87%, the mental wellbeing platform founded by former Ladbrokes CEO Richard Glynn and backed by former Bupa CEO Stuart Fletcher and former Punter Southall Health & Protection CEO John Dean, is being rolled out to Medivet, the nationwide network of over 325 veterinary practices.
The app aims to support vets and their practice staff through the stresses of the veterinary profession, which suffers from suicide rates four times higher than the national average.
Medivet has granted all of its colleagues access to 87%. The digital platform empowers users to measure, understand and improve their mental health, whilst aggregating and anonymising data so that the organisation can also see trends and ensure any relevant future support is put into place.
Medivet’s partnership with 87% will give all of its 3,000 vets, nurses and support colleagues access to a version of the app that has been customised with relevant content and support. Clinical assessments designed by psychologists give users an accurate picture of their mental health across different areas of life, says 87%. The results generate a unique mental fitness score, which is fed through the platform’s intelligent algorithm to provide users with personalised guidance on areas that might need improving. Those whose scores are low, indicating poor mental health, are automatically signposted to support services, such as professional care or relevant charities.
87% also offered free wellbeing support to over 30,000 emergency workers during the pandemic, through partnerships with medical organisations such as the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and Air Ambulances UK. Data from the app shows that wellbeing scores of users within the medical profession improved by as much as 20% in three months during some of the toughest periods of 2020.
Medivet head of operational HR Cat Hambleton-Gray says: “A review of a number of areas provided us with valuable insight that has helped us shape a robust and industry-leading health and wellbeing strategy, designed around the needs of our colleagues. We recognise the issues that our teams are facing, especially in light of Coronavirus, and it is critical that we implement the most effective support possible to avert a mental health crisis. 87% makes wellbeing tangible for users and the business as a whole, allowing colleagues to measure their own mental fitness, make improvements and track progress and enabling Medivet as a whole to make the right decisions to support our most important asset; our people. We look forward to working with 87% to continually refine our strategy as trends and behaviours emerge from the data.”
87% CEO Andy Bibby says: “It is highly encouraging that a business as well-established and renowned as Medivet, and one that provides such a crucial role to the wellbeing of society through its invaluable work with our pets, itself sees wellbeing as more than a box-ticking exercise. We are proud that over 3,000 Medivet colleagues now have access to the app and the ability to measure, understand and improve their mental wellbeing.”
