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Our CEO, Dave Capper, talks about the pandemic panic surrounding the current coronavirus outbreak.

On 13th April 2019 I did my first 5k ParkRun – although it was more of a walk! However, I persevered and by July had reached the point where I could run 5k without stopping, albeit rather slowly.

Our CEO Dave Capper explains the link between active employees and the bottom line and why businesses can’t afford to ignore physical wellbeing

As we mark 100 years, we co-hosted a special event with Age UK to say thank you to guests in their 80s, 90s and 100s who have supported us throughout the century.

Lisa Wilson shares how her son Tom saved or changed 50 people’s lives through organ donation and how he was remembered at the World Transplant Games.

What does it take to achieve Investors in People Gold? We look at the role of workplace culture in creating a high-performing company.

What should UK businesses take from this week’s announcement from the Business Roundtable that the shareholder is no longer king? Dave Capper reflects on the importance of keeping employees top of mind.

“The decade of proactive, predictive, and personalised prevention” – that’s the bold headline of a new government consultation setting out a vision for British healthcare in the 2020s.

What really is organisational culture and why is it so important, and more importantly how can HR drive positive cultural change?

Helen Wilson is taking part in her fifth Westfield Health British Transplant Games after receiving two life-saving organ transplants.

Two in five employees feel their company doesn’t support wellbeing, meaning that many employees across the UK aren’t speaking out when they are under stress

The future of workplace fitness is changing those leading the way are looking to more dynamic solutions – it’s not all about having a large corporate gym.

With International Woman’s Day focusing on how we can forge a gender-balanced world and celebrate women’s achievements, we want to highlight the importance of supporting women’s sport

Prevention is better than cure. A healthy workforce is a more productive workforce, with less sickness and lower absence rates, contributing to higher organisational success.

By improving health and wellbeing at work, you’re helping to create a more motivated, engaged and high performing workforce – resulting in greater organisational success.

Our Head of Coaching, Mark Pinches, explains how to reduce absenteeism by creating a working environment where employees thrive, and therefore be less likely to pull a ‘sickie’.

How does employee wellbeing impact productivity? Here we explore how you can increase employee performance and productivity through creating a culture of health and wellbeing

It’s easy to label ‘Blue Monday’ as the most ‘depressing’ day of the year, but we must all understand depression is a very serious issue and a term that shouldn’t be used lightly.

When employees are intrinsically motivated, it means they are doing their job because they truly enjoy it, and employers can use this to create a productive and engaged workforce.

Mark Pinches, our Head of Coaching outlines 5 simple mindfulness exercises you can carry out at work to help reduce stress and increase productivity and focus

Our Human Resources and Wellbeing Manager, Vicky Walker, explains 11 top tips towards creating a culture of employee engagement

A mental health day is when employees take sick leave to manage their mental wellbeing. Here we outline 5 ways to support employee self care in the workplace.

How to develop a mental health return to work plan to support employees with mental illness, and raise awareness of mental health in the workplace.

Mark Pinches, our Head of Coaching, identifies 10 steps towards building resilience to cope with work related stress and avoid burnout.

The sudden onset of darker nights can have a negative effect on employee productivity levels, here we take a look at 5 ways to stay productive at work this winter.

Find out how to manage mental health in the workplace and how to help your employees feel more comfortable about disclosing mental health issues at work.

What is a sedentary lifestyle and how can we overcome inactivity in the workplace? We outline 6 top tips to be more active at work.

Our research shows that exhaustion at work is a real issue – over 1 in 10 working Brits have taken a nap at work, and almost half regularly turn up to their job too tired to work.

Mental health at work – it’s a subject we talk openly and honestly about at Westfield Health. Our recent survey of working UK adults found that 86% believe that companies are not doing enough to support them with work-related mental health issues.

It can be challenging to get everything done before you go on holiday, but it’s important to learn how to switch off while you are away.

How Westfield Health is helping the NHS celebrate its 70th birthday

Double transplant recipient Helen Wilson discusses her amazing story that led her to take part in the Westfield Health British Transplant Games.

The health and wellbeing of employees is directly linked to their productivity. A happy and healthy workforce is a more productive workforce.

Physical Activity and Sport is a good wellbeing investment – and we can prove it says Tim Copley, Director of Insight and Performance at London Sport

We’ve put together our top 5 tips on how to be an approachable line manager so you can support your team’s mental health.

Richard Holmes, our Director of Wellbeing, discussed our recent health and wellbeing report with Sky News. Learn more about how employee wellbeing is moving up the corporate agenda.

Read about the results of our latest national survey, which investigates how working adults in the UK think wellbeing should be funded.

Earlier this week, the team at Westfield Health were proud to welcome Sir Malcolm Grant, chair of NHS England, to mark the start of construction work on the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC).

World Sleep Day, organised by the World Sleep Society, is here again to celebrate sleep and highlight key issues relating to it, such as medicine, education, social aspects and driving.

Returning to work after the Christmas break is always tough, but we’re taking it on with a few ‘little pockets of positivity’ to get you through to February.

December is here and we’re spending more, eating more, trying to get everything done – but sleeping less. Westfield Health’s tips on how to get quality sleep over the festive period.

Underneath the glistening tinsel, carefully wrapped gifts and turkey basting, Christmas can be the root cause of a lot of stress for many people.

What springs to mind when you think about Christmas? Presents? Sleigh bells? Tinsel? But what’s the thing we all look forward to the most? You guessed it – the food!

The Christmas build up has begun and in the middle of the never ending to do list, finding time to exercise can be a challenge.

The National Health Service turns 70 in 2018, and Westfield Health celebrates reaching 100 the following year.

Although starting university is an exciting milestone, there are lots of challenges facing students leaving home for the first time. Read about how a health cash plan can help support students at university.

It’s been really great to see health and wellbeing being celebrated across Great Britain this week, with millions of employees taking part in activities to enhance people’s understanding of health and wellbeing at home, work and in everyday life.

It is common knowledge that exercise and physical activity can help us to improve and maintain our health and wellbeing, reducing the risk of developing diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity and some cancers.

James Wilson, AKA The Sleep Geek, writes about how children’s sleep is the key to a restful night.

Up to two thirds of students are dropping out in the first year at some of the UK’s biggest universities, according to recent reports. Learn how you can better support your child at university.

To highlight just how life-changing transplantation can be, we spoke to Mark Tompkinson, a dad from Sheffield who had ten organs removed and six replaced through transplants.

During Organ Donation Week, double transplant recipient Helen Wilson speaks about the Westfield Health British Transplant Games 2017 and why it is so important to raise awareness of the phenomenal ‘Gift of Life’.

Highlights from days three & four of the 2017 Westfield Health British Transplant Games

The 2017 Westfield Health British Transplant Games will really get into the swing of things today with lots of sporting action.

Our Sleep Ambassador, James Wilson, is about to appear on our screens in an upcoming TV documentary series.

We’d like to thank everyone who got involved, got out and about and saw more of their local area in the process as part of our Walking Lunch 2017 campaign.

Rob Copeland, Professor of Physical Activity and Health at The Centre for Sport & Exercise Science, Sheffield Hallam University, talks about the major health benefits that you can gain from just 10 minutes of brisk walking per day.

We’re on a mission to help improve our staff’s sleep health. We want our people to be the very best they can be, both when at work and in their daily life too.

James Wilson, AKA The Sleep Geek, talks about the Sleep 101 sessions he ran for staff at Westfield Health.

Emma Scott, Community Defibrillation Officer with the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, talks about the vital work she has done with Westfield Health to install over 100 Automated External Defibrillators across Yorkshire.

James Wilson, AKA the Sleep Geek, shares his thoughts on the link between a good night’s sleep and mental health.

James Wilson, AKA The Sleep Geek, explains why he wanted to work with Westfield Health.

Steve Purdham, founder and inventor of 3Rings UK, a smartplug designed to help families care for their elderly or vulnerable relatives living independently at home, gives his top tips for entrepreneurs looking to start their own business.

Our Head of HR Fiona Lowe discusses the key findings from a recent roundtable discussion on how to win the business case to invest in employee health and wellbeing at the EB Connect Conference in London.

With increasing numbers of carers in the workplace, employers need to recognise the effect that their employees’ responsibilities can have on their business.

Here Sport and Exercise Psychologist, Doctor Joanne Butt talks about key strategies that can translate into a work environment to help employees perform under pressure.

National charities have come together to launch a #DonationConversation campaign to encourage people to tell their families about their decision to be an organ donor when they die.

Eileen Oreilly, HR Manager at Futures Advice, Skills & Employment talks about her experience at the Westfield Health Walking Lunch 2016.

Our Chairman Graham Moore, discusses our commitment to encouraging people to give the ‘Gift of Life’ by signing up to the organ donor register, as well as the importance of informing their family of their wishes.

Ten-year-old Maisie Danher from Prenton, Wirral is set to compete at this year’s Westfield Health British Transplant Games in her home city of Liverpool and has been chosen to be a Westfield Health ambassador for the Games.

Staying fit and healthy is an important part of being an athlete, but what people sometimes don’t realise is that you don’t always stay in shape from just team practice.

Hear about the great savings that our policyholders are making with Westfield Rewards.

As part of National Walking Month, Westfield Health launched their ‘Walking Lunch’ campaign, encouraging people to use their lunch breaks to walk for 20 minutes. Fiona Lowe, Head of HR & Strategy at Westfield Health tells us just why it’s so important.

Research conducted by Westfield Health is shedding some light on our mental resilience in the workplace, and the findings indicate that the problems surrounding mental health at work are actually much bigger than people might first think.

Jeremy Poulson, First Team Sports Scientist at Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, discusses how what you do in a day can affect your health and wellbeing.

Our latest product innovation in the health and wellbeing sector, the 3rings smartplug, brings peace of mind to those who worry about their ageing loved ones, but can’t always be there.

When Jill first saw the 3rings technology on Dragons’ Den last summer, straight away she felt it was something that could really add value to people’s lives and something she believed Westfield Health could be involved in.

Mental health isn’t a new subject but, while it’s more openly discussed in general, there’s still a long way to go in terms of breaking the taboo.

We all know how hard it is to fit exercise into a busy schedule, but why not try and squeeze more walking into your working day?

The new ‘Eatwell Guide’ published by Public Health England shows revised advice for a healthy, balanced diet in order for us to consume our full nutritional requirements.

Our Chairman, Graham Moore, marks World Kidney Day and the countdown to the Westfield Health British Transplant Games, and reminds us just how important it is to support these initiatives.

Jeremy Poulson, First Team Sports Scientist at Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, discusses how he works with the players to ensure they’re in tip top condition and how non-athletes can learn from the pros.

Our infographic contains some surprising facts and stats about eating too much sugar.

To mark Time to Talk Day, our CEO, Dave Capper, shares a personal story of how he was having a difficult time in his life.

As we commemorate 75 years since the Sheffield Blitz, our Chairman Graham Moore reflects on Westfield Health’s history in the city during the Second World War.

Along with his team, Keith Tharby, Director of Workforce Development at Boston College, has been particularly successful in integrating health and wellbeing into his organisation. Here, he shares their award winning HR strategy.

We’ve all been stressed at different points in our lives, and over 55% of people find work more stressful than relationship, health and financial problems. Stephanie Davies, CEO of Laughology, shares her tips for creating a stress free life and workplace.

Following the announcement that we are partnering with the new Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre in Sheffield, our Executive Director Dave Capper talks about what this means for the health and wellbeing of the local community, and the wider population.

We’ve recently adopted a new approach to keeping Britain’s workforce fit and healthy. Our Head of HR Fiona Lowe shares her tips for HR managers looking to support the health and wellbeing of their employees.

We think it’s time to recognise that prevention and early intervention is always better than cure, and that a little TLC can deliver big dividends in ROI.

James Wilson, a sleep practitioner and sleep environment expert, offers his tips for a good night’s sleep.

New blood donors are needed all the time to keep blood stocks at a safe level. Read on for the facts.

Many people regard physical health and mental health as two separate entities, but how connected are they?

With one worker in six experiencing depression, anxiety or problems relating to mental health, our Head of HR and Development Fiona Lowe discusses the impact of mental health in the workplace and offers her tips on how to support your staff.

The number of people who have donated their organs has dropped for the first time in 11 years. Our Chairman Graham Moore talks about the need for more registered organ donors and our reasons for getting behind the British Transplant Games.

Cycling – it’s not just for MAMiLs – everyone can benefit from a bit more time in the saddle.

National Walking Month may be over, but that’s not an excuse to stop being active. Stephen Birch shares some of the amazing stories and pictures we received throughout May. Have a read and see if you find some inspiration for your next walk.

With good weather and longer days, it feels great to be outside with the sun on your back, so why not make the most of this time and find out about the benefits of walking?

Knowing how to maintain a healthy posture is really important if you want to prevent musculoskeletal injuries and stay pain free. Chartered physiotherapist Jane Morgan explains how to adopt a good sitting posture.

So the Westfield Health Marketing Team set itself the challenge to become sugar free in five weeks, but how did we get on? Stephen Birch sums it up in our final ‘sugar free’ blog.