Supplier Articles (6)
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Supplier articleUK hits 5 million mental ill-health sick days in 2026
24th March 2026 marks the point at which more than five million working days have been lost to mental ill-health this year. Mental ill-health is the leading cause of long-term absence and the second leading cause of short-term absence. Nearly a third (30%) of employees report ...
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Supplier articleTo keep Britain working, we must protect employees’ oral health
Paul Schreier, CEO, Simplyhealth Around 2.8 million people in the UK are out of work due to sickness, and nearly 1 in 5 working-age people are economically inactive. Even among those in employment, sickness leave remains high with the average employee taking nearly two weeks of ...
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Supplier articleUK hits three million days lost to mental ill-health in 2026 as Simplyhealth launches £3m charity partnership
● Simplyhealth launches new partnership with The Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health First Aid England and Mental Health Innovations, the charity behind the Shout crisis text service. ● In February three million working days had already been lost to mental ill-health in 2026. ● Mental ill-health remains ...
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Supplier articleToo many barriers to access: a third of British workers don’t use their workplace health benefits
A third of British workers don’t use the health benefits offered by their employers and half of those that did say they experienced barriers to access, new research from healthcare services and plan provider Simplyhealth finds. While a majority of employers feel responsible for their employees’ ...
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Supplier articleWorkplace Stress: Quarter of UK workplaces cite stress as cause of short-term absence
Rising levels of workplace stress continue to shape the employee experience, and recent data from the 2025 Health and Wellbeing at Work report by CIPD and Simplyhealth sheds light on the pressures organisations are facing. The findings highlight how stress is affecting performance, attendance, and overall wellbeing ...
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Supplier articleWorkplace health 2025: A year of policy transformation and employer opportunity
With 2026 underway, Simplyhealth CEO Paul Schreier examines how last year reshaped workplace health policy and the implications for employers of every size. With government priorities recognising the need to pay attention to workplace illness more than ever before, there is a genuine momentum for transformative change ...
