Standard Life Healthcare has just published its seventh annual consumer survey on 'Attitudes to Individual and Workplace Healthcare'.

The survey showed that the important benefits of PMI include:

• Being treated quickly - 74% of people questioned said this was an important benefit of PMI
  
• Getting expert care - 66% said this was important
  
• Recuperating in comfort - 61% said this was important
  
• Being offered a local private hospital - 60% said this was important

On the corporate side, the survey underlined the importance of PMI to organisations keen to attract and retain the best staff.

An overwhelming 90% of workers said that employers should be directly involved in supporting employees' health and wellbeing, with 86% of employers agreeing. Furthermore -

• 84% of employees said it would be more attractive to work for an employer who offered health and wellbeing support, as this shows employers value their staff
  
• 82% said that staff loyalty would be improved with PMI benefits
  
• 79% said that stress in the workplace would reduce with PMI - the same number who said that productivity would improve!
  
• 75% of workers said that the number of days off sick would be reduced

For more information contact Standard Life Healthcare's Intermediary Sales Department.

Telephone 0845 602 3461 Monday to Friday 9am-5.30pm. Call charges may vary. Calls may be recorded/monitored to help improve customer service. Or by e-mail

Please click here if you would like to read a summary booklet of the survey.

Log onto Electronic Policy Servicing from Standard Life Healthcare to carry out general policy servicing.

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