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Providing occupational health and wellness services to private and public sector employees, PAM Group clinicians work to ensure a healthier workplace for all.

Supporting 700,000 employees across more than 1,000 clients it is the largest rehabilitation, wellbeing, occupational health and absence management company in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ.

It offers an end-to-end service where individuals can be assessed and referred to the relevant departments for support, this could be physical, psychological, and lifestyle management. This support is provided by , and . Imogen Cardwell, operations director at PAM Group highlighted its multidisciplinary appraoch, she said: "Individuals are initially assessed by one of our occupational health advisors who then identify the correct pathway.

"If an employee requires physiotherapy, for example, we would refer to one of our PAM physios who sits within our PAM Physio Solutions team. If an individual has a neurodivergence or is looking for a diagnosis we provide the psychologists, as well as support with mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression through our PAM Wellbeing service.

"Businesses benefit from having one key stakeholder relationship to support all aspects of the health and wellbeing of its employees."

All controlled within one platform, businesses are able to help their employees manage their health, including chronic conditions.

Over the last two years, the agility and effectiveness of PAM's Occupational Health service has been highlighted by the increase number of clients turning to PAM to help employees struggling with long Covid.

Helping employees get back to their desks

A recent carried out by PAM Group shows the effectiveness of its resources with helping clients with long-term illnesses get back to the workplace.

Out of 100 people who received received a range of support - including physiotherapy for breathlessness, sessions for depression or help with muscle and joint pain - 82% were able to return.

"Getting an occupational to create a recommended rehabilitation plan, including workplace adjustment, such as allowing the person to continue working from home, if they are easily fatigued could be very worthwhile", explained Imogen.

Reducing work-related stress

Getting to understand individual's needs is a huge part of PAM Wellbeing's tailored service, supporting customers through mental health, psychological and wellbeing solutions, often alongside other PAM services.

Supporting all types of organisations to reduce absentees, minimise stress and boost resilience, PAM Wellbeing strives to help improve employee productivity. Areas of expertise include corporate mental health, training webinars, trauma support services and its (EAP).

"Getting to understand individual client needs through our Employee Assistance Programme has been one of our key's to success and growth, said Imogen.

"We don't expect clients to fit in with the service, if there's anything we don't have a solution too then we will create one."

The workplace environment is stressful enough without the added pressure of having to source services from multiple suppliers, services that are often time consuming, difficult to manage and often more costly overall. This is where its EAP service comes in, a confidential helpline employees can use for counselling, information and support.

Conversations can relate to issues affecting individuals at work or those outside of the workplace such as financial worries, domestic violence, legal issues or a relationship breakdown, its a platform built to support.

Representing health and wellness

PAM Group are sponsors at the , an event celebrating those in the region who have gone above and beyond to help teams during unprecedented times.

The recognises activities that have positively shaped organisations, from financial, emotional to mental and physical activities. Winners will be announced at the event on Thursday June, 30.