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- Investing in onsite healthcare can save a business 12x what it spends.
- Sickness absence costs UK business almost £600 per employee per year – including occupational sick pay, statutory sick pay, replacement personnel and overtime costs. Figures don’t include the cost of disruption, productivity, administration and impact on staff morale.
- Less than 1/3 of organisations measure the cost of sickness absence on their business.
- 3.5% - 8 working days per employee – are lost to absence through sickness and injury to British businesses each year.
- 60% of businesses provide their employees with access to occupational health care as part of their approach to managing long-term absence through sickness and injury.
- 40% of businesses rate occupational health involvement highly in managing short-term sickness and injury.
- Private service businesses are lagging behind other sectors in providing access to occupational health care. Surprising, given the reliance they have on key workers.
- Early referral to occupational health professionals is important to prevent conditions such as stress or musculoskeletal problems becoming recurrent or long term.
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