EssentialHealth: Your musculoskeletal & Mental health insurance plan

EssentialHealth gives employers an affordable way to provide employee health insurance cover for the most frequent causes of ill health and absence in the workplace. Happy and healthy employees' are the driving force behind every successcul business.

CIPD’s Absence Management Report cites the top four causes of long-term absence as: acute medical conditions, stress, mental health and musculoskeletal injuries.

With one in four people experiencing mental ill health every year¹ and almost a quarter of all lost working days attributed to musculoskeletal problems², these common conditions can have a huge impact on workplace wellness and productivity.

EssentialHealth offers quick diagnosis and treatment for these conditions, making a positive difference to employee wellbeing and recovery, and their healthy return to a regular work schedule.

With this flexible health insurance plan, you can support employee mental wellbeing and musculoskeletal health in a range of ways to suit your business needs.

Your health insurance cover options can include or exclude outpatient, inpatient or day case treatment, with every level of cover offering access to all private hospitals and a full range of consultants in the UK.

For a complete list of benefits available with EssentialHealth click here for a detailed product guide.

For more information on how a Cigna health insurance plan can help you improve employee health and wellbeing, please contact our Commercial Business Centre on 01475 788779.

¹ NHS Information Centre for Health & Social Care ‘Adult psychiatric morbidity in England’ 2009

² Public Health England Health Survey for England 2013