All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 246

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    Axa PPP launches employee dental plan

    2013-06-03T11:00:00Z

    Healthcare insurer Axa PPP Healthcare has launched a dental plan for employers to provide to staff.The plan offers a choice of six levels of cover of staged reimbursements per treatment.Employees will have telephone access to dental nurses, and can also obtain information about how to maintain good dental health through ...

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    Engage Mutual enhances its health cash plan product

    2013-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Engage Mutual has enhanced its employee-paid health cash plan product.It has removed the excess payable on a range of treatment areas, added an extra premium level, and added an option for employees to pay by direct debit.The enhancements include:The excess payable has been removed when claiming on consultation and diagnostics, ...

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    Fit notes have positive impact on absence

    2013-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The fit-note system is having a positive effect on reducing long-term sickness absence, according to research by the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) and the University of Liverpool.The study, which collected data from 58,700 fit notes distributed to 25,000 patients between October 2011 and January 2013, was conducted by the ...

  • Opinion

    Kate Nowlan: Health cover is vital for expatriate staff

    2013-05-28T05:20:00Z

    But when planning for staff to work or travel abroad, too many employers neglect to put in place plans to support the immediate and long-term health and wellbeing of employees who are away from home.Research shows that up to 10% of people exposed to traumatic events, such as those requiring ...

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    Howard Hughes: Employers see value of dental appointments

    2013-05-28T05:10:00Z

    In 2012, our annual dental survey found 9% of employees (from a sample size of 11,785) said they were unable to visit their dentist more frequently because they could not get the time off work.Our 2013 research (released in April) showed this figure had fallen to just 4%.It is encouraging ...

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    Most common health benefits offered to expats

    2013-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Private medical insurance (PMI) (33%) is the most common healthcare benefit offered to expatriate staff, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits Healthcare research 2013, which surveyed 376 HR and benefits professionals, found that other commonly offered healthcare benefits for international employees include life assurance/death in service (28%), PMI ...

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    Most common sickness absence strategies

    2013-05-28T00:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: More than three-quarters (81%) of respondents cited return-to-work interviews as the most common format for their sickness absence strategy, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits Healthcare research 2013, which surveyed 376 HR and benefits professionals, found this is followed closely by early intervention by line managers (74%), ...

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    Most common causes of absence

    2013-05-28T00:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Minor ailments, flu and colds have consistently been the most common cause of sickness absence, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits Healthcare research 2013, which surveyed 376 HR and benefits professionals, found that 85% of respondents cited these as the most common causes, up from 78% in ...

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    Healthcare research 2013

    2013-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Employee Benefits’ Healthcare Research 2013 reports on employers’ current healthcare issues and attitudes to, for example, what they believe their healthcare benefits are achieving for their workforce.The research also covers: The actions employers are likely to take around healthcare provision in the next 12 months; How the economic climate has ...

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    Axa PPP launches healthcare master trust

    2013-05-21T11:10:00Z

    Axa PPP has launched a healthcare master trust for organisations with a minimum medical benefit spend of around £200,000 a year.The master trust has been supported by external legal advice from Pinsent Masons.Features of the master trust include:Flexible benefit design.Tax efficiency.Flexibility and certainty of financial liability.Reduced administrative burden.James Freeston, sales ...

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    Wellbeing4Business launches workplace wellbeing challenge

    2013-05-20T11:02:00Z

    Wellbeing4Business has launched an online team challenges programme to promote health and wellbeing in the workplace.The Healthy Teams programme, which is available for employers of all sizes, provides access to a web portal that enables them to run team-based wellbeing challenges for staff.Each challenge lasts for four weeks, during which ...

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    Dental benefits prove their worth

    2013-05-02T04:29:00Z

    IF YOU READ NOTHING ELSE, READ THIS…Health cash plans and dental insurance will cover treatment by both NHS and private dentists up to an agreed limit.The treatments covered by dental plans have expanded to include dental accidents and dental cancers.The cost of private dental treatment can vary throughout the country ...

  • Opinion

    Nigel Carter: Employees must see the dentist

    2013-05-02T03:47:00Z

    The same survey showed 93% of employers do not give staff occupational health information on the importance of maintaining good oral health.We would encourage employers to review their current occupational health and general welfare policies regarding employees taking time off to visit the dentist. In the last five years, the ...

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    JP Morgan wants good dental health for staff

    2013-05-02T03:43:00Z

    In 2007, the dental plan became part of the bank’s new flexible benefits scheme.The employee-funded plan offers five levels of cover and is available to all 13,500 of the organisation’s UK staff.Adam Brooke, employee benefits manager (UK) at JP Morgan, says: “We wanted choice within the offering, just as we ...

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    Simplyhealth launches new PMI plan for SMEs

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Simplyhealth has launched a new private medical insurance (PMI) scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).The scheme, Simply Employee Health, will replace its existing PMI schemes, Accessible, Preferential and Sante, from 1 July 2013. Its core cover includes a physiotherapy service, designed to remove the need for GP referral and ...

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    Employees feel pressure to work when unwell

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    More than two-thirds (70%) of respondents to research by Capita Employee Benefits said it is becoming increasingly common for them to attend work while unwell.The research, which polled 3,000 employees, found that 59% of respondents feel more pressure to go to work while ill than they used to.Despite this, 78% ...

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    SThree cuts private medical insurance premiums

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Recruitment firm SThree has cut its private medical insurance premiums by more than £23,000.This equates to a 10% saving, which is attributed to its £11,000 saving on medical claims in 12 months after the organisation nurse-led claims management service, Managed Care, provided by PMI Health Group.The claims savings were made ...

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    Finning UK renews health cash plan

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Finning UK and Ireland has renewed its employer-funded employee health cash plan contract for two more years.The equipment dealer’s health cash plan is provided to non-management employees at all of the organisation’s depots, from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands. Nearly 60% of the workforce has opted to join the plan, ...

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    Sovereign Health Care launches new health cash plan

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Sovereign Health Care has launched a new health cash plan that costs 90p per employee per week.Its Merit plan offers employees 100% payback up to the policy limit on a range of healthcare costs, including dental and optical charges, as well as treatments such as acupuncture and physiotherapy.The plan ...

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    Cafcass introduces new employer-paid health plan

    2013-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Family court advisory and support service Cafcass has introduced a new employer-paid health plan.The scheme, which is provided by Medicash, offers employees access to a range of benefits including physiotherapy, dental and optical treatments, flu jabs and specialist services such as health screening, specialist consultations and diagnostic testing.So far, 98% ...