Danny Mortimer has been named chief executive of NHS Employers, succeeding Dean Royles. Mortimer joins from Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, where he was director of workforce and...
The government’s Access to Work programme, designed to help disabled people into employment, is too focused on those with physical disabilities, according to a panel speaking to the Work and Pensions...
The government’s free Health and Work Service is due to rollout in December 2014, but few organisations have a true understanding of what it is, and even fewer have started to develop an integration...
A healthy, energised and high performing workplace is vital to success in a competitive world, so why isn't wellbeing viewed as a boardroom issue?
Will changes to private medical insurance (PMI) provision have any impact on the PMI market and those HRDs investing in this costly benefit?
A report into sickness in the manufacturing sector shows that long-term sickness is increasing among its employees, and that absence is not being remedied by the Government's 'fit note' initiative.
According to research by healthcare specialist Bupa, out of the companies that offer health insurance to their staff, only three in five (59%) make it available to all employees; the others are put...
Paula Moore, author of The Posture Doctor, says that while genetics may play a bit of a role in employee health, much more is down to lifestyle – and this is where employers can help.
Dean Royles, chief executive of NHS employers blogs about transparency in healthcare. Can HR embrace a culture of openness?
Everyone thinks they can solve people problems at the NHS, but what may appear to be common sense does not always yield the best results. NHS Employers boss Dean Royles explains how being a HR...
