Bupa is launching a new ‘whole of workforce’ health and wellbeing subscription service in the UK, Bupa Well+, allowing employers to give their people the health and wellbeing support they need through just one app, Bupa Touch.
Bupa Well+ will enable employers to provide key health and wellbeing benefits to their entire workforce who aren’t covered by health insurance. The services are all offered digitally, so employees can access them at home or on the go, through the Bupa Touch app.
The new service focuses on digital health and wellbeing solutions centred around prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Customers with Bupa Well+ will have access to digital consultations with GPs, nurses, physios and mental health specialists and access to treatment support from mental health and physio programmes.
Mental health services are some of the most widely used benefits, with insight from the Bupa Wellbeing Index revealing counselling services (24%) and mental health apps (23%) to be two of the top three most used health and wellbeing benefits by employees.
Alongside the diagnosis and treatment aspects, customers will be able to access preventative healthcare services, with 1,500 digital gym classes and wellbeing programmes available on the Bupa Touch app, promoting healthy behaviours and empowering them to take control of their health.
With an estimated 185 million working days lost to sickness or injury each year, Bupa Well+ will help more workers access key health and wellbeing services quickly via the one app.
Alex Perry, CEO for Bupa UK Insurance said: “We know how important it is for employers and employees alike to be happy and motivated in the workplace and how much health and wellbeing plays a part in that. We are on a mission to make healthcare more accessible and inclusive and help more people access the support, diagnosis and treatment they need quickly and easily by providing services all in one app.
“Some of the most common health challenges holding people back at work are musculoskeletal and mental health related and these are a big part of the support provided by our new service. We hope Bupa Well+ will allow our corporate customers to provide more of their employees with these key benefits to lead healthier, happier lives.”
Currently, Bupa Well+ is available as a mid-tier Silver service focusing on workplace health and digital treatment for mental health and muscles, bones and joints. Bupa will also be launching an entry level, Bronze, and higher level, Gold service in the coming year.
Bupa Well+ Silver is available from £49.99 per person per annum for companies with over 10,000 subscribers and includes:
- Wellbeing: 1500 upcoming and on demand digital gym classes, online wellbeing resources and meditation spaces
- Digital GP services: quick assessments, diagnoses and referrals without the way accessed through Bupa Touch
- Digital counselling: up to 14 digital mental health support sessions including cognitive behavioural therapy, personal coaching
- Mental health support: online resource support available for conditions such as anxiety and depression, with self-managed treatment programmes
- Musculoskeletal: virtual physiotherapy triage and self-managed programmes to treat and prevent muscle and joint issues
- Digital physiotherapy: up to six online physiotherapy sessions per annum for MSK conditions
- Bupa Well+ is accessible through Bupa Touch which offers employers the convenience of one health and wellbeing app for employees with Bupa health insurance and Bupa Well+
