Take another look again at your occupational health and safety policies.
How many of your employees are still taking time off because of work related ill-health, things like back pain, musculo-skeletal and stress related disorders.
Even as you read this article, ill health is costing your company money.
Ill health costs businesses millions of pounds each year through lost work time, production and profits.

Helping to maintain the health and well being of your employees is essential if your company wants them to perform to the best of their abilities, whilst avoiding stress, and reducing time off due to sickness.

How can the Achilles centre help?

We understand the needs and benefits of a long term occupational health plan. We are specialists when it comes to treating the main causes of occupational related absenteeism, musculo-skeletal and stress related disorders.
According to HSE statistics 60% of all work related ill health is caused by musculo-skeletal disorders such as back pain or RSI.

Back pain is the leading cause of sickness absence from work in the UK. It is estimated that in 1995, 10 million working days were lost because of back pain, the overall cost to industry has been estimated at £5 billion.

Stress, anxiety and depression as a result of work are increasingly common place, in order to try and prevent them and promote better working conditions, we are increasingly turning to the services of trained counsellors within the work place. Counsellors are skilled listeners providing employees the opportunity to discuss and resolve specific problems.

According to HSE statistics ½ a million people believe they experience stress to the point that it is making them ill. Whilst 5 million believe that they are ‘very’ or ‘extremely’ stressed.
It is estimated that stress costs businesses £3.8billion pounds each year.

What will this service cost my company?

Providing healthcare for your employees needn’t be expensive and can save your company hundreds even thousands of pounds.
Have you ever wondered how much it costs your business for one person to be off sick, awaiting treatment on the NHS?
At the Achilles Centre there are no long waiting lists, we can offer immediate access to treatments (such as physiotherapy, counselling and podiatry). It can mean the difference between a person taking six weeks off for treatment and recovery or six months, acute problems from becoming chronic.

The services we provide can be tailored to any company large or small, whether you wish to arrange treatment for a single employee on an as and when basis or require a more structured service we can accommodate your needs. We can provide you with onsite assessments and treatments or at the Achilles Centre, whatever your need we aim to fullfil it.

For more information on what we can do for you please contact Angela Cottingham