All Healthcare and wellbeing articles – Page 257
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Caffè Nero launches health cash plan for staff
Caffé Nero Group has launched a healthcare cash plan for nearly 400 employees to offer them an affordable means of healthcare.The cafe chain has signed up to Westfield Health’s Foresight Plan.Caffé Nero HR adviser Jon Poett, said: “With the way the economy is at the moment and access to the ...
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Health & Wellbeing: Flexible working can reduce staff absence
Flexible working arrangements can help to reduce staff absence levels, but must be deployed in the right way to win employees’ confidence, says Peta HodgeThis was one of the findings of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s 2009 Absence management survey, published in July, which also found 56% of ...
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A strategy to avoid long-term staff absences
Employers need a clear strategy to deal with employee absence caused by long-term conditions, says Sally HamiltonIf you read nothing else, read this…Employers should get in touch with long-term absentees sooner rather than later.Employers could consider work-focused healthcare, involve staff when devising a return-to-work plan and consider a phased return, ...
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East Sussex County Council tracks absence for 3,000 staff
East Sussex County Council (ESCC) has appointed FirstCare to provide a day one absence management service for over 3,000 employees from its adult social care, children’s services and chief executives departments.The service, which commences on 1 October, will encompass day one nurse-led absence reporting, policy compliance tracking, stage of absence ...
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Active Health Partners launches absence risk barometer
Active Health Partners (AHP) has launched an absence risk barometer to help employers quantify the risk of absence to business operations in their organisation.The guide creates a simple risk estimate (SRE) for reasons of absence. This produces a risk profile for specific sectors, companies and departments, allowing employers to implement ...
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AMII to discuss value of selling PMI to employers
The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) is to hold a session at its annual Conference on 17 June dedicated to highlighting the opportunity private medical insurance (PMI) can offer independent financial advisers (IFAs) to create a valuable additional revenue stream for their business, either by advising direct or through ...
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Morrisons switches PMI provider
Morrisons has switched provider for its private medical insurance (PMI) scheme.The retailer, which provides PMI cover for its senior managers, has moved to a policy from PruHealth. Under the scheme, senior managers have access to better levels of medical cover and improved health-screening services, offering checks for a wider range ...
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Getting the most out of absence management systems
Absence can be an expensive business for employers, but are reporting tools designed to tackle the problem always worth the investment, asks Tom WashingtonFor organisations struggling to navigate the current economic turbulence, it is essential to ensure key staff are present and productive. Absence is a thorny issue for many ...
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Tectura switches PMI provider
Tectura has switched providers for its private medical insurance (PMI) scheme after a staff survey revealed employees would value wellbeing perks, such as discounted gym membership.The IT firm, which pays for the benefit for all its 100 employees, switched to Pruhealth's Vitality scheme in January.Under the scheme, staff can get ...
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Shoosmiths reviews PMI cover
Law firm Shoosmiths is looking to cut the cost of providing private medical insurance (PMI) for its 1,500 employees.The firm, which offers the benefit to 60% of its workforce, wants to renegotiate its deal with current PMI provider Bupa, as well as look at restructuring its provision of the benefit.Shoosmiths ...
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Hotbed switches PMI provider
Private equity and fund management firm Hotbed has switched private medical insurance (PMI) providers to cut the cost of the perk by underwriting some of the associated risk itself.The firm has transferred its 41 recipients of PMI, which comprise employees and dependants who were previously covered by Bupa Select, into ...
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Case Studies
Case Study: Runnymede Borough Council switches from PMI to cash plan
Runnymede Borough Council switched from providing private medical insurance (PMI) to staff who had been with the organisation three years, to a healthcare cash plan for 500 employees after finding the increasing cost of PMI too much to handle.The council now pays for a cash plan for all employees once ...
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Aimip aims to be new kitemark for international PMI
The Association of International Medical Insurance Providers (Aimip) aims to help employers and corporate advisers ensure they select an international private medical insurance (PMI) product that assures quality and compliance in the countries it is to be used in.Speaking at the official launch of Aimip, Carl Carter, chairman of Aimip, ...
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Hitachi Data Systems switches PMI intermediary and provider
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), a subsidiary of global electronics company Hitachi, has switched intermediary and provider for its private medical insurance (PMI) scheme.The company, which provides storage infrastructure solutions, storage management software and storage consulting services to over 170 countries, has appointed PMI Health Group to replace Mercer as intermediary ...
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Buyer's guide to private medical insurance (PMI)
Employers are increasingly funding private medical insurance for employees. The number of people covered by employer-paid schemes increased by 2.3% to around 4.7 million in 2007, while the number covered by employer-paid healthcare trusts remained at around one million, according to Laing & Buisson’s Health and care cover - UK ...
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Absence hits workload
Almost two-thirds of staff (62%) believe that their workload has been significantly affected by a colleague being off sick, according to the LHF Corporate wellbeing survey. The research also shows that more than nine-out-of-ten employers (93%) feel that they can make a difference to employee health and wellbeing at work. ...