Legal & General Group Protection has partnered with Perci Health.
Employees covered by Legal & General’s group income protection (GIP) can now receive individualised, evidence-based care thanks to a partnership
Perci Health specialises in the practical, psychological, and physical impacts of cancer and offers online clinical and vocational rehabilitation. Maximising the possibility of employees going back to work following a long leave of absence due to cancer treatment is the goal of this innovative healthcare solution.
The goal of this innovative healthcare approach is to increase the possibility that workers will go back to their jobs following an extended leave of absence brought on by cancer treatment.
The services offered by Perci Health include appointment scheduling, customised resources, treatment plans that are made specifically for each patient by a group of oncology nurses, and access to a multidisciplinary team of professionals.
Positive results are shown in the 65 per cent of users who report fewer unpleasant symptoms, and 86 per cent of those who complete vocational rehabilitation return to work within a year.
Perci Health co-founder and CEO Kelly McCabe says: “Through this partnership, employees covered by their employer’s GIP policy with Legal & General will have access to a broad team of caring, cancer experts who innately understand the emotional marathon a cancer diagnosis brings into their lives. All too often, those diagnosed with cancer feel alone with their problems and with no energy to hunt down solutions. With Perci Health, employees have access to those solutions at their fingertips; bringing improved outcomes when living and working with cancer.
“With the changing cancer care landscape and growing population of people living beyond a cancer diagnosis in the UK, high quality support for the survivors of cancer has never been more important, and Legal and General are at the forefront of addressing this emerging problem for their employer clients.”
Legal & General group protection claims & governance director Vanessa Sallows says: “Thanks to medical advances, cancer survival rates have more than doubled* to the point where cancer is increasingly being classified a chronic disease.
“But data from GRiD shows that only 4 per cent of people with cancer have returned to work after early or active intervention, despite cancer making up 27 per cent of claims. We don’t want cancer – or any other health problem – to stand in the way of someone living and working to their potential.
“That’s why we’re on a mission to change long-held thinking on return to work, and so is Perci Health. In fact, our thinking on all counts is very much aligned, in terms of good work being beneficial for health, and wellbeing being about the physical, emotional, and social factors. We’re really excited about today’s announcement and about working in partnership to help drive better outcomes for more people.”
