
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Analysis
Health cash plan market round-up
If you read nothing else, read this…Health cash plans remain an attractive, low-cost healthcare benefit for all employees.Choice of healthcare providers is growing to meet demand.Providers are expanding their plans to offer a wider choice of benefits.There are currently 26 providers offering health cash plans in the UK following the ...
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AnalysisFacts and figures on health cash plans
Read the digital edition of our Health cash plans supplement 2014 in full.
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Case StudiesCafcass uses health cash plan to cut costs
Daryl Maitland, senior HR business partner at the organisation, says: “Initially, we had a look at what we were spending on the wellbeing of our staff and a couple of things we noticed were a little worrying, or things we could improve on.”For example, Cafcass was processing employees’ eye tests ...
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AnalysisTop benefits taken up through health cash plans
If you read nothing else, read this…Optical and dental remain the most popular benefits claimed through health cash plans.Physiotherapy and chiropractic care are growing in popularity.Shortfalls in National Health Service provision are helping to drive cash plan take-up. Medicash Healthcare is one health cash plan provider to have seen increased ...