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Colouring used to be reserved for children and the occasional adult who got to babysit them, but recently, the activity has found a different demographic. What started as a niche hobby has now turned into an international trend, as adult colouring books find themselves on more and more best-sellers’ lists throughout the world. 

Harry Cramer, Managing Director of APL Health, explains how his team’s occupational health and wellbeing support can positively influence schools and their employees. 

Health cash plans are a type of cash back scheme that can help you budget for your everyday health needs and provide cover for the unexpected. You can claim cashback on dental check-ups, fillings, physiotherapy, eye tests, glasses and much more up to the annual limits. 

One of the main challenges facing schools when searching for staff absence insurance is understanding exactly what is and isn't included in various provider’s policies.

Most of us will feel stress at work in one way or another. Physiological symptoms of stress such as the release of adrenaline are a healthy and necessary bodily reaction. In moderation these are nothing to worry about. However continuous or overwhelming levels of stress can become unmanageable and will have a detrimental physiological and psychological impact.

For many professionals across the UK, making an appointment with their GP has become nigh impossible. Many patients are only being allowed to make appointments on the day they call the surgery. Others are being forced to wait up to three weeks to see their doctor. As a consequence, more than one million patients each year are seeking care at an A&E unit because they are unable to get a GP appointment, NHS research has found.