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Not-for-profit healthcare provider, Benenden Health has added RedArc to its range of partners to bring the benefits of experienced registered nurses to its members. This will provide members with access to emotional and practical support and advice, via telephone, throughout a member’s cancer journey. Importantly, this support will be from a designated nurse and will… Continue reading →

This national Cancer Survivor’s Day on 5 June 2022, RedArc wants employers to recognise the significant role they can play in helping their employees during and after cancer treatment. As remaining in, returning to, or keeping in touch with the workplace is often an important part of an employee’s recovery. Employers must ensure they provide… Continue reading →

Given the increased volume* and magnitude of mental health issues amongst children following the pandemic and the additional burden on the ever-stretched NHS, RedArc urges employers to communicate the fact that children do not necessarily need to be named on their parents’ policies to access the mental health support available within employee benefits. RedArc states… Continue reading →

Employers are being warned about selecting employee benefits that are too inflexible in the way they support the health and wellbeing of employees. RedArc, the nurse-led health wellbeing service, believes that although employers are doing the right thing in proactively providing health and wellbeing support for staff, they need to be cautious about overly prescriptive… Continue reading →

RedArc is warning that a woeful lack of eldercare support for employees and the current recruitment crisis in the domiciliary sector has created a perfect storm, meaning employers risk losing staff who have responsibilities for looking after elderly or frail family members. Christine Husbands, managing director for RedArc says: “Whether care is required urgently or… Continue reading →

RedArc is warning employers to be aware of the pitfalls of not personalising health and wellbeing support for employees. There are many employee benefits that employers have access to, and an increasing use of technology, all of which can be a great support for wellbeing, but it is not a substitute for personalised support in… Continue reading →

With Blue Monday nearly upon us, RedArc is urging employers to remind staff that lessons learned during the early days of the pandemic can be applied to maintain good mental health permanently. The third Monday of January is traditionally known as the most depressing day of the year, brought about by post-Christmas debt, short days,… Continue reading →

Workplace health and wellbeing support will become increasingly comprehensive and sophisticated in 2022, according to RedArc, the nurse-led wellbeing service. Christine Husbands, managing director for RedArc says: “The year the pandemic arrived really took the wind out of employers’ sails but those who already offered comprehensive health and wellbeing support would have felt that their… Continue reading →

As the festive season approaches, it is tempting for many small businesses to see this as an opportunity to make up for lost time and lost revenues following the pandemic and not take time off. However, this added pressure and stress may lead to wellbeing issues for employees, particular those for whom lockdowns, closures and… Continue reading →

Bereavement support for children is often embedded within employee benefits but is too often underutilised according to RedArc, ahead of Child Grief Awareness Day on 18 November 2021. The nurse-led health and wellbeing service believes this deficit is due to a lack of employer awareness that children-specific bereavement support is in fact often embedded into… Continue reading →