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How to talk to loved ones about death and dying

March 7, 2024 Lisa Baker, Editor, Wellbeing News Comments Off

In our British culture, we don’t like talking about death. It’s a subject we tend to swerve through fear of causing upset or distress. But avoiding conversations can lead to people’s wishes not being heard, […]

Nurse opens up on challenges facing North Wales hospice due to Coronavirus and funding shortfall

August 10, 2020 Lisa Baker, Editor, Wellbeing News Comments Off

THE significance of St David’s Hospice has never been more apparent than in past months. Care staff have continued to deliver first-class clinical services despite the COVID-19 pandemic and have often been called upon to […]

Hospice to lose more than £1million due to Coronavirus and insufficient Welsh funding

July 28, 2020 Lisa Baker, Editor, Wellbeing News Comments Off

A HOSPICE leader says chronic underfunding and the Coronavirus will see them lose around £1.2m this year. In an open letter, Steve Parry, chief executive of Wrexham-based Nightingale House Hospice, said: “Despite the amazing support […]

COVID-19 Vaccination

First UK private corporate COVID vaccine clinic delivered

Doctorcall, the longest-standing independent provider of private flu vaccination campaigns, has delivered the UK’s first corporate COVID vaccination clinic. Ten staff were vaccinated using the Pfizer vaccine. The first of three sessions, with 30 staff [...]
Health

Half of employees will have to take time off due to illness or an accident and around 60% of those are left without pay

Over half (52%) of employees have had to take time off work due to sickness or injury Just two in five (38%) received paid time off during absences This comes as 17% admitted their employer [...]
News

3 new ways to think about workplace wellbeing in your business

Wellbeing and work-life balance have become an important discussion point over the last few years. There may be various reasons for this: Generation Z recruits entering the workforce with different workplace expectations; the COVID pandemic [...]
Mental Health

Stress Awareness Month – Six in ten parents feel stress and anxiousness from worrying about their child(ren)

While it’s only natural to feel worried about your children, research from MetLife UK highlights the significant strain that this causes parents. Six in ten (61%) parents say the worry they have for their child(ren) causes them [...]
News

Two in five UK employees would take a willing pay cut for better benefits

Two in five (40%) UK employees would choose a job that offers a lower salary, but generous employee benefits (i.e. income protection, death in service, hybrid working), according to new research from protection and employee benefits [...]

COVID-19 Vaccination

First UK private corporate COVID vaccine clinic delivered

April 11, 2024 Comments Off

Doctorcall, the longest-standing independent provider of private flu vaccination campaigns, has delivered the UK’s first corporate COVID vaccination clinic. Ten staff were vaccinated using the Pfizer vaccine. The first of three sessions, with 30 staff […]

Health

Half of employees will have to take time off due to illness or an accident and around 60% of those are left without pay

April 11, 2024 Comments Off

Over half (52%) of employees have had to take time off work due to sickness or injury Just two in five (38%) received paid time off during absences This comes as 17% admitted their employer […]

News

3 new ways to think about workplace wellbeing in your business

April 4, 2024 Comments Off

Wellbeing and work-life balance have become an important discussion point over the last few years. There may be various reasons for this: Generation Z recruits entering the workforce with different workplace expectations; the COVID pandemic […]