With sick days costing the UK economy £100billion a year and the average waiting time to see a GP rising to two weeks, it’s no surprise that employee sickness has become a real issue for UK businesses.
Health is the greatest benefit a company can offer their employees and the introduction of an online GP service within the workplace could help to create a healthier and more productive workforce – and it may well reduce the cost of the nation’s employee sickness bill.
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