Healthcare

During the first lockdown of the pandemic, I found I was much more anxious and frustrated than usual. I was angry all the time and not sleeping which, no doubt, made things...

Health and wellbeing strategies are evolving fast as employers seek to create more inclusive workplaces. New products and services are emerging to support everything from neurodiversity to fertility and men’s health, but...

More companies are looking to enhance their benefit offering this year, despite cost constraints, according to new research. Gallagher found eight out of 10 employers who are planning changes to their benefit...

Legal & General Group Protection has put together a panel of cross-sector wellbeing experts to form a new advisory board, which will initially focus on post-Covid syndrome.  This board includes experts across...

Nearly 30.8 million working days were lost in 2021/22 and over 1.8 million work-related ill health cases were reported in the same period, according to new data from the Office of National...

The Association of British Insurers aims to “transform the sector” with its new diversity, equity and inclusion blueprint, which it hopes will help attract people into the industry from a far wider...

Cash plan provider Simplyhealth is investing £60m in a venture capital fund to improve access to healthcare in the UK. The investment, made over a number of years, will focus on early-stage...

Towergate Health & Protection has appointed Jason Britton as its new commercial director. Britton joins from Mercer Marsh Benefits, and will head up business development, client management and proposition development for the...

MetLife has enhanced its group risk offering by offering a wider range of wellbeing support services, including a new 24-hour virtual GP service.  This improved proposition is available to all employers with...

National wellbeing increased over the last year, according to the latest ONS data, but is still below pre-Covid levels.  However these latest statistics cover the 12 months to March 2022, so this...