WHY SICKNESS MANAGEMENT MATTERS

The UK’s economic cost of sickness absence is over £100 billion a year. There are legislative requirements for employers to look at the health and wellbeing of their workforce. This also comes with compliance challenges, especially for small to medium-sized businesses. Hessington Health will assist your organisation through this process by offering employees wellness screening.

Wellness in the workplace is important. The HSE estimates that muscular disorders were responsible for 9.5 million lost working days in 2005/6, and 13.8 million working days were lost in 2006/7 due to work-related stress. Stress and lower back pain cost the British economy £3.7 billion and £5 billion per year respectively.

According to the Confederation of British Industry, sickness absence can cost roughly £495 per employee per year, which can be a high cost for a small to medium-sized enterprise.

In 2022, the ONS estimated 185.6 million working days were lost due to sickness absence and injury in the UK.3 In 2023, CIPD reported the highest sickness absence rate for over a decade with the average absence rate per employee being 7.8 days.4

We have extensive experience with assisting companies in dealing with the problem of sickness absence. Our statistics show that for the average company, we have reduced the average number of sick leave days per employee from 8 days a year to 1.8 days a year.

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR SCHOOLS

We are a private occupational health service provider that specialises in the education sector. We have an excellent understanding of the unique work related stresses in the education sector making us experts in this field. We deliver specialists wellbeing services for staff through webinars and lectures.

Our core services include:

  • Advising HR on pre-employment health questionnaires.
  • Prompt OH assessment within 7 days via video conference or telephone for urgent cases.
  • Face to face occupational health assessment within 2 weeks of referral (for over 90% of referrals).
  • Experts in managing longterm, complex sickness absence.
  • The provision of robust and leagally compliant report which will be evidence based and appropriately referenced.
  • Legally compliant advice and guidance on your oligations under the Equality Act 2010, with clear instructions on reasonable adjustments.
  • Joint ownership in monitoring cases with HR when required.
  • Promoting wellbeing within the school enviroment through webinars and lectures.