SUMMER 2020 PULSE POINTS
Employee healthcare news in brief - going over and above to keep you updated.
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Ill-health prevention for ageing workers
The number of years people will live with poor health is set to increase by 17% over the next 25 years if government fails to prioritise preventative health interventions. This could cost employers billions in sick days, presenteeism and early retirement.
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The lowdown on lockdown diets
A YouGov survey of 2000 people for the British Nutrition Foundation, found 27% were eating less healthily than before the pandemic, compared with only 22% whose diet had become healthier.
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Better health throughout 2020s
Tackling preventative illness must remain a top priority in the 2020s according to the Government’s prevention green paper and the NHS Long Term Plan.
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