All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 242
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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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Article
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
Read the digital version of our Health cash plan supplement 2014 in full.
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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 ...
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OpinionNick Bacon: Health cash plans can help support staff in an economic downturn
Workplace schemes to improve health and wellbeing, such as smoking cessation and healthy eating, are good for staff and organisational performance: a genuine win-win.Effective health and wellbeing strategies require managerial commitment to develop and deliver an integrated plan of action to improve health and wellbeing. Action plans should be developed ...
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ArticleHealth cash plan report 2014
The supplement includes the following articles:Facts and figures on health cash plans Why health cash plans are an integral part of a health and wellbeing strategyCase study: Health cash plan helps Furlong Flooring reduce staff absenceCase study: Health cash plan supports Briggs Equipment’s manual workersViewpoint: Nick Bacon: Health cash plans ...
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Article
Government to support employers in managing mental health
The government plans to support employers in managing mental health issues in the workplace, particularly in helping affected employees return to work.Its Closing the gap: priorities for essential change in mental health report outlines 25 areas for health and care services to take action to help tackle mental health conditions.For ...
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Article
Employers have low confidence in government health scheme
More than four-fifths (86%) of respondents are not confident about the government’s health and work assessment and advisory service, according to research by PMI Health Group.The scheme, which was introduced in January 2013, aims to provide advice and support for employers dealing with long-term sickness absence.The research, which surveyed HR ...
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Airbus streamlines health cash plans
Airbus has launched an employee-paid health cash plan for its 10,000 UK employees.The aircraft manufacturer previously offered its staff a range of legacy health cash plans from a number of suppliers, but these plans were not promoted to employees.It decided to streamline the offering to a single cash plan, provided ...
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BP and Microsoft access wellbeing scheme
BP, EDF Energy and Microsoft are among the employers that have access to a new health and wellbeing programme.The Healthy for Life programme is provided by the employers’ food service and facilities management partner, Aramark.It combines food and nutrition with exercise, mental health and prevention of illness to promote health ...
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Article
Cisco cuts healthcare costs by 8.5%
EXCLUSIVE: Cisco has cut its healthcare costs by 8.5% since adding open-referral to its healthcare trust.The network equipment giant has offered its 2,800 employees a healthcare trust, provided by Bupa, for the past eight years.It introduced open-referral in April 2012 to help manage costs.The initiative is designed to help employees ...