Monitoring and encouraging employees to take annual leave

For employers with an annual leave year which runs from January to December, now may be the perfect time to review the outstanding leave to be booked by your employees.  advo hr takes a closer look at the importance of ensuring that employees are regularly taking a...

Medical experts call for obesity to be classed as a disease

Medical experts believe obesity should be classed as a disease in order to encourage people to seek treatment, a move that could reduce stigma and encourage people to have treatment. John Wilding, professor of medicine at the institute of ageing and chronic disease at...

Can the UK learn lessons in healthcare from China?

advo’s Colin Boxall is currently working from China. We republish an article he wrote for Health & Protection Magazine outlining personal experiences in Chinese and UK healthcare systems and where lessons could possibly be learned for the UK. Currently...

The World in 2040: The future of health and wellbeing

A fascinating new report from Allianz Care titled ‘Future Health, Care and Wellbeing’, looks at how medical science and healthcare will be transformed globally in the next 20 years.  Authored by renowned futurologist Ray Hammond, the report is part of a wider ‘The...