Wellbeing

Vitality has been announced as the new 'Official Wellness Partner' of the Welsh Rugby Union as part of a health partnership for the next two years.

VitalityHealth has introduced a 'VitalityGP' service allowing customers access to a GP consultation via online diagnosis.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed it has selected MAXIMUS to replace Atos Healthcare as the provider of health related assessments including Work Capability Assessments (WCAs) for people off work through illness, disability or injury....

Among British small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) 23% do not have an absence management system in place, research from Jelf Employee Benefits has found.

There is increasing pressure for the government to reform the welfare system with a key role for income protection (IP) in helping families develop a safety net, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said.

Four out of five of the least popular employee wellness programmes are designed to stop smoking.

The UK 'protection gap"'is well documented but family lending is reportedly helping Britons to plug the gap in household finances to the tune of £31 billion. GRiD's Katharine Moxham ponders the role of employers in financial education.

The Health and Work Service (HWS) is expected to be renamed for a second time by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Children are now less likely to be overweight or obese in the UK than they were ten years ago.

Some 70% of businesses believe they have a responsibility to encourage physical and mental health, with 20% developing an age focused strategy, AXA PPP Healthcare has said.