Please find information relating to the business case for Workplace Activity.
The British Heart Foundation are supporters of the Workplace Challenge.
Costs of physical inactivity
- 4th leading risk factor global mortality (WHO 2010)
- Accounts for 6% of deaths globally (WHO 2010)
- Causes 6-10% of non-communicable disease (Lancet, 2012)
- Direct cost to NHS £0.9 billion (Scarborough et al, 2011)
- Costs of lost productivity £5.5billion (Ossa and Hutton, 2002)
- Costs of premature death of people of working age £1 billion (Ossa and Hutton, 2002)
Costs to businesses of ill-health
- Ill-health costs business through:
- Costs of absenteeism and long-term sick pay in 2012
‐ Average rate of absence = 5.3 days per employee
‐ Average reported cost of sickness absence = £975 per employee
‐ Total cost of absence to UK economy = £14 billion (CBI, 2013)
- Costs of temporary staff
- Staff turnover and early retirement
- Loss of productivity
- Presenteeism & poor performance at work due to ill-health
‐ Preliminary evidence: costs 2-7 times more than absenteeism (Ref?)
Resources
- BHF National Centre for Physical Activity (2013) 'Making the case for physical activity' evidence briefing http://www.bhfactive.org.uk/userfiles/Documents/eonomiccosts.pdf
- BHF National Centre for Physical Activity (2013) 'Economic costs of physical inactivity' evidence briefing http://www.bhfactive.org.uk/userfiles/Documents/makingthecase.pdf
- BHF National Centre for Physical Activity (2012) 'Sedentary behaviour' evidence briefing
http://www.bhfactive.org.uk/homepage-resources-and-publications-item/328/index.html
References
- CBI 2013 Healthy returns? Absence and workplace health survey 2013
http://www.cbi.org.uk/media/2150120/cbi-pfizer_absence___workplace_health_2013.pdf
- Ossa, D. and Hutton, J. (2002) The Economic Burden of Physical Inactivity in England. London: MEDTAP International
- Scarborough et al., (2011) The economic burden of ill health due to diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and obesity in the UK: an update to 2006–07 NHS costs. Journal of Public Health, DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdr033
- The Lancet (2012) Series on Physical Activity