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<i>Broker article:</i> Group PMI price increases
23.06.2025

Broker article: Group PMI price increases

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Is chocolate good for you? 
23.06.2025

Is chocolate good for you? 

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What’s the difference between a physiotherapist, a chiropractor, and an osteopath? 
23.06.2025

What’s the difference between a physiotherapist, a chiropractor, and an osteopath? 

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Equipsme HR Guide &#8211; Musculoskeletal Health
23.06.2025

Equipsme HR Guide – Musculoskeletal Health

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How Equipsme works: How to arrange to see a private consultant for a diagnosis
18.06.2025

How Equipsme works: How to arrange to see a private consultant for a diagnosis

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How Equipsme works: How to book a GP appointment
18.06.2025

How Equipsme works: How to book a GP appointment

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How Equipsme works: How to arrange a physiotherapy appointment
18.06.2025

How Equipsme works: How to arrange a physiotherapy appointment

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How Equipsme works: How to arrange private treatment
18.06.2025

How Equipsme works: How to arrange private treatment

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How Equipsme works: how to get mental health support
18.06.2025

How Equipsme works: how to get mental health support

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How Equipsme works: How to contact the nurse support line
18.06.2025

How Equipsme works: How to contact the nurse support line

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Equipsme partners with Fruitful Insights to help clients measure and track wellbeing 
12.06.2025

Equipsme partners with Fruitful Insights to help clients measure and track wellbeing 

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Taking Care – helping you take care of elderly relatives
28.05.2025

Taking Care – helping you take care of elderly relatives

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Loneliness in the UK: A hidden health crisis
27.05.2025

Loneliness in the UK: A hidden health crisis

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Equipsme HR Guide &#8211; Loneliness
27.05.2025

Equipsme HR Guide – Loneliness

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Equipsme HR Guide &#8211; Carers
27.05.2025

Equipsme HR Guide – Carers

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What is prediabetes?
13.05.2025

What is prediabetes?

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Equipsme HR Guide – Diabetes
13.05.2025

Equipsme HR Guide – Diabetes

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What is diabetes?
13.05.2025

What is diabetes?

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8 diabetes symptoms you shouldn’t ignore
13.05.2025

8 diabetes symptoms you shouldn’t ignore

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How is Equipsme keeping costs down?
06.05.2025

How is Equipsme keeping costs down?

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How does Equipsme actually work?
06.05.2025

How does Equipsme actually work?

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Why choose Equipsme in 2025? 
06.05.2025

Why choose Equipsme in 2025? 

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How are businesses using Equipsme plans? 
06.05.2025

How are businesses using Equipsme plans? 

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The Equipsme difference
06.05.2025

The Equipsme difference

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Why health and wellbeing is more important to businesses than ever – and why a ‘hybrid’ solution is proving so popular
06.05.2025

Why health and wellbeing is more important to businesses than ever – and why a ‘hybrid’ solution is proving so popular

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How to add family to your Equipsme plan
25.04.2025

How to add family to your Equipsme plan

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4 reasons to encourage employees to add family to their Equipsme plan
24.04.2025

4 reasons to encourage employees to add family to their Equipsme plan

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3 ways Equipsme supports family health
24.04.2025

3 ways Equipsme supports family health

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How much does it cost to add family to your Equipsme plan?
24.04.2025

How much does it cost to add family to your Equipsme plan?

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Press release: Equipsme appoints Stuart Reid as chair
02.04.2025

Press release: Equipsme appoints Stuart Reid as chair

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How Equipsme works: How to arrange a home health check
06.03.2025

How Equipsme works: How to arrange a home health check

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What is the Wisdom App from Health Assured?
25.02.2025

What is the Wisdom App from Health Assured?

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What is the stress support/EAP?
25.02.2025

What is the stress support/EAP?

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What is health anxiety?
25.02.2025

What is health anxiety?

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Employer’s guide to Equipsme’s wellbeing support line – Stress Support
25.02.2025

Employer’s guide to Equipsme’s wellbeing support line – Stress Support

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Adding Stress Support/EAP to your Equipsme plan
25.02.2025

Adding Stress Support/EAP to your Equipsme plan

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Press release: Employers could recoup £2.78 for every £1 spent on Equipsme health insurance: research
29.01.2025

Press release: Employers could recoup £2.78 for every £1 spent on Equipsme health insurance: research

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What to drink in 2025
22.01.2025

What to drink in 2025

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HR Guide – Preventative Health
21.01.2025

HR Guide – Preventative Health

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What is Vitamin D and why do we need it?
15.01.2025

What is Vitamin D and why do we need it?

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Equipsme Gym discounts – keep your people moving
12.01.2025

Equipsme Gym discounts – keep your people moving

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How Equipsme works: How to access your Equipsme gym discount
12.01.2025

How Equipsme works: How to access your Equipsme gym discount

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Thinking of switching your company health plan to Equipsme?
24.12.2024

Thinking of switching your company health plan to Equipsme?

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Tailoring employee benefits for a multigenerational workforce
17.12.2024

Tailoring employee benefits for a multigenerational workforce

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Equipsme – Looking back at 2024
12.12.2024

Equipsme – Looking back at 2024

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How to look after your hips
12.12.2024

How to look after your hips

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What is snot?
04.12.2024

What is snot?

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Switching to Equipsme – important things you need to know
04.12.2024

Switching to Equipsme – important things you need to know

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6 reasons for companies to press the reset button on health benefits
19.11.2024

6 reasons for companies to press the reset button on health benefits

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Looking after men’s health
06.11.2024

Looking after men’s health

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How our GP service helps your business
06.11.2024

How our GP service helps your business

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Health benefits &#8211; 6 ways to maximise engagement with your Equipsme plan
06.11.2024

Health benefits – 6 ways to maximise engagement with your Equipsme plan

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How to lift well
06.11.2024

How to lift well

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How to look after your knees
06.11.2024

How to look after your knees

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How to check for breast cancer
16.10.2024

How to check for breast cancer

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How to look after your back
15.10.2024

How to look after your back

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HR Guide – Musculoskeletal Health
15.10.2024

HR Guide – Musculoskeletal Health

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Menopause &#8211; What support can I get from Equipsme?
15.10.2024

Menopause – What support can I get from Equipsme?

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Why don’t all employees want health insurance?
09.09.2024

Why don’t all employees want health insurance?

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What is cholesterol?
09.09.2024

What is cholesterol?

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HR Guide – Digestive health
09.09.2024

HR Guide – Digestive health

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Gut instinct – talking about digestive health
09.09.2024

Gut instinct – talking about digestive health

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Equipsme HR Guide &#8211; cancer
04.07.2024

Equipsme HR Guide – cancer

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What’s the alternative to traditional private medical insurance?  
04.07.2024

What’s the alternative to traditional private medical insurance?  

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What is the cancer care support line?
01.07.2024

What is the cancer care support line?

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Do I ever have to pay for Equipsme health benefits?
01.07.2024

Do I ever have to pay for Equipsme health benefits?

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What is hayfever?
01.07.2024

What is hayfever?

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What is the heart health support line?
14.06.2024

What is the heart health support line?

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Money worries, the workplace and YOU
12.06.2024

Money worries, the workplace and YOU

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Equipsme HR Guide – Financial Wellbeing
12.06.2024

Equipsme HR Guide – Financial Wellbeing

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How to keep your heart healthy
11.06.2024

How to keep your heart healthy

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What do blood pressure numbers mean?
10.06.2024

What do blood pressure numbers mean?

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Equipsme HR Guide – The menopause
16.05.2024

Equipsme HR Guide – The menopause

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Equipsme HR Guide – neurodiversity
16.05.2024

Equipsme HR Guide – neurodiversity

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What is skin cancer – and how to avoid it.
15.05.2024

What is skin cancer – and how to avoid it.

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How to stay safe in the sun – sun safety tips
15.05.2024

How to stay safe in the sun – sun safety tips

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What is the Health at Hand nurse support line? 
15.05.2024

What is the Health at Hand nurse support line? 

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How do my dependants access Equipsme benefits?
10.05.2024

How do my dependants access Equipsme benefits?

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Helping your people understand health insurance &#8211; and their Equipsme plan
19.04.2024

Helping your people understand health insurance – and their Equipsme plan

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Do your employees know about their benefits?
19.04.2024

Do your employees know about their benefits?

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Who helps Equipsme members?
19.04.2024

Who helps Equipsme members?

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Equipsme members &#8211; some of the women we’ve helped along the way
27.03.2024

Equipsme members – some of the women we’ve helped along the way

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How to get your Nuffield Health Assessment
20.03.2024

How to get your Nuffield Health Assessment

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Equipsme introduces elder care support services
20.03.2024

Equipsme introduces elder care support services

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How to get your elder care support discount through Equipsme
20.03.2024

How to get your elder care support discount through Equipsme

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How to get your Vision Express discount
20.03.2024

How to get your Vision Express discount

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What is a Moratorium? (And other Private Medical Insurance Jargon)
14.03.2024

What is a Moratorium? (And other Private Medical Insurance Jargon)

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How Equipsme’s stress support line can support your business
14.03.2024

How Equipsme’s stress support line can support your business

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The Stress test
14.03.2024

The Stress test

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Is Equipsme good value?
21.02.2024

Is Equipsme good value?

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Is heart health affecting your business?
21.02.2024

Is heart health affecting your business?

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How Equipsme supports family health
21.02.2024

How Equipsme supports family health

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What added value can employees get from their Equipsme plan?
26.01.2024

What added value can employees get from their Equipsme plan?

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<i>Broker article:</i> We think our products provide really, really good value.
26.01.2024

Broker article: We think our products provide really, really good value.

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What is cervical cancer?
15.01.2024

What is cervical cancer?

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How Equipsme can help with reproductive health
15.01.2024

How Equipsme can help with reproductive health

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Why menopause is the business of businesses
08.01.2024

Why menopause is the business of businesses

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How Equipsme can help businesses help women
08.01.2024

How Equipsme can help businesses help women

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What is a chronic condition?
14.12.2023

What is a chronic condition?

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What is a pre-existing condition?
14.12.2023

What is a pre-existing condition?

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Equipsme BDM Jemma speaks to Health &#038; Protection
14.12.2023

Equipsme BDM Jemma speaks to Health & Protection

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Tests and scans and the importance of early diagnosis
03.12.2023

Tests and scans and the importance of early diagnosis

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What is an MRI or CT scan?
03.12.2023

What is an MRI or CT scan?

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Top read articles of 2023
02.12.2023

Top read articles of 2023

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Equipsme becomes a corporate member of the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries
16.11.2023

Equipsme becomes a corporate member of the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries

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How to check your testicles for testicular cancer
09.11.2023

How to check your testicles for testicular cancer

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Remember remember to celebrate Movember!
09.11.2023

Remember remember to celebrate Movember!

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Why employers should care about cholesterol
24.10.2023

Why employers should care about cholesterol

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Could a dental and optical add-on work for your employees?
24.10.2023

Could a dental and optical add-on work for your employees?

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How to use the Stress Support line
13.10.2023

How to use the Stress Support line

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What is an excess?
09.10.2023

What is an excess?

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How to use Dental and Optical cover
09.10.2023

How to use Dental and Optical cover

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How do I lower my cholesterol?
09.10.2023

How do I lower my cholesterol?

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7 signs you might not be getting enough Vitamin D
15.08.2023

7 signs you might not be getting enough Vitamin D

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When to worry about memory loss
15.08.2023

When to worry about memory loss

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Equipsme MD talks to Insurance Business  
06.07.2023

Equipsme MD talks to Insurance Business  

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Equipsme’s Matthew Reed features in Health &#038; Protection
06.07.2023

Equipsme’s Matthew Reed features in Health & Protection

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How to be a liver lover
25.05.2023

How to be a liver lover

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What is a thyroid?
31.03.2023

What is a thyroid?

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Insomnia – what it is and what to do
31.03.2023

Insomnia – what it is and what to do

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What is ovarian cancer?
10.03.2023

What is ovarian cancer?

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How long could I wait for treatment in the UK?
07.03.2023

How long could I wait for treatment in the UK?

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Why am I so tired? What is iron deficiency anaemia?
06.02.2023

Why am I so tired? What is iron deficiency anaemia?

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5 ways to love yourself this February
31.01.2023

5 ways to love yourself this February

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Health insurance plans for construction businesses
31.01.2023

Health insurance plans for construction businesses

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Why am I so tired? What is vitamin B12 deficiency?
09.01.2023

Why am I so tired? What is vitamin B12 deficiency?

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Health Insurance plans for hospitality businesses
06.01.2023

Health Insurance plans for hospitality businesses

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Why Equipsme is aiming for damp January – and why you should try it too
04.01.2023

Why Equipsme is aiming for damp January – and why you should try it too

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Health insurance pitfalls
16.12.2022

Health insurance pitfalls

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GP appointments and waiting times &#8211; how to get seen faster
22.11.2022

GP appointments and waiting times – how to get seen faster

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Mental health and money – and how employers can help
15.11.2022

Mental health and money – and how employers can help

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Stressed out, burnt out Britain
14.11.2022

Stressed out, burnt out Britain

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What is prostate cancer?
02.11.2022

What is prostate cancer?

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The menopause, Equipsme and YOU
07.10.2022

The menopause, Equipsme and YOU

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What is Lyme Disease?
15.09.2022

What is Lyme Disease?

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Is your computer affecting your eyes?
12.09.2022

Is your computer affecting your eyes?

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How to do a Digital Detox
01.08.2022

How to do a Digital Detox

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What is mindfulness?
01.08.2022

What is mindfulness?

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NHS and Equipsme make the perfect team to tackle a blood clot just in time
25.07.2022

NHS and Equipsme make the perfect team to tackle a blood clot just in time

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Should we get a company health insurance plan?
12.07.2022

Should we get a company health insurance plan?

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School’s out for summer – and stings, scrapes and burns are in
09.07.2022

School’s out for summer – and stings, scrapes and burns are in

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Changing Attitudes to Healthcare – White Paper
04.07.2022

Changing Attitudes to Healthcare – White Paper

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How much does company health insurance cost?
15.06.2022

How much does company health insurance cost?

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What’s it like working with type one diabetes?
12.06.2022

What’s it like working with type one diabetes?

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The Great Resignation – and the Great Benefits Revolution
24.05.2022

The Great Resignation – and the Great Benefits Revolution

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Patients waiting months to see a physiotherapist in England
09.05.2022

Patients waiting months to see a physiotherapist in England

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How to find work-life balance
05.05.2022

How to find work-life balance

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What is the Private Medical Insurance handbook and why is Equipsme in it?
08.04.2022

What is the Private Medical Insurance handbook and why is Equipsme in it?

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Traditional Private Medical Insurance, a Cash Plan or Private Health Cover from Equipsme
08.04.2022

Traditional Private Medical Insurance, a Cash Plan or Private Health Cover from Equipsme

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Should I get a standing desk?
06.04.2022

Should I get a standing desk?

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Musculoskeletal problems and remote working 
03.04.2022

Musculoskeletal problems and remote working 

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Eataly serves up health benefits with Equipsme
21.03.2022

Eataly serves up health benefits with Equipsme

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What is the average price of health insurance in the UK?
15.03.2022

What is the average price of health insurance in the UK?

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Women’s &#8211; Health at Hand
09.03.2022

Women’s – Health at Hand

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The Gender Health Gap – and what to do if you’ve fallen in
02.03.2022

The Gender Health Gap – and what to do if you’ve fallen in

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Nearly half of employees aren’t feeling the love
16.02.2022

Nearly half of employees aren’t feeling the love

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Why whole of workforce cover is the new frontier for company health insurance
07.02.2022

Why whole of workforce cover is the new frontier for company health insurance

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Mental health in hospitality
07.02.2022

Mental health in hospitality

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New year, new you? Try new year BEST you
19.01.2022

New year, new you? Try new year BEST you

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Beating the Blue Monday Blues – in conversation with a counsellor
16.01.2022

Beating the Blue Monday Blues – in conversation with a counsellor

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Getting started with health insurance
17.12.2021

Getting started with health insurance

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12 days of Equipsmas
01.12.2021

12 days of Equipsmas

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Health Insurance for Remote Workers
29.11.2021

Health Insurance for Remote Workers

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Top 5 reasons Equipsme is different
19.11.2021

Top 5 reasons Equipsme is different

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The 7 habits of slightly-less-anxious people
04.11.2021

The 7 habits of slightly-less-anxious people

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Top employee benefits – what are the most valued perks?
14.10.2021

Top employee benefits – what are the most valued perks?

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Employee Wellbeing Programme Inspiration
06.10.2021

Employee Wellbeing Programme Inspiration

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Benefits of wellbeing in the workplace and how to adopt it
27.09.2021

Benefits of wellbeing in the workplace and how to adopt it

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Comprehensive Health Cover for Employees
21.06.2021

Comprehensive Health Cover for Employees

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Meet Matthew Reed, MD of Equipsme.
21.06.2021

Meet Matthew Reed, MD of Equipsme.

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10 reasons to give PMI a second look (and buy an Equipsme plan)
10.05.2021

10 reasons to give PMI a second look (and buy an Equipsme plan)

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We’re making feeling better, better!
06.04.2021

We’re making feeling better, better!

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Information about coronavirus
18.03.2021

Information about coronavirus

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Why you should choose to challenge… health
10.03.2021

Why you should choose to challenge… health

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&#8216;Christmas Dos&#8217; become &#8216;Christmas Don’t Bothers&#8217; as the pandemic pulls parties
10.12.2020

‘Christmas Dos’ become ‘Christmas Don’t Bothers’ as the pandemic pulls parties

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Black and Blue Christmas
10.12.2020

Black and Blue Christmas

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47% of employees ‘working harder for the same money’
09.12.2020

47% of employees ‘working harder for the same money’

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British Insurance Awards WIN for Equipsme
18.11.2020

British Insurance Awards WIN for Equipsme

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Highly Commended for pushing boundaries in health insurance
17.11.2020

Highly Commended for pushing boundaries in health insurance

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Best Group Health Insurance Award
27.10.2020

Best Group Health Insurance Award

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Worried sick – could corona-stress be another pandemic pressure on your business?
06.10.2020

Worried sick – could corona-stress be another pandemic pressure on your business?

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Equipsme founder talks shop with LaingBuisson
01.10.2020

Equipsme founder talks shop with LaingBuisson

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What is Diagnosis and Treatment?
24.09.2020

What is Diagnosis and Treatment?

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Why should you get health insurance?
14.08.2020

Why should you get health insurance?

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What is the average price of health insurance in the UK?
07.08.2020

What is the average price of health insurance in the UK?

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What are common health insurance exclusions in the UK?
01.08.2020

What are common health insurance exclusions in the UK?

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The biggest health issues affecting employees
30.07.2020

The biggest health issues affecting employees

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How many people have health insurance in the UK?
28.07.2020

How many people have health insurance in the UK?

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More than half of Brits now happy to see a remote GP
16.07.2020

More than half of Brits now happy to see a remote GP

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Interest in private healthcare doubles after coronavirus
06.07.2020

Interest in private healthcare doubles after coronavirus

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6 ways to maximise your remote GP appointment
27.06.2020

6 ways to maximise your remote GP appointment

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Starling Bank partners with Equipsme
15.06.2020

Starling Bank partners with Equipsme

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Equipsme’s physiotherapy research featured on talkRadio
04.01.2020

Equipsme’s physiotherapy research featured on talkRadio

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Patients waiting up to four months to see a physiotherapist in England
10.12.2019

Patients waiting up to four months to see a physiotherapist in England

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Working with diabetes
14.11.2019

Working with diabetes

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Press release: Equipsme joins SME delegation to Number 11 Downing Street.
03.10.2019

Press release: Equipsme joins SME delegation to Number 11 Downing Street.

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