Workplace Wellbeing

It is now widely recognised that the health and wellbeing of our workforce needs serious consideration…understanding that physical health and mental health require equal care and attention is essential to enable and maintain a healthy workforce.

Staff challenges can present themselves in different ways in different settings you may notice:

a drop in or ongoing poor productivity, that means a reduction in your profits
high levels of absenteeism,
little or low morale within teams,
a high turnover of staff and poor retention rates,
poor communication or disruptive behaviours amongst team members.

The origins of these problems are difficult to spot and can be costly to your business.

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Understanding the impact poor health has on your workforce can be a good place to start

The statistics speak for themselves:

An estimated 28.2 million working days lost due to work-related ill health in the UK (1).
Some younger workers aged 25 to 34, attributed their sickness absence to mental health conditions, a rise from 7.2% in 2009 to 9.6% in 2017 (2).
An estimated £131.2 million in working days per year are lost to sickness in the UK (3) and £554 is the average cost to the employer for every day an employee is absent (4).
Mental health problems at work alone has been estimated to cost the UK economy £34.9 billion (5).
COVID-19 continues to impact sickness absence – it’s the fourth main course of short-term absence and organisations continue to have employees who have experienced, or are experiencing, long COVID in the last 12 months (6).

If your company is impacted by one of the statistics, then the cost will affect your bottom line. By acting to prevent problems and creating a culture of transparency and support within an organisation is vital for a healthy workforce.

Noticed a sinking feeling in your stomach – need some help?

Measure Well provides a secure online platform that captures, stores and reports on employee wellbeing progress. Offering exclusive digital access to the field-tested Warwick Holistic Health Questionnaire (WHHQ-25/18), that enables you to identify when your staff need assistance, or when you need to better understand workplace wellbeing challenges you are trying to overcome.

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Be proactive in your wellbeing strategy

We know that prevention is better than cure and in line with Stoke-on-Trent Health and Wellbeing and the Government initiatives, responsible employers implement measures to ensure that staff have access to health and wellbeing services when they are well, not just when they are ill.

At a strategic level – Measure Well can connect you to several strategic partners who are experts in the field of Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Business Coaches, Financial advisors, and wealth management consultants to best meet your employee’s needs.

According to the CIPD the most common benefits of health and wellbeing activity are better employee morale and engagement, a healthier and more inclusive culture and better work-life balance (7).

How does the Measure Well Hub help with workplace wellbeing

Demonstrates that you take the wellbeing of your staff seriously
Communicates your intentionality to support staff wellbeing
You are being proactive to identify when individuals need someone to care
You can evaluate wellbeing of individuals
You can evaluate wellbeing of departments
Due to the digital nature of the Measure Well Hub you can reach out to those working remotely and in-office quickly and efficiently.

To explore how we might best support you please contact hello@measurewell.co.uk

Our core values in relation to organisations and professionals we work with

We put the client at the heart of everything we do
We value collaborative working practices and building well-balanced relationships
We value integrative health and opportunities to work collaboratively in a wider sense to support an individual

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References

gov.uk 2022/23 – this figure considers minor illness, non-fatal injury, muscular and joint problems, and mental health issues. Stress, depression or anxiety and musculoskeletal disorders accounted for most days lost due to work-related ill health, 17.1 million and 6.6 million, respectively. On average, each person suffering took around 15.8 days off work with stress, depression and anxiety being the leading cause of extended periods of absenteeism
ONS 2018 – An increase of 2.4 percentage points.
Office for National Statistics 2017.
CIPD 2017 – Sickness and absence can cost employers a lot of money, time and resources, £554 is the average cost to the employer for every day an employee is absent.
Centre for Mental Health 2018.

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