Standard Life (private medical insurance)

What was done?

Working with external health management consultancies, Standard Life Healthcare developed an internal health and wellbeing strategy and programme.

•  A healthier menu in the staff restaurant;
• Subsidised on-site massages;
• Subsidised after work fitness classes;
•  Focus on nutrition, healthy eating initiatives in place to support potential reduction in body weight and stress
• Access to online health and wellbeing information addressing stress, sleep, nutrition, physical activity and musculoskeletal health.

• Sickness absence reduced 26% at Bournemouth site;
•  Employee self reports show dramatic improvements in job satisfaction (15.6%) and sleep profiles (8.1%), alongside significant improvements in nutrition, increased physical activity and stress.
•  Standard Life Healthcare results show that the health status of employees is 7.1% higher than employees in similar business sectors.

    British Gas (domestic fuels supplier)

 

What was done? 

 

•  Back care workshops were introduced in 2005 to reduce absence attributed to back pain; 120 workshops were delivered over a two year period with over 1200 participants. The programme – now in Year five – has created sustainable benefits for employees and the business, meeting public and social policy objectives set by professional UK bodies.

 

 

What were the business benefits?

•  Health and wellbeing indicators showed improvement in employee satisfaction, attendance management, occupational Health referrals, and work-related injuries and conditions.
• Back related absence reduced by 43% in the 2005 cohort (n=300) one year after participation;
• 73% of intervention group had no absence up to one year after participation;
58% improved their attendance;

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