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Helping to reduce the UK’s £180bn a year lost to poor health and productivity.
The Confederation of British Industry is working with hundreds of British businesses, HM Government, NHS England and Business for Health to help reduce the £180bn per year economic loss due to employee poor health. Developed in partnership with Hugo & Cat, the Work Health Index will enable businesses to diagnose the strength of their employee health and wellbeing initiatives and benchmark against peers.
The Work Health Index journey so far
Covering workplace policies, practices and provisions designed to support employee health and wellbeing, the WHI uses a UK wide data set to power benchmarking across four key categories, Work, Live, Move and Thrive. Businesses answer 50 key questions and are presented with a weighted score, determined by their sector and size. The data will be regularly re benchmarked as early adopters complete their surveys and the CBI furthers its partnerships.
Business impact
Launched in November 2022 to early adopters, immediate benefits to British business will be around understanding their competitiveness and making enhancements to their Employee Value Proposition. In the longer term, the data, insight and guidance will help to create better work environments that improve productivity and drive positive health outcomes.
For the CBI early benefits are already being seen via media attention and increased interest in membership.
Just the first step
As a partner for digital and data in the CBI’s wider Customer Experience Transformation, Hugo & Cat is delighted to have been chosen to partner with CBI on this first iteration of the Work Health index. With the employee wellness agenda front and centre in most organisations and employee retention ever more competitive, the WHI presents valuable insight today and great potential for the future. As we work with the CBI to gather feedback from early adopters, we anticipate an ambitious and dynamic product roadmap for 2023.
A word from our team
“The WHI further demonstrates the CBI's commitment to unlocking value for its members through the use of digital and data to positively impact key health and economic challenges. We firmly believe investing in employee wellbeing can lead to increased resilience, and higher performance and productivity, so are delighted to have worked in partnership with the CBI to develop this first iteration. The partnership further demonstrates our Customer Experience expertise within the Healthcare sector, where we are also currently leading CX Transformation with The American College of Surgeons, Intermountain Healthcare and ViiV Healthcare (GSK).”
Rachael Scott, Chief Creative Strategy Officer, London & New York Hugo & Cat
