All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 242
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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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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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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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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 ...
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BGL Group launches on-site gym
BGL Group has launched an on-site gym to keep its 1,500 employees healthy.The facility is part of the Peterborough-based organisation’s MyWellbeing programme, which aims to promote awareness of health and wellbeing among employees.The heavily-subsidised gym has the latest equipment, and two instructors will be available to offer training plans and ...
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Healthy Performance launches online health tool
EXCLUSIVE: Healthy Performance has launched an online health assessment tool for employers and employees.The tool provides employers with a live dashboard where they can see anonymous, real-time data as employees complete their health assessments.Employers are then provided with an overall wellbeing score and a health risk score for their workforce, ...
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Denplan enhances product range
Denplan has enhanced the benefit limits across its Lucent product range.It will now also cover dental implants as standard and has added two new levels of cover.Other changes include:Increased cover for mouth cancer of up to £20,000.Increased hospital cash benefits.Increased cover for call-out fees.Unlimited cover for telephone consultations.Pam Whelan, head ...
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Telephonic support can facilitate return to work
The government has published its findings on the potential value of using telephone services to provide health and return-to-work support.Its Telephonic support to facilitate return to work: what works, how and when? report aims to provide an evidence base for the use of telephonic assessment and support to facilitate timely ...
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Flexible working critical to ease workplace stress
More than two-thirds (69%) of respondents believe flexible working is critical in easing work-related stress, according to research by global workplace provider Regus.Its research, which surveyed 4,000 employees, found that 45% of respondents believe stress is causing an increase in absenteeism.The research also found:38% of respondents are losing sleep worrying ...
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Court rules on disability and work-related stress
The Court of Appeal has overturned findings by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in a discrimination case between an employee suffering from work-related stress and his employer, which relied on the advice of its external occupational health advisers.The issue in Gallop v Newport City Council was to determine what is ...
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Lloyds Register centralises global mobility services
EXCLUSIVE: Lloyds Register is in the process of developing a centralised global mobility service across its international locations.The organisation, which has four business streams in energy, marine, management systems and transportation, has around 200 formal expatriate employees.Selina Jones-May, head of global mobility at Lloyds Register, said: “When I joined two ...
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Danone uses health cash plan to cut PMI costs
Danone has launched a health cash plan to supplement its private medical insurance (PMI) scheme.Its 1,300 employees will have access to the benefit, provided by BHSF, through the food manufacturer’s flexible benefits platform.The health cash plan, which includes cover for low-cost treatments, therapies and eye tests, was introduced due to ...
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InterGlobal enhances cancer cover on international PMI
InterGlobal has enhanced the cover for cancer treatment available through its 2014 UltraCare international private medical insurance (IPMI) scheme.The international medical insurer has removed previous benefit limits and excesses for cancer from its plan.Its UltraCare Standard, Select, Comprehensive and Elite plans will now cover the costs of all in-patient, day ...
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Axa PPP to launch musculoskeletal health pathway
Axa PPP Healthcare is to launch a new referral approach for employees with musculoskeletal conditions.Its Musculoskeletal Health Pathway, which will be available from 1 January 2014, aims to cut the claims’ costs of private medical insurance by ensuring employees are referred quickly to suitable providers for evidence-based care.The referral approach ...
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Article650,000 UK staff off sick each week
Nearly 650,000 UK employees phone in sick every week, according to research by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).Its research, which analysed figures from the BHF’s Health at Work programme, found that the public administration and defence sector, which includes many public sector jobs, has the highest absence levels, with approximately ...
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Network Rail launches eyecare scheme
Network Rail has introduced an eyecare scheme for its 35,000 employees.The employer is providing Premium Club vouchers, provided by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare, which offer discounts on glasses for staff and two members of their family.This is alongside eye examinations and glasses for employees to meet the legal obligations of health ...
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Case Studies
Guernsey Post provides fully-funded healthcare benefits for older workforce
Mary Hurrell, head of HR, says: “We like to look for a mature attitude. Even when we recruit people, we don’t necessarily want to be bringing in lots of young [employees] because, generally speaking, they will come in and do three or four years’ service, maximum, and then they’ll be ...