Wellbeing & Mental Health

Thousands of people returned to gyms across the country in a bid to boost their physical and mental health after months in lockdown. Last week Health & Protection reported on the initiatives...

Benefits advisory group Advo has launched a fully integrated platform, advo-one. The platform, which enables organisations to manage their employee benefits, HR and payroll through a single login, can be company branded,...

Poor mental health among employees directly damages business performance, new research from the Reward and Employee Benefits Association (REBA) and insurer AXA Health shows. The research, released this morning, reveals 95% of...

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...

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...

Legal & General has paid out a record 43 personal protection claims every day in the UK during 2020, making payouts to 15,855 customers and their families. Pay outs totalled £763.9m –...

The Women and Equalities Committee has called on Public Health England to use a ‘Health at Every Size’ (HAES) approach over use of Body Mass Index to determine a person’s healthy weight....

Silvercloud has opened its ‘Space from Covid’ digital wellbeing programme up to everyone across the UK for free. Alongside the launch of its Nurture your normal campaign, the digital mental health platform’s service...

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%)...

Employers should do more to reassure staff that data gathered from services like employee assistance programs (EAPs) are shared in an aggregated rather than on an individual level. The warning follows research...