Wellbeing & Mental Health

Almost half of intensive care unit (ICU) staff are going through post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety thresholds, academics say. A study by King's College London shows nearly half of ICU staff...

Care homes across England are struggling under “immense” pressure with staffing absence levels over 50% in some areas of the country, it has been claimed. The National Care Forum (NCF) – a...

A fifth of workers who have been forced to self-isolate during the pandemic but are unable to work from home have received no sick pay or wages at all, union leaders have...

Doctor Care Anywhere (DCA) is partnering with mental health businesses Koa Health and Kooth to boost the support it offers to users. The collaboration with Koa Health, a digital mental health care...

Swiss Re is to ‘double down’ on its efforts to make sure the insurance industry does all it can to support people with their health and wellness needs. The global insurance powerhouse...

Understanding the personality types of employees can help improve the effectiveness of corporate wellbeing strategies as we transition towards a post-Covid environment according to new research from Aviva. Aviva’s ‘Embracing the Age...

Medicash, the Liverpool-based cash plan provider which has over 300,000 health cover policyholders across the UK, celebrates its 150th anniversary today. The organisation, which was awarded the Freedom of the City of Liverpool...

Three in four teenagers have experienced physical health issues related to poor mental health since March last year, research shows. A study carried out for Bupa shows that the overwhelming majority of...

MAXIS Global Benefits Network has struck a deal with ICAS World, the employee assistance programme (EAP) provider, to be its global partner of counselling support and assistance. As part of the partnership,...

Legal & General Insurance has appointed Dr Tarun Gupta as medical officer (MO). An NHS GP, clinical commissioner and occupational physician, he will provide medical opinion on complex group risk cases to...