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1. Case study: Fujitsu’s three-fold EAP utilisation
2. Addiction: Changing the conversation at work
3. Cancer: Overcoming in-work and return-to-work barriers
4. Financial wellbeing: Employees returning to work too early after illness, due to cost of living pressures
5. Why second medical opinion and virtual GP services can be life-saving, not just added value
6. Evolving the menopause discussion: Difficult HRT decisions
7. Neurodiverse workplaces: The small changes that can bring big benefits

 

Case study: Fujitsu’s three-fold EAP utilisation

Hear how Fujitsu independently reported a three-fold increase in their EAP utilisation in recent years. Generali UK’s Tracey Ward finds out more from Fujitsu’s Amanda Hammond, Wellbeing Programmes Lead, and Lorna Hawkes, UK Benefits Manager.  

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Addiction: Changing the conversation at work

Taking a disciplinary approach to addiction – whether to alcohol, drugs, or otherwise – might not always be the best policy. We speak with Dr David Griffiths, Chief Medical Officer at Telus Health (formerly LifeWorks) and Lucas Whitehead, Marketing and Communications Lead at national peer-to-peer support group Andy’s Man Club. 

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Cancer: Overcoming in-work and return-to-work barriers

What does “good” cancer support by employers look like? We put this question to Professor Gordon Wishart, Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Check4Cancer and Dr Julie Denning, Chartered Health Psychologist and Managing Director of Working To Wellbeing. We discuss cancer screening as part of employee benefit packages, also the importance of viewing work as a health outcome and what this looks like in practice.

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Financial wellbeing: Employees returning to work too early after illness, due to cost of living pressures

There’s currently a potential risk of employees returning to work too early after illness because they’re worried about the finances, says Kay Needle, Early Intervention and Rehabilitation Expert at Generali UK. Dr Julie Denning at Working To Wellbeing shares learnings from her patient work. We also touch on the growing problem of loneliness, sharing insights from FlourishDx and friends.

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Why second medical opinion and virtual GP services can be life-saving, not just added value

Added value services as part of group insurance products may now be considered central to the proposition, as this real-life case study illustrates. Dave Marcus, Director of European Client Management at Teladoc Health, shares his personal experience of second medical opinion and virtual GP services, concluding that in his case they proved “life-saving”.  

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Evolving the menopause discussion: Difficult HRT decisions

Workplace activity to inform and educate about menopause should arguably also include a focus on difficult Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) decisions, according to the experts we spoke with: Dr Lucy Wilkinson, a GP at Telus Health (formerly LifeWorks) and a member of the British Menopause Society; plus Dr Julie Denning, Chartered Health Psychologist at Working To Wellbeing.

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Neurodiverse workplaces: The small changes that can bring big benefits

When reviewing organisational Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) and/or Environment Social Governance (ESG) approaches, cognitive diversity – also known as neurodiversity – deserves considerable attention, says Johnny Timpson OBE, former Cabinet Office Disability and Access Ambassador and a founder member of GAIN (Group for Autism, Insurance, Investment and Neurodiversity).

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