Affinity Health at Work is a consultancy and research group.
We work in partnership with organisations and policymakers in their design and delivery of workplace health and wellbeing solutions. Using a bespoke evidence-driven approach our team develop wellbeing strategies; conduct risk assessments and wellbeing audits; design, deliver and evaluate training and behaviour change interventions; and create guidance material and toolkits for employees and managers.
Alex Freeman RGN, DPSN, CDMP of Absence Management Solutions has worked in Income Protection for over 20 years in Nurse Specialist and Vocational Rehabilitation roles.
She now works independently with Individual and Group providers undertaking claims visits and providing return to work case management. Alex provides training on all aspects of absence management, manager training on mental health in the workplace and is a mental health first aid trainer.
Best known for general insurance, we also offer income protection – covering a portion of someone’s salary if unable to work due to illness or injury and assist our customers throughout their recovery.
Guided by our VR Team, using a biopsychosocial philosophy, providing practical advice, emotional support and access to specialist input from our rehabilitation partner network, helping people make a safe, timely, and durable return to work.
Ben Holden Ltd is a specialist case management and rehabilitation service for catastrophically injured people. Established in 2009, we are a nationwide company based near Ipswich in Suffolk.
We focus on delivering the best evidence-based services with compassion, dignity and respect for the individual being served. Our approach is dynamic and action focussed, and we tailor the service recognising that each person is unique, always empowering them and putting them at the centre of decision making. As a team we pride ourselves in being approachable, relaxed, friendly and working collaboratively. We are all enthusiastic and passionate about case management and we love our work.
The VR we provide is a specialist service to support clients following catastrophic injury and assist them to overcome considerable barriers and support people into education, training, work, voluntary work or meaningful activity.
Some of our clients may never recover enough to go back to work or even a paid job so it is also about working with them towards a meaningful goal.
We work with all ages of client because we believe that VR should not just focus on those of a working age.
We particularly pride ourselves on being able to help young people and equipping them with resilience, determination and a desire to work or learn so that they don’t miss out.
The Condition Management Programme (Northern Ireland) helps people manage their health condition to allow them to progress towards, move into and stay in employment.
The CMP is a free, voluntary, work-focused programme facilitated by healthcare professionals, such as Occupational Therapists, Cognitive Behavioural Therapists, Physiotherapists and Mental Health Nurses.
Cortex Rehabilitation is an independent neuro rehabilitation service offering specialist cognitive and vocational rehabilitation for adults recovering from brain injury and neurological conditions.Operating across Kent, London, and surrounding areas, we deliver bespoke, community-based therapy that bridges the gap between clinical recovery and real-world function.
Founded and led by an expert with over 15 years’ experience in brain injury rehabilitation, our service is rooted in a highly personalised, outcomes-driven approach. We help individuals rebuild cognitive skills, manage fatigue, regulate behaviour, and confidently return to work, study, or daily life.
With a strong focus on collaboration, we work alongside families, case managers, employers, and medical teams to provide holistic, coordinated support. Every programme is tailored to reflect the client’s unique challenges, strengths, and goal as no two brain injuries are the same, and neither is the path to recovery.
Enable Therapy Services (ETS) – Specialists in Rehabilitation and Vocational Case Management to individuals following injury or illness. We are a UK wide team exclusively of experienced HCPC Occupational Therapists. We deliver quality assured services to Insurers, Solicitors, Employers, Case Managers and Occupational Health services. We focus on Work as a health outcome, assessing and delivering rehabilitation for work readiness to achieve our clients return to work goals.
Ergocom provides independent assessments and successful return to work programmes for insurers, employers, and case managers. Our highly skilled and experienced team of multidisciplinary health professionals cover the UK and Ireland. We specialise in complex cases, understanding every case is different. Our knowledge and expertise, paired with our highly refined process, ensures you get the perfect combination of services. We also utilise these skills to train and support experienced Vocational Rehabilitation practitioners wanting to expand their skills base and offer additional services, as well as practitioners who are new Vocational Rehabilitation.
We are a Specialist Occupational Therapy practice with many years of experience providing specialist vocational rehabilitation to individuals with acquired brain injury, and other disabling conditions. We have a strong commitment to quality and a high level of skill when identifying a client’s physical and cognitive impairments, always with a view to providing solutions and strategies to help all our clients achieve their vocational goals.
Form Health is an experienced, independent absence management solutions provider to the insurance, corporate, occupational health and rehabilitation markets.
HCB Group provides Employee Health Management and Occupational Health support to help employees return to work from illness or injury in a sustainable way. We have provided these services for more than 25 years and have supported thousands of individuals via their insurers or employers.
We are a small business doing meaningful work in a role which is traditionally fulfilled by large corporates. We are directly supporting a number of global financial institutions. We are confident that we are redefining Occupational Health provision.
Healthywork Ltd provide Occupational Health Services & Vocational Rehabilitation. Established in 2001 by Alison Biggs, Occupational Therapist. We deliver services to employers, insurers, case managers, HR and OH companies.
Services include DSE & Ergonomic Assessments, Job Demand Analysis & Functional Capacity Evaluation and Mental Health Assessments, incl. advising on RTW, condition management & reasonable adjustments.
Specialist skills include delivery of neuropsychological standardised Cognitive Assessments.
Irwin Mitchell understands that whether it’s business or personal, everyone’s situation is different. We provide a wide range of legal services to thousands of individuals. We understand the life-changing impact of a serious injury and our experts are here to help our clients receive the best possible medical care and rehabilitation they need. We are the expert hand, with the human touch.
Legal and General Plc offers Group and Individual Income Protection which provides an income for an employee when they’re unable to work long term, as a result of an illness or injury. The policies are designed to reduce the impact on employers of long-term absence costs and assist the employee through fast track funded rehabilitation, return to work planning and access to an employee assistance programme.
The Access to Work Mental Health Support Service provides cost-free support for people struggling with their mental health.
Funded by the Department of Work & Pensions, we provide tailored workplace support to individuals and small and medium-sized businesses – supporting people to stay in or return to work.Through confidential, personalised support, we have helped more than 45,000 people with anxiety, depression and stress feel better at work.
Medicess are an independent, doctor led rehabilitation provider that specialises in the case management of complex cases and serious personal injury, offered according to the NICE guidelines on Trauma Management. Our in-house case managers are all clinicians (including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and Nurses) that work collectively in a multidisciplinary team to provide ongoing, accurate and clinically excellent rehabilitation, including setting and achieving return to work goals.
We offer a full range of rehabilitation services to include, doctor led multidisciplinary case management, initial needs assessments (INA), vocational and return to work (RTW) programmes.
MGC combines expert clinical, vocational and insurance experience, to offer strategic consultancy on rehabilitation programmes, training, and individual return to work support for the Income Protection (IP) market. Monica has lead award winning biopsychosocial claims management interventions, promoting evidence-based practice. Explore how MGC can support your IP proposition or claimant.
Phelps Case Management provides bespoke Case Management services with an ‘employment first’ philosophy throughout our working – be that paid or voluntary – we see a ‘meaningful day’ as key to a person’s recovery.
Phelps Case Management provides Multi Trauma & Specialist Case Management; Neurological & Psychological Injuries, Vocational Rehabilitation services. We also can provide training and support services for colleagues & professionals.
Proclaim provides a range of vocational rehabilitation services to individuals and companies, helping remove barriers, enable individuals return to work and perform to their highest potential. Alongside include our bespoke contracts with employers, Proclaim also delivers the Access to Work Mental Health Support Service, funded by the DWP
We are a specialist occupational therapy consultancy based in the UK, supporting individuals and businesses to overcome health-related challenges at work. Led by experienced clinicians, our team delivers evidence-based, values-driven services in vocational rehabilitation, occupational health, and workplace assessments. We help piece lives back together by enabling people to stay in or return to meaningful work, while supporting employers to create healthier, more inclusive, and productive workplaces.
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is one of the UK’s leading sight loss charities, providing a range of services and acting as a catalyst for change. We believe that sight loss does not equal job loss.
Our specialist Employment service supports Blind and Partially sighted people, their employers and employment professionals, by providing information advice and guidance, work based assessments and training for professionals and employers.
Specialist employability support to enhance skills and confidence in those who have experienced life changing events or are in circumstances out of their control. This includes those with physical or mental health conditions, the older workforce, ex-offenders, armed forces veterans and public sector workers. We help them to understand their transferable skills and their value to the working environment.
Sleep Unlimited Ltd. comprise a team of psychologists and physiologists who are expert in the area of sleep medicine. They assess, treat and provide training in evidence-based behavioural sleep medicine using NICE approved approaches. They are industry leaders in dealing with the whole range of sleep problems in people who have sustained injuries in order to optimise their rehabilitation trajectories improve quality of life, health, safety and productivity
Since 2009 South Coast Fatigue has been providing bespoke, person centered, fatigue management programmes to individuals with complex, long-term health conditions We are also proud to be supporting the NHS Long Covid clinics throughout Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
As an occupational therapy led, independent practice, we are experts at completing comprehensive assessments, developing individually tailored programmes and working with all key stakeholders to support individuals remain well at work or return to the workplace safely.
As a leading global reinsurance company with a large disability insurance portfolio, Swiss Re strongly promotes the vocational rehabilitation industry and profession. We embrace the evidence which highlights the benefits of early, collaborative and work-focused intervention using a biopsychosocial approach, and actively apply this to our management of income protection insurance claims. (Income protection insurance provides a monthly salary replacement to those unable to work due to illness or injury.)
We keenly support the important work currently being done at an industry level to evidence the benefits of early intervention and rehabilitation to all stakeholders.
Think Therapy 1st provides Specialist Rehabilitation Occupational Therapy (SROT) in the client’s home and community setting. Our programmes enable a person to reach their maximum potential and improve their health and wellbeing by participating in meaningful and purposeful activities.
In addition to doing Initial Needs Assessments and providing specialist OT services, we also provide functional restoration programmes helping our clients manage fatigue, chronic pain and anxiety. We help our clients regain activity levels, helping them get back into leisure and into work or other meaningful occupations, where that is appropriate.
Unum is a leading employee benefits provider offering financial protection through the workplace. Our Income Protection customers have access to medical and vocational rehabilitation expertise designed to help people stay in work and return to work following illness and injury. We are committed to workplace wellbeing for both employees and employers.
We have a wide range of tools designed to help businesses create or enhance their employee wellbeing strategy, including Help@Hand, which offers five integrated wellbeing services in one app, our Mental Health Pathway, line manager and staff workshops, mental health and wellbeing reviews and our interactive Wellbeing Calendar.
Visualise Training and Consultancy provides workplace assessments for employees struggling with their sight at work. They carry out holistic assessments to ascertain the difficulties employees with visual impairments are facing and recommend practical solutions to enable them to carry out their role more effectively.
We are a rehabilitation provider who specialises in pain and fatigue, including post-viral fatigue caused by COVID. Our innovative approach consistently achieves great outcomes including a 70% return to work and an 89% improvement in vitality for our clients.
Most models use a single disciplinary intervention whereas we offer a multidisciplinary team approach based on clinical evidence of optimum intervention.
We work with insurance providers, case managers/solicitors & VR companies/employers. We deliver over 90% of our programmes remotely online.
Working To Wellbeing is an award-winning service provider offering wellbeing and rehabilitation support to help people remain in or return to employment.
As well as our workplace wellbeing offering, we specialize in supporting people with long term conditions including cancer recovery, long covid, persistent pain management, fatigue management and mental health support.
Our aim is to help people to self manage their health and wellbeing, return or remain in work and get the most out of life.
Being a VRA member does not just open the door to exciting opportunities in your career development. It also gives you access to a first-class range of services designed to support you in your professional life.
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