The problem with most corporate wellness
A great deal of what is sold under this heading is an annual health talk, a step challenge and a fruit basket. It is popular, it is inexpensive, and there is very little evidence that it changes anything measurable.
What does change something is screening that finds the people with an actual problem, and then doing something for them specifically. In an Indian working population that means undiagnosed prediabetes, hypertension, vitamin D deficiency, anaemia in women, and fatty liver — conditions that are common, silent, and highly responsive when caught early.
What a programme includes
Scoped to the organisation, but these are the components.
Screening
Baseline metabolic markers across the participating population, with results returned to each individual privately.
Individual consultations
Clinician-led, for the people the screening identifies — on site or online.
Group sessions
Focused on what the screening actually found in your population, rather than a generic talk.
Canteen and catering review
Frequently the single highest-leverage intervention available, and the one most often skipped.
Aggregate reporting
De-identified population-level reporting for HR. Individual results are never shared with the employer.
Re-screening
A programme without a second measurement cannot tell you whether it worked.
On employee privacy. Individual health data belongs to the individual. Employers receive de-identified aggregate reporting only. Participation is voluntary, consent is taken separately from employment, and no participation data reaches a line manager. Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 this is a legal obligation as well as the right way to run it.
What we will not do
Worth stating before a procurement conversation rather than during one.
- Report individual results, attendance or participation to an employer
- Run a programme where participation is a condition of anything
- Quote you an outcome figure we cannot substantiate from an audited report
- Deliver a single annual session and call it a programme
Enquire about a corporate programme
Tell us the basics and a member of the team will come back to you. Nothing here is shared outside Health Total.