Improving workplace health will give Healey Budget boost, ex-John Lewis boss says

Improving workplace health will give Healey Budget boost, ex-John Lewis boss says

Sir Charlie Mayfield, who led John Lewis from 2007 to 2020, is in charge of the Government’s Keep Britain Working review.

Scotland Helps Shape New System to Keep People Healthy and in Work

Employers, health providers and disabled people in Scotland are helping develop a new Workplace Health System designed to prevent people with health conditions from unnecessarily falling out of employment. The programme comes as 265,300 people in Scotland are reported to be out of work because of long term sickness, while health related economic inactivity is estimated to cost the UK economy around £212 billion each year.

New workplace health system aims to tackle economic inactivity and boost UK growth

Keep Britain Working unveils plans for Britain's first Workplace Health System, helping employees with health conditions remain in work and driving UK economic growth through better employer support.

‘Workplace Health System’ emerges from Keep Britain Working

Sir Charlie Mayfield’s review proposes ‘Workplace Health System’ to connect employers, health provision and intelligence.

New plan for Britain’s first Workplace Health System

Earlier and better support for people with health conditions or disabilities in the workplace is key to driving growth and productivity, says a new report published by the co-chair of Keep Britain Working today [23 September 2026].