Sickness absence is climbing to record levels, according to the CIPD’s Health and Wellbeing at Work 2025 research Employees are experiencing long waiting times to access essential treatment, while organisations face rising costs, lost productivity, and mounting pressure on already stretched benefits budgets. Every delay in care is a direct hit to workforce health, resilience, and retention.
At the same time, the rapid growth of digital healthcare is reshaping employee expectations. Virtual GPs, wellbeing apps and online platforms promise faster access but too often they sit in isolation, failing to reach the employees who need them most.
For reward and benefits leaders, the question is urgent: how do you create a seamless, equitable healthcare journey that cuts through barriers, harmonises provision, and delivers real organisational impact? This webinar will reveal how forward-thinking employers are achieving exactly that.
Key issues to be explored:
• Harmonising healthcare provision to unlock consistent data, sharper insights, and smarter decisions across the workforce
• Removing barriers to care and addressing how delays impact sickness absence and benefits effectiveness
• Designing connected, seamless health pathways that integrate digital and traditional provision
• Delivering measurable impact by embedding equity at the core of benefits strategies to strengthen workforce health and resilience.
• The role of the line manager and ensuring they are trained appropriately to support their team and direct to relevant services, encouraging uptake and hopefully reducing days lost to absences.
Thank you to our strategic partner Simplyhealth for supporting this REBA webinar
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