Workforce Health

As we manage the ongoing effects of a generation-defining pandemic, and face a crisis in the cost of living, the health and resilience of the UK workforce and society more widely is of central importance. The evidence is fast accumulating on the link between health and wealth, and how economic growth cannot ignore the health of the population.

In April 2023, with the support of Dame Carol Black, we launched the report, Business Framework for Health: A ‘Year On’: Progress since 2021.  Supporting Employers,  Businesses and Investors to Enhance and Level Up Health of the Nation (which can be accessed here) that reported on achievements of our research programme supported by the Health Foundation.   In this report we set out our routemap for 2023-2025 including a programme of work to bring 'Health' into ESG.

We launched  the Work Health Index at the CBI conference on 22 November 2022 with a keynote by Amanda Pritchard, CEO of NHS (click here to access the tool).  Supported by NHS and Government, this tool, representing the first pillar of the three-pillar business framework for health, aims to help companies benchmark  their health and wellbeing provision to their workforce, ultimately aiming to improve health and wellbeing outcomes  to help reduce labour force inactivity and tackle record long-term sickness absence levels restricting the UK’s productivity and undermining economic growth ambitions.

Business for Health launched its first report, Business Framework for Health: Supporting Businesses and Employers in their Role to Enhance and Level Up Health of the Nation, in collaboration withn the CBI on 18 October 2021.