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Employees prepared to stay put if employers support mental wellbeing – MetLife research
Two in five employees say they would stay in their current job if their employer showed greater care towards their mental wellbeing. This is one of the key findings from research from...
Read moreStress sick days up 113% year on year
The number of sickness days people have taken due to stress has increased 113% in the past year. This is the startling statistic from absence management platform e-days, which also reveals the...
Read morePriory partners with ADDVantage Technologies for mental health therapies
Mental healthcare provider the Priory Group has joined forces with ADDVantage Technologies to offer online therapy to those struggling with common mental health conditions. The partnership enables patients over 18+ to access...
Read moreABI research shows health and wellbeing benefits boost productivity
New research from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has drawn a clear link between firms offering health and wellbeing benefits to staff and boosting productivity. The research reveals three in five (60%)...
Read moreUK sets up new ‘global health’ directorate at Foreign & Commonwealth Development Office
A new “global health” directorate has been set up in Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office in a bid to deal with the current pandemic and reduce risks posed in the future....
Read moreAviva intensifies focus on UK and core markets as it sells French business for £3.2bn
Aviva underlined its commitment to focusing on the UK, Ireland and Canada this week by confirming it is to sell its French business for £3.2bn. Aviva France is being sold to Aéma...
Read moreDigital health and back-to-work specialist Reframe appoints CEO
Digital health provider and back-to-work specialist Reframe has appointed former McKesson and Amazon director Catherine McDermott (pictured) as CEO. McDermott’s appointment comes as the business looks to diversify from its core offering...
Read moreLocal authority social care staff take 1.1 million sick days in a year – but more than four in ten take none
England’s council-run adult social care sector lost just over 1.1 million sick days last year – but more than four in ten workers recorded no absence at all, official figures show. Statistics...
Read moreHealth Assured offers free access to mental wellbeing app for all NHS workers
Health Assured is offering all NHS workers free access to its mental wellbeing app My Healthy Advantage in an effort to support them through the Covid pandemic. The wellbeing specialist said the...
Read moreData attacks running rampage through healthcare sector
Healthcare institutions have experienced an alarming rate of data attacks and theft over the past year, researchers have found. Phishing was reported by 44% of organisations, ransomware by 39% and data theft...
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