What was the business case for improving health and well-being in the NHS?
The focus of the review was on improving the health of the NHS workforce, helping to prevent people from becoming sick and having to take time off work; and, where sickness does occur, helping to ensure that NHS staff can remain in or swiftly return to work. The review has found that improvements to staff health and well-being will save money and improve patient care: the NHS loses 10.3m working days annually due to sickness absence alone, costing £1.7bn per year. A reduction of a third would mean an extra 3.4m working days a year, and annual direct cost savings of over half a billion pounds (£555m).
