Year on year the demand for wellbeing and assistance programmes grows. A 2022 report by Deloitte estimates that mental health struggles cost UK business £56 billion per year, and, according to the HSE’s 2023 report, mental health is now the number one reason for workplace absence.
The HSE found that 1.8m people reported suffering workplace-related ill health, with around half of those cases down to stress, anxiety or depression.
The world of work also continues to change, with employers no longer just considered responsible for employees, but now also volunteers, members, students and others. With the make-up of today’s workforce constantly changing, the issues they face and the support services required to keep them healthy and happy also continue to change. The reality is that people need access to support services which are both proactive and reactive.
Having access to immediate support reduces absence rates, improves productivity, and boosts morale and wellbeing, all of which bring financial benefits to employers and the wider economy. Both the individual employee and their employer reap the reward of better health.
Our statistics show that 66.7 per cent of those who are out of work at the start of therapy return to work at the end of it. Life satisfaction increases by 18.7 per cent, and work engagement is up 4.6 per cent at the end
of treatment.
Widespread adoption of employee support programmes has the potential to improve worsening health statistics and ensure the UK continues to maintain its position amongst world-leading economies.
Every day we see first-hand the benefit of employers investing in mental health and wellbeing services – Health Assured supports over 13 million lives. Over the last three years, 69 per cent of our manager referral
calls have been in relation to mental health, physical health or trauma; all are conditions which have the potential to impact on long-term health and wellbeing.
With greater access to wellbeing support, the pressure is reduced on our National Health Service, individual recovery rates are improved and the impact of long-term health conditions on the workplace can be lessened. People returning from long-term absence can have significant concerns or fears around returning to the workplace, so having effective support in place will help to break down these barriers, making the workplace accessible to all.
Our vision is to ensure everyone has access to the support that they need. We firmly believe in the benefits that workplace mental health and wellbeing services can provide to an organisation and, by extension, wider society.
This is why we’re pleased to announce a brand-new partnership programme designed to bring our award-winning mental health and wellbeing support to all UK employees.
With the demand for mental health and wellbeing services growing exponentially, we’ve devised a partnership programme that makes it easy to help all businesses offer these necessary services to their employees, regardless of the size of their organisation.
On average, employers see a return on investment of £10.85 for every £1 spent on an employee assistance programme. Approximately 75 per cent of the UK workforce currently have access to an EAP service, according to EAPA’s Holding It Together 2023 report; 24.45 million employees working across more than 105,000 organisation.
At Health Assured, we’re passionate about making outstanding mental health and wellbeing care accessible to everyone, not only to relieve pressures on our vital but overburdened NHS services, but also to ensure that nobody faces their struggles alone.
Intermediaries and brokers who partner with Health Assured on this EAP provision receive:
▪ Silver, gold, or platinum levels of partnership
▪ Preferential rates
▪ Use of our in-house marketing agency to market their EAP and wellbeing service, at no cost to them.
▪ Industry-leading EAP provision with a 97 per cent retention rate
▪ Dedicated account management
To find out more about the programme, visit https://www.healthassured.org/partner/broker
This programme is designed to build the healthy workforce of tomorrow.
Personally, I’ve never been more excited to be the CEO of Health Assured and to be able to offer a programme that has the potential to make such a positive impact to both employers and their people.
There isn’t another one like it.