Case Study: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust improves staff health and wellbeing with NHS Employers

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust - Customer Case Study

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, a large NHS trust, identified through staff feedback that improving employee health and wellbeing was a top priority. Their challenge was to create a sustainable and cost-effective strategy to support staff, reduce sickness absence, and ultimately improve patient safety and care. To address this, they worked with the vendor NHS Employers to develop a comprehensive programme.

The solution, developed with NHS Employers, was the "5 ways to a healthier YOU" initiative, which provided staff with support across five areas: healthy body, active body, healthy mind, healthy eating, and work-life balance. Key outcomes included 77% of physiotherapy users reporting less time off work, 72 staff quitting smoking in a year, and a 97% uptake rate for cognitive behavioural therapy. The trust also saw improved staff survey scores, achieving an Investors in People gold standard and high recommendation rates from its employees.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust