Wellbeing & Mental Health

A combination of employee assistance programmes (EAPs) and reaching out to local NHS services could play a key role in supporting the health of staff stuck on waiting lists. This is according...

Almost 700,000 people have been suffering with long Covid symptoms for at least two years, according to latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figures for 2 January show...

The Pandemic Institute (TPI) has unveiled eight research projects assessing the longer-term impact of the Covid pandemic on UK and global health which have been awarded funding following a £225,000 donation by...

The government has launched a £1m fund for new ideas to boost health and welfare at work for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the self-employed. Under the scheme, successful bidders receive...

A lawyer is warning employers to put menopause support in place in for staff or risk being brought to tribunal. The caution came despite government pushing back against proposals to make menopause...

Younger adults are more worried about suffering from chronic illness than those at retirement age, according to a report from Allianz Partners. Data obtained by Health & Protection from the insurer's States...

Nuffield Health has appointed Wouter Van den Brande as chief strategy and development officer and James Murray as chief commercial officer. Wouter Van den Brande joins the executive team having held a...

Nearly one billion people worldwide suffer from some form of mental disorder, according to latest data from the United Nations. It’s widely accepted that the Covid-19 pandemic led to a deterioration in...

The chairwoman of the Woman and Equalities Select Committee of MPs has slammed the government's dismissal of workplace menopause interventions for being discriminatory towards men as "grasping at straws". Committee chairwoman Conservative...

NFP has acquired health and safety consultancy Direct Safety Solutions. NFP said the acquisition would enable it to integrate bespoke health and safety offerings with its existing commercial insurance, employee benefits and...