Year: 2009

Several recent reports are enough to send shivers down the spine of employers during the cold winter months and need to be taken into consideration when agencies produce

A recent survey carried out by Mercer has shown that 39% of respondent companies had seen a reduced cost in benefits provision by introducing a

Have you read the report ‘Working our way to better mental health: a framework for action’ recently issued by the cross departmental Health Work and Wellbeing team?

The BBC has recently reported a huge variation between GPs in the same Trust when faced with signing off employees following surgery or heart attack. Only 1

One of the bigger private medical insurers has just announced that it is to allow its corporate members to self refer to a physiotherapist for

I said I would be watching developments at FirstCare closely since their recent acquisition of Active Health Partners. Well it hasn’t taken long for the

Dr Steve Boorman has just published his final report and recommendations on how to improve the health and wellbeing of employees in the NHS. Reducing sickness absence in

I came across this article in the New York Times which highlights the problems of under reporting work-related injuries and illneses due to employers’ fear of compensation

After a blaze of publicity and the setting up of a consultation period, the government seems to have dropped its plans for the time being

There has been some consolidation in the Absence Management Provider market with FirstCare taking over Active Health Partners(AHP). This will give FirstCare critical mass and