Absence/Productivity

Private medical insurance (PMI) is the most important company perk that employees look for in their benefits package while HR professions believe it has become a workplace necessity. Opinium surveyed 2,000 UK...

Organisations should get "gobby" women talking about menstruation to boost workplace wellbeing and participation. This was one of the key messages of the latest Women In Work Summit which highlighted that ignoring...

  Demand for cash plans remains high across UK plc and shows no signs of letting up. That demand is broad, but sectors like hospitality in particular, are jumping aboard the cash...

Just two in five businesses are considering strengthening their mental health support programmes and making it a strategic priority in future despite soaring absences. This is according to a Barnett Waddingham-commissioned Censuswide...

Livi has launched an instant access GP service supporting small to medium sized enterprises (SME) with access to routine doctor’s appointments. This latest employee health program offers access to on-demand video GP...

Eight in 10 Brits do not know about the link between poor mental and dental health. This is according to research conducted on behalf of Bupa among more than 2,000 adults across...

The Exeter has said usage of its HealthWise app in the first half of this year has already surpassed usage in the whole of last year, largely driven by the popularity of...

Declining NHS performance over the last decade is disrupting UK workforce health and failing to effectively tackle the biggest causes of long-term sickness absence, according to Lord Ara Darzi. Lord Darzi highlighted...

The dire state of the NHS after more than a decade of neglect has been laid bare but the situation can be recovered and there remain strong vital signs within the service,...

An expert group has been founded to advise the Labour government on tackling the issue of hundreds of thousands of people leaving the workplace due to long-term sickness since the pandemic. The...