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Last year our employee health consultant Dr Steven Boorman was asked to contribute expert opinion to the forthcoming REBA* Employee Wellbeing report. Nobody knew then about the tsunami of employee health and wellbeing concerns that would build during the Covid-19 pandemic. *Rewards and Employee Benefits Association The changed landscape makes a report like this even more important. […]
Covid-19 has brought employee health and the challenge of managing absence to the top of the agenda. It placed new demands on managers and HR teams. They must now track a complex array of Covid-19 related absences alongside new challenges such as arranging coronavirus tests. When the pressure is on and there is new information to capture, it is natural to […]
Are employers prepared for the scale and long haul? Now that the Government has significantly opened up the Test, Track and Trace programme, employers of key workers can now register staff and members of their household for Covid-19 infection tests. Individuals can also self-refer themselves or household members to obtain either a home kit or a drive-in test. Until we have a vaccine, employers need to think in the […]
Why employers may have to wait for test-based confirmation of immunity for workforce planning and what that means for managing returns to work The difficulty and delay being faced by the Government in validating any antibody test may be raising the already heightened anxiety levels of business leaders across the UK. At the time of […]
Staying abreast of, or even ahead of, how technology can transform organisations and enable those in leadership positions to do better for their staff, is essential. To that end, I am pleased to have been asked to write at some length about the use of artificial intelligence for occupational health in the latest Occupational Health […]
Today I am returning to the vital issue of mental health at work. Not only because this is an essential responsibility for employers, but also in response to the recently-released Business in the Community (BiTC) Mental Health at Work 2019 Report. Last year, I described the findings as worrying. This year, I am dismayed – […]
The estimates of numbers of UK adults with high blood pressure, or hypertension, are startling. The NHS estimates 1 in 4, while Blood Pressure UK’s estimates are even higher at 1 in 3 adults. It is a health condition which majorly impacts both employees and employers. Health consequences of high blood pressure can include increased […]
Today I am returning to the issue of suicide. Not just because I am keen to keep the spotlight on the positive contribution employers can make around this tough subject, but also in anticipation of an important upcoming publication by Business in The Community (BiTC). I recently travelled to London to contribute to a series […]
I am always pleased to see that NHS Digital continuing to publish data openly on sickness absence rates across the NHS. The latest quarter’s data to the end of March 2019 has just been released. It is also excellent to see the narrative refers to the work my team did in reviewing NHS staff health […]
This week sees the launch of a long-anticipated open consultation around the vital topic of employee health and the responsibility of employers. The Green Paper consultation reflects ideas supporting the Government’s 10-year strategy to enable one million more people with disability or long-term illness to remain in work. It highlights that the demographics of our […]
