Wellbeing & Mental Health

Government has unveiled a national strategy aimed at rapidly reducing England's suicide rate. The National Suicide Prevention Strategy commits to reducing England’s suicide rate within two and a half years of launch....

The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a consultation on possible changes to the Work Capability Assessment, including updating assessment categories to better reflect the modern world of work and the...

Swiss Re Reinsurance Solutions has partnered with Wysa to launch Wysa Assure an artificial intelligence (AI) based mental health support app. Australia's MLC Life Insurance is the first provider to pilot the...

Royal London has outlined a series of increases to its non-medical limits for life cover as well as to the type of medical evidence required.  The aim is to increase the speed...

  We are pleased to announce Bupa’s next Health and Wellbeing Academy virtual event which takes place on Wednesday 6 September at 10:00am. Register now   With more than 72% of women...

The number of of people joining the ranks of economically inactive due to long term sickness has shot back up to hit a new record. While May data from the Office for...

  Bupa has launched a new bitesize academy module to discuss the role line-mangers can play in supporting their workforce with stress. Did you know stress is one of the most common...

Five in 10 UK businesses are using or plan to adopt increased homeworking permanently - but improving staff wellbeing is not the main motivator for doing so. This is according to data...

Health data is a key part of the ONS’s work; from tracking the pandemic to charting life expectancy, measuring mortality to counting carers and disability – it allows us to build an...

The thought of using a phone or tablet to see a local GP may have appeared completely alien for some people pre-pandemic, but that has all changed as demand for virtual GP...