Medicash has entered into a strategic partnership with wellbeing and employee benefits provider Vivup.
The partnership aims to enhance the range of mental health and wellbeing support available to Medicash’s corporate clients and their employees.
Medicash currently provides the employee assistance programme (EAP) for more than 1,000 organisations covering over 140,000 individuals. Its helpline and online mental support covers a further 250,000 individuals, including over 45,000 direct customers.
The partnership will see no change to the core services for existing users of the EAP but adds new features including a menopause support helpline, access to an extended range of online support and self-help guides via the Your Care platform and access to the online mental health peer support community of Togetherall.
The partnership went live on Friday (1 September) in a transfer over from Medicash’s previous supplier Care first.
Sue Weir, chief executive of Medicash, said: “We are delighted to announce our partnership with Vivup, reinforcing our commitment to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of our policyholders.
“With the changing nature of the work environment and demands from businesses to take an earlier, more proactive approach to mental health we searched the market to find what we believe to be the best solution for our customers and their employees.”
Simon Moyle, chief executive of Vivup, (pictured) added: “At Vivup we believe that a healthy and motivated workforce is crucial to an organisation’s success.
“We are excited about our new partnership as it will enable us to reach even more individuals and make a positive impact on their mental wellbeing.
“We look forward to working with both Medicash and Health@Work to create even more healthier, happier and more productive workplaces across the UK.”