Case Study: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust improves staff health and wellbeing with NHS Employers

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital NHS Foundation Trust using data to effectively target staff health and wellbeing initiatives

The customer, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, faced a challenge of high staff sickness absence and lacked a structured strategy for employee health and wellbeing. To address this, they partnered with the vendor, NHS Employers, to leverage data in order to identify key health issues and effectively target new staff health and wellbeing initiatives.

NHS Employers helped the trust implement a data-driven solution that segmented the year into quarterly health themes, including obesity, the ageing workforce, and alcohol awareness. This strategy, which included subsidized therapies, targeted exercise classes, and updated policies, led to measurable results such as a 16% reduction in sickness absence for staff over 50. NHS Employers' guidance was instrumental in creating a cohesive, evidence-based program that improved staff health outcomes.

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust