Simplyhealth

Well thought-out health and wellbeing strategies are lowering employee turnover, reducing sickness absence and improving productivity, a Simplyhealth white paper has shown.

With the economy showing little sign of an upturn and spare money thin on the ground, cost-effective cash plans are the most sought-after employee benefit. Nicola Culley examines this rapidly growing market and ponders its longevity

Cash plans will remain attractive even if the market lifts and focus on price is diluted, Simplyhealth has said.

Simplyhealth has tweaked its corporate voluntary cash plan.

Positive working relationships in the workplace are the most fulfilling part of a job, according to a Samaritans and Simplyhealth survey.

Simplyhealth is targeting £150,000 to fund pioneering research into the link between heart health and dental health.

Simplyhealth has launched a revised company-paid cash plan.

People affected by life threatening illnesses in Bristol are being offered more access to support due to a Simplyhealth donation.

Simplyhealth is to base its entire private medical insurance business in Bristol, to close its Letchworth office and will delay the launch of its new product, Simply Employee Health.

People with depression could go without sufficient healthcare due to a lack of spending on mental health services, research has suggested.