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More UK businesses considering private health insurance for staff, poll finds

Survey of 1,000 companies lays bare worries about impact of long NHS waiting lists on workforce productivity
Some 28% of companies surveyed say rates of sickness absence among staff has increased over the past year

UK business leaders’ worries about the impact of long NHS waiting lists on productivity have been laid bare in a new poll that shows up to four in 10 are considering private health insurance for their workforce.

Research by polling company Savanta for the Independent Healthcare Providers Network, which represents most private health businesses, found that just over half of 1,000 businesses were “fairly or very concerned” that waiting times may increase internal sickness absence rates.

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