Not everyone gives their health as much thought and consideration as perhaps they should. Alongside the National Health Service (NHS) which exists in the UK, other healthcare options are also available – but what do they have to offer?
Different healthcare approaches
Today, there are many different ways that you can take positive steps to look after your own healthcare needs. Organisations such as benenden health take a holistic approach to healthcare meaning that different areas of need and numerous disciplines of care are catered to.
About benenden health
With a history spanning more than 100 years, benenden health focuses solely on its members. Whilst the healthcare services they offer will adapt, their organisation’s ethos will never change and will continue to offer exceptionally high quality of care.
Members of the benenden health community are supported by the contributions of over 900,000 people; this means a top quality range of healthcare services are available to members when they need them most. As well as physical ailments, many different types of illnesses can be treated on a discretionary basis under membership.
Stress counselling
The modern world has pressures of a kind that previous generations may not have had to deal with or may not have encountered as often. The levels of stress this presents can result in acute depression as well as more general psychological problems and is often associated with pressurised work environments.
benenden health has a 24 hour stress counselling helpline that provides assistance to members. Calm, experienced and qualified counsellors offer crucial information concerning local services which can be accessed to help those in need. You can find out more about benenden health’s counselling here; stress at work, relationship problems, money worries, employment issues and bereavement are all things that you may need help dealing with and benenden health can put you in contact with those in the best position to help.
Using the services of a trained psychologist is far more common in countries like the USA than it is in the UK but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t still play a vital role in the healthcare industry. Clinical psychology is now used in many areas of life, from job interviews to industrial relations, and has various applications that can help with a range of day to day issues that many people could find useful.
benenden health voted the UK’s most trusted healthcare provider
Excellent levels of customer service has resulted in benenden health being voted the UK’s most trusted healthcare provider in the prestigious Moneywise Awards for two consecutive years (2011 and 2012). As much as 98% of benenden health’s members who used the services said they were satisfied with the service provided in 2012 and the counselling helpline is just one part of their healthcare provisions.*
Physical treatments from healthcare professionals are available alongside treatments offered by a qualified psychologist and cover everything from physiotherapy to psychotherapy and other fields of clinical psychology on a discretionary basis. More information on this is available at www.benenden.co.uk/healthcare-membership/personal-healthcare/healthcare-services/counselling-psychology/
* benenden health customer satisfaction survey January – November run by Ipsos MORI
