Wellbeing & Mental Health

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated a Chelmsford alcohol and drug addiction service inadequate and placed it in special measures, after investigators found shortfalls in measures to ensure patient safety due...

Health technology products provided by insurers need to focus on nutrition as well as fitness, according to Tim Smith, head of protection at Hannover Re. Smith was responding to a question raised...

Homeworking is increasing loneliness among young people and causing them to feel cut off from colleagues, according to the LifeSearch Health, Wealth and Happiness Index. The research, compiled with the Centre for...

Workplace health and wellbeing programmes around the world must recognise and support the needs of people who have been hardest hit by the pandemic, the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD)...

Effective employer wellbeing strategies to tackle the threat posed by long Covid need to be underpinned by a solid framework of agencies including insurers and wellbeing providers. And advisers muct be at...

At a time when employees are largely continuing to work remotely, it is especially vital that businesses have a plan in place to support their wellbeing and alleviate stresses associated with the...

Wellbeing will remain atop the corporate agenda for many years as the world has “only seen the tip of the iceberg” from the Covid-19 pandemic. Health and wellbeing benefits are also likely...

Most employers cite improved staff wellbeing as their top consideration in making homeworking a permanent fixture, according to official data. When asked by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) why they plan...

Online retailer Flipkart has introduced unlimited medical insurance cover for employees. The Bangalore-headquartered firm revealed the insurance will cover all medical expenses and cost of hospitalisation, without employees paying any premium for...

Health and protection insurance intermediaries plan to continue with hybrid working as the country emerges from the pandemic. Earlier this week, Health & Protection reported that health insurers are planning to continue...