Wellbeing & Mental Health

Employers are facing a multitude of challenges across their businesses today, including rising health-related absences. In 2025, the Labour Force Survey estimated 148.8 million working days were lost because of sickness or...

Health & Protection is delighted to announce that Lia’s Wings is the charity partner of the UK Health & Protection Awards 2026. Lia’s Wings delivers life-saving air transfers by plane both within...

Andy Burnham appeared to give his backing to the Milburn Review by using his first speech as prime minister to promise more mental health support for young people. Outside Downing Street earlier...

HealthHero has told Health & Protection it has successfully completed the refinancing required to provide the business with the “significant financial headroom” to pursue its strategic growth ambitions. The refinancing closed in...

Financial education, making protection a ‘national priority,’ and keeping on with Keeping Britain Working should be prioritised by the UK’s new prime minister. The long held goal of tax incentives to encourage...

Perci Health has been added to WTW’s supplier list as a specialist provider of cancer prevention, risk and screening services.  This enables employers to offer their employees access directly to the firm's...

The government is to create a workplace health intelligence unit to help reduce employee absence and, therefore, boost productivity. The move was announced today in an update of Sir Charlie Mayfield’s Keep...

UK companies could unlock a £9.9bn “productivity premium” by encouraging their employees to discuss their health and wellbeing needs, a British Standards Institution (BSI) study found. Creating a culture of trust, where employees...

Alan Milburn’s action plan on youth labour market inactivity is set to be published in September and has the backing of the likely successor to the prime minister. This is according to...

RedArc is adding bereavement support service Funeral Experts to its range of third-party support providers. It is available as a standard benefit to all members with access to the RedArc service. RedArc...