Calculating the real costs of sickness absence
November 2019
More active management of sick leave could save the UK economy £56 billion each year in lost time, management costs and productivity losses, experts have…
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Welcome to our blog where we share news and provide opinion and analysis on the latest developments in rehabilitation case management and rebuilding lives.
Freakonomics, sick days and UK GDP
November 2019
When we look at UK GDP recovery and growth figures, is it safe to assume that improved staff absenteeism levels are a key ingredient in…
Read MoreDealing with suicidal colleagues. A 12-point checklist for buttoned-up-Brits.
November 2019
Pete Clark, HCML’s head of corporate and public sector service development, explains what HR people can do to help staff who may be exploring suicide.…
Read MoreQuestion time with Shamim Patel BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy – Corporate Clinical Lead and Rehabilitation Case Manager
November 2019
Since graduating from Bradford University with an honours degree in occupational therapy, Shamim has worked for three years in rehabilitation case management. Having worked as…
Read MoreA better patient journey and a gold-winning formula
October 2019
The aggregation of marginal gains helped Team GB to earn their greatest haul of cycling gold medals at the 2012 Olympics. Now “Team HCML” is…
Read MoreIt’s stressful being stressed at work
September 2019 Pete Clark, HCML’s head of corporate and public sector service development, explains what HR people and managers can do to alleviate stress at work, and…
Read MoreManaging growth in professional case management
August 2019
Rebuilding lives is part of everyday life for Keith Bushnell and his team. Yet Bushnell, who took over at the helm of HCML in 2010, has…
Read MoreNASA breakthrough delivers outstanding results and ‘phenomenal’ confidence boosts
August 2019
HCML has always supported the use of equipment innovations to transform rehabilitation outcomes. Its clinical operations manager Kate Barton explains how it has deployed a…
Read MoreSMART goals in the face of adversity
August 2019
Two gruelling days of plunging 30 foot into freezing water and navigating cave pools gave two HCML employees the chance to push their minds and…
Read MoreClinical negligence needs the Rehab code
July 2019
Why doesn’t the Rehabilitation Code extend to clinical negligence and how might patients benefit if it did? Our medical director Dr Alex Smallwood examines why…
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