All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 249
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ArticleLandmark offers DNA tests to aid staff health and fitness
Landmark Information Group has introduced DNA testing to help employees manage their diet and boost their fitness.Landmark teamed up with British Olympian and Commonwealth 2014 Games Medal winning cyclist Jess Varnish and British nutrigenetics firm DNAFit Life Sciences, to offer DNAFit, which can reveal the best workout and diet to ...
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Rolls-Royce switches healthcare trust provider
Rolls-Royce has switched providers for its healthcare trust.Its new agreement, under which the healthcare trust will be provided by Alliance Surgical, will enable Rolls-Royce to develop a full occupational health strategy.This will enable the organisation to promote employee health and wellbeing throughout the business, with a core focus on health ...
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Article93% of staff go to work when ill
Some 93% of respondents go into work when ill, according to research by Canada Life Group Insurance.Its research, which surveyed 888 employees, found that this percentage is unchanged from 2013.The research also found that 8% of staff only take sick leave if hospitalised or with no other choice and a ...
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ArticleDWP reduces sickness absence levels
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has cut its sickness absence levels from 7.39 per employee per year in March 2013, to 6.87 days per employee per year at March 2014If the DWP has not reduced its average working days lost due to sickness from its April 2013 levels, ...
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ArticleSouthern Water launches employer-paid health cash plan
EXCLUSIVE: Southern Water has launched an employer-funded health cash plan for its 2,000 employees.The scheme, ‘yourHealth Cash Plan’ provided by Bupa, has achieved more than 68% employee opt in since its launch in July.The organisation launched the scheme after research among employees found that staff wanted assistance with healthcare costs.More ...
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ArticleAiredale NHS improves employees' productivity
The fast-track physiotherapy treatment at Bradford District Care Trust (part of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) has resulted in a 60% increase in productivity for staff needing treatment in 2013.The affected employees, which included school and district nurses, social workers and healthcare support workers, also reported an average reduction in pain ...
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ArticleBuyer's guide to group dental plans 2014
The UK’s total dental plan market, which covers capitation, dental insurance and dental cover via health cash plans, was estimated to be worth £719 million in 2012, with £95 million of this spent on dental insurance by individuals and employers, according to the Dentistry UK market report – fourth edition ...
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ArticleAllen Vending Services moves from PMI to health cash plan
Allen Vending Services has replaced its private medical insurance scheme with a health cash plan in a bid to reduce costs.The vending machine company introduced the Chamber Primary Health Plan from Westfield Health after its PMI premiums increased. So far, the change has received positive feedback from Allen’s 18 members ...
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ArticlePattonair recognised for health and wellbeing benefits
Pattonair has been recognised for its commitment to the healthcare and wellbeing of its 900 employees. The aerospace and defence supply chain service provider has received a Simplyhealth Healthy Workplace award, which recognises the organisation’s health and wellbeing initiatives and benefits.Pattonair offers an employer-funded health cash plan, provided by SimplyHealth, ...
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Case StudiesDiscovery Networks uses data to design health and wellbeing strategy
Discovery Networks is rolling out a global stress awareness campaign after data from its private medical insurance (PMI) provider, PruHealth, identified stress as an issue among its workforce.Roland Baskeyfield, international compensation and benefits manager at Discovery Networks, says: “We work closely with our PMI provider so we are furnished regularly ...
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AnalysisHow employers can use data to design a healthcare strategy
If you read nothing else, read this…Data can enable employers to structure a health and wellbeing strategy tailored to the specific needs of their workforce.Claims data from healthcare benefits providers and an organisation’s absence data are key information.Comprehensive, robust data covering the entire workforce can be hard to obtain.A good ...
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ArticleBusinesses estimate a third of staff will struggle past traditional retirement age
HR directors believe that on average 31% of their current workforce would not be able to perform their jobs adequately past the traditional retirement age. Despite this, over half (54%) of businesses expect an increase in the number of older employees within the company.The research, conducted for MetLife Employee Benefits ...
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ArticleCheshire NHS Trust introduces physiotherapy benefit
Chesire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a third-party physiotherapy service to help improve staff health and reduce absence levels. The physically demanding nature of many of its job roles meant many of its 3,500 staff were suffering from musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) and having to wait more than ...
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ArticleCafcass to share wellbeing and absence strategy
Daryl Maitland (pictured), head of HR strategy at Cafcass, will share a case study about how Cafcass tackled sickness absence at Employee Benefits Live.Maitland said: “We’ve gone from an average of 16.2 sick days for social work staff to seven days.”Maitland hopes delegates will take away an understanding of the ...
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ArticleLearn how Yorkshire Water uses data to aid staff wellbeing
Susan Gee, employee health and wellbeing manager at Yorkshire Water, will speak about the importance of using an organisation’s internal data when developing a health and wellbeing strategy at Employee Benefits Live.The session, ‘Placing prevention at the heart of employee health and wellbeing’, will delve into this internal data, which ...
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ArticleSpeedy Services launches wellness strategy
EXCLUSIVE: Speedy Services has launched an wellness programme aimed at improving the wellbeing of its 2,500 employees.Through the programme, which was launched in June and is provided by Optum, the tools, equipment and plant hire firm communicates a different health-related theme each month.Employees can also access a number of fact ...
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AnalysisHow to identify staff at risk of diabetes
If you read nothing else, read this…Diabetes is rapidly increasing in the UK.Most sufferers have type 2 diabetes, which results from poor diet and lack of exercise.The symptoms of diabetes are hard to detect.Diabetes is the biggest threat to the workforce, according to respondents to the Employee Benefits/Lorica 100 Club ...
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Article68% agree dental benefits help manage absence
EXCLUSIVE: More than two-thirds (68%) of respondents that provide a dental benefit to staff agreed it helps them to manage sickness absence, according to research by Denplan.The Denplan Health and wellbeing survey 2014, which surveyed 488 employee benefits decision makers and more than 5,000 UK adults, found that 32% of ...
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Article47% believe health cover is essential for expats
Nearly half (47%) of respondents believe that health cover for their employees is an essential part of the benefits package when working overseas, according to research by Expacare.Its Anatomy of an international business research, which surveyed 1,000 employers, found that 43% believe that share options are an essential part of ...
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ArticleBuyer's guide to health screening 2014
In a world of increasing pressure in the workplace, more employees are taking time off to deal with stress and illness. Health screening can therefore be a useful tool for employers to gain an insight into employees’ current wellbeing and to promote health awareness in the workforce.Health screening can be ...