There was a 50 per cent rise in physiotherapy appointments at the start of 2022, according to Unum, indicating that working from home may be creating ongoing problems for employees. The income...
Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions were found to be the most costly disease for multinationals and accounted for 12 per cent of private medical claims costs according to new a study Maxis Global Benefits...
Almost half of UK employees would not talk to their employer if they were experiencing a health issue, having a detrimental impact on business performance and culture, according to research from Benenden...
Healix Health Services saw an 87 per cent increase in the number of GP consultations it provides in the first half of 2021. The data, from its virtual TrustDoc service, showed that...
Against the government’s rallying cries to get back to the office, businesses are reinventing the way their employees work. While there are health and wellbeing challenges, models such as remote and hybrid working...
Joining Aegon after five years at Direct Line Group, Mike Holliday-Williams is a CEO with a mission to make customers’ and partners’ lives easy, remove friction and create engaging user journeys. This may...
MSK issues are a ticking time-bomb. We need to address them now before we have a whole generation of employees who have suffered with MSK disorders from Covid restrictions. This requires a...
Nearly eighteen months from the start of the first lockdown, the government considers it too soon for a full review into the handling of the pandemic. Given the new Delta variant is...
With millions of employees working from home, and this practice likely to remain long after the pandemic is over, a new set of occupational health challenges are emerging. Adapting their approach and using...
Health Shield has extended its newly launched occupational health platform to include home-working, returning from furlough and onsite risk surveillance assessments. It says there is a need for intermediaries to focus on...
