The workforce in the UK is getting older and employers need to take active steps to look after their workers health. That’s the message coming from Bupa after a report was published predicting the average age for a worker to be 43 by 2030. In forty years time we can also expect to see the average retiring age at 68. So with an ageing workforce meaning potentially more illnesses and days lost to sickness each year, companies are being advised to take out a corporate private medical insurance policy to ensure that their employees have access to the best quality healthcare services available in a place and time most convenient to them so that they have the best chance of being in as good a state of health as possible.


The authors of the Healthy Work report have also seen a pattern of people moving towards services related work away from manual labour. This means that the number of people likely to be suffering from psychological conditions is likely to increase, something that can often go unspotted and undiagnosed. A general health check up, something that can be accessed to via some private medical insurance companies, is one way that conditions like this that someone may not be aware that they are suffering from can be picked up on and treated. Regular check-ups with a GP are also recommended. Natalie-Jane Macdonald, Bupa’s managing director for UK Health Insurance told Health Insurance and Protection Magazine, “The commercial benefits of taking action on workplace health are clear as healthy employees can be nearly three times more productive than those in poor health." Cash plan private medical insurance is a cost effective way of taking steps towards healthier staff.