Wellbeing & Mental Health

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated two Staffordshire mental health hospitals as inadequate for the second time in six months. The CQC inspected John Munroe Hospital, a 57-bed hospital for men...

Employee assistance programme (EAP) and wellbeing provider Spectrum.Life has launched Total Mental Health. The service provides users with continuous mental health and wellbeing support, including unlimited on-demand access to a personal mental...

The reduction or removal of insurance premium tax (IPT) from health insurance products and tax breaks for employers supporting staff are top of advisers' wish list ahead of the Budget today. Reports...

Mental wellbeing service 87% has secured £50,000 of funding from the Aviva Foundation to help improve mental health among SMEs. 87% said its Building the Resilience of SMEs programme aimed to avert...

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is planning to pilot sustainable mental health training for line managers early next year. Claire Renney, health and wellbeing manager at the NDA Group, told the London...

The majority of employers around the world are concerned about the rising price of healthcare or medical insurance premiums for their staff, with those in the Americas most worried. Six in 10...

First things first, what benefit to the employee benefits industry is there of focusing on line manager wellbeing specifically? In short, there’s a strong potential for them to become advocates; leading by...

St Mary’s Hospital in Warrington has implemented an action plan after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) ordered it to make improvements following an inspection this summer. The CQC carried out an unannounced...

Aviva and UnderwriteMe have joined the founding members of the Group for Autism, Insurance and Neurodiversity (Gain). A month ago, Health & Protection reported on the launch of the industry pressure group...

Concerns related to mental health are now the leading reason for employees booking appointments through Unum's Help@hand app. The provider revealed these concerns accounted for more than one third (36%) of all...