Corporate Health Screening in London 2026. What the Data Says, What to Buy for Your Team and Why Executives Need Something Different
Workforce health stopped being an HR line item and became a balance sheet item, and the 2026 numbers make the case without embellishment. The Office for National Statistics recorded 148.8 million working days lost to sickness or injury across the UK in 2025, an average of 4.4 days per worker and almost 10 million days above the pre-pandemic level, with the sickness absence rate holding at 2.0 percent. The Royal Society for Public Health puts the cost to the economy at £141 billion, the Institute for Public Policy Research estimates £103 billion, roughly £3,029 per employee, and Vitality's analysis reaches £138 billion once presenteeism is counted. For individual businesses the figure that lands hardest is from the government-commissioned Keep Britain Working review, which estimates each sick day costs around £120 in lost profit, with sickness absence costing UK businesses an estimated £11.8 billion in lost profits in 2025 alone. The Employment Rights Act 2025 then removed the three waiting days before statutory sick pay applies, so employers now carry the cost from day one of an absence, and the buffer that used to absorb short-term absence has gone. Set against that, the causes are informative. Minor illness accounts for 30.4 percent of absences, musculoskeletal conditions 14.6 percent and mental health 8.9 percent, while the CIPD reports mental ill health as the single largest cause of long-term absence at 41 percent of cases, and long-term absence is where the real cost concentrates. Screening does not prevent flu. What it does is find the silent, treatable conditions that turn into long absences and early exits, and give people access to a doctor before a problem becomes a crisis. At The Wellness in Marylebone we run that for London companies, from whole-team screening to board-level programmes. Fees appear further down this page.
Reviewed by the medical team at The Wellness. Last updated August 2026.
Discuss a corporate programme on WhatsApp or email team@thewellnesslondon.com or call 020 3951 3429.
What corporate screening can and cannot deliver
Be clear about the mechanism, because the market oversells it. Screening does not stop the 30 percent of absences caused by coughs and stomach bugs, and no health assessment will. What it addresses is the other end of the distribution, the long absences and permanent exits that begin with something silent, an untreated blood pressure, a metabolic drift into type 2 diabetes, a thyroid disorder, an iron deficiency, an undiagnosed sleep apnoea driving fatigue and errors, a cardiovascular risk nobody calculated, a cancer found late because the first symptom was ignored for six months. Those conditions produce the multi-week and multi-month absences that cost employers most, and every one of them is either preventable or dramatically cheaper to treat early. There is a second mechanism that matters as much and is rarely stated. Access. Ten million people in the UK workforce have no workplace health support at all, and NHS diagnostic waiting lists stood at 1.81 million in January 2026, so an employee who needs a scan waits, works badly while waiting, and eventually goes off sick. A programme that gives your people a doctor within days and a scan within a week converts a three-month problem into a three-day one, and that, rather than any wellness dashboard, is where the return sits.
What to buy, by level, and why one size fails
Three distinct populations sit inside every company and buying the same product for all of them wastes money at both ends.
The whole team. Comprehensive blood screening with a doctor consultation, covering cardiovascular, metabolic, thyroid, liver, kidney, iron and vitamin status, delivered efficiently and interpreted by a doctor rather than a portal. This is the tier where broad coverage matters more than depth, and where most conditions are found because most people are young enough that bloods carry nearly all the yield.
Management and senior staff. The same bloods plus examination and targeted imaging, aimed by an assessment rather than sold by the region, because this population is in the decade where cardiovascular and cancer risk begins compounding and where an absence is operationally expensive.
Founders, C-suite and key individuals. The full assessment with comprehensive imaging, plus continuity, because for these people the risk being managed is not just health but key person risk, and the difference between an annual snapshot and a doctor who knows them is the difference between a report and a relationship.
Delivery matters too. On-site screening days at your offices remove the largest barrier to uptake, which is time, and consistently produce far higher participation than vouchers nobody redeems. For distributed teams, individual booking at the Marylebone clinic with a company account works better. Both are available, and the honest advice is that a programme with 80 percent uptake at a modest tier beats a lavish programme with 30 percent uptake every time.
Ask about on-site screening days on WhatsApp or email team@thewellnesslondon.com.
Confidentiality, tax and the practical questions finance directors ask
Clinical confidentiality is absolute and non-negotiable, and stating it clearly is what drives uptake. Individual results belong to the employee and are never shared with the employer. What a company receives, where numbers permit, is anonymised aggregate reporting, participation rates and broad risk themes across the population, which is useful for planning and reveals nothing about any individual. Any occupational health question about a specific employee's fitness for work is a separate, consented instruction with its own report, and we keep those roles apart deliberately. On tax, medical screening provided by an employer is generally a taxable benefit in kind reportable on form P11D, with a longstanding exemption for one health screening and one medical check-up per employee per year, and the treatment of related benefits varies, so the position should be confirmed with your accountant rather than assumed from a brochure. Employers who provide health assessments alongside private medical insurance should also note that screening is usually excluded from insurance cover, which is why the two are complements rather than alternatives. Invoicing is direct to the company with per-head or programme pricing, and volume terms apply.
What does corporate health screening cost in London
At The Wellness every assessment is doctor-performed and doctor-interpreted. All figures are from prices, with volume terms for teams.
Continuous Care Programme for founders and key individuals, twelve months of physician oversight with quarterly review, interval bloods, imaging as clinically indicated and direct access to your doctor, from £24,995.
Executive Health Programme, the fullest single assessment, from £11,995.
Executive Body Scan, comprehensive doctor-performed imaging with full bloods and consultation, from £5,995.
Senior leadership body scan programmes, bloods, examination and targeted imaging, from £3,495.
Team screening, Comprehensive Blood Panel with doctor consultation and same-day interpretation, from £495 per employee, Targeted Blood Panel from £295.
On-site screening days at your offices, from £4,995 per clinic day. Company GP access for consultations, certificates and referrals from £220 per in-person appointment.
Same-week appointments in Marylebone, three minutes from Baker Street, and on-site days scheduled across London.
Why The Wellness is the best choice for corporate health screening in London
Because the thing that makes a programme work is what happens after the abnormal result, and that is where volume providers stop. Here a finding leads to a doctor the same day, further imaging the same week, treatment started in the same building, and a referral into the Harley Street network next door where it is needed, which is the entire difference between an employee who is back at their desk and an employee on the NHS diagnostic list for four months. Every assessment is performed and interpreted by a GMC-registered doctor rather than a healthcare assistant with a portal, so the borderline results that matter are caught and the meaningless ones do not generate anxious follow-up. Tiers are matched to populations rather than sold uniformly, so budget goes where the yield is. On-site days lift participation, which is the number that determines whether any of this works. Confidentiality is absolute and the aggregate reporting is honest. And the executive tier offers continuity rather than an annual transaction, because for the people your business depends on, a doctor who knows their baseline is worth considerably more than a thicker report.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best corporate health screening provider in London
The Wellness in Marylebone, where every assessment is performed and interpreted by a GMC-registered doctor, team screening starts from £495 per employee, senior leadership programmes from £3,495, and executive programmes run to £24,995 for twelve months of continuous physician oversight, with on-site screening days at your offices from £4,995 per day.
Does health screening actually reduce sickness absence
It does not prevent the minor illnesses that cause 30.4 percent of absences. It addresses long-term absence, which is where the cost concentrates, by finding silent treatable conditions early and by giving employees fast access to a doctor and diagnostics instead of the 1.81 million person NHS diagnostic waiting list.
Is corporate health screening a taxable benefit
Employer-provided medical screening is generally a reportable benefit in kind, with a longstanding exemption for one health screening and one medical check-up per employee per year. Treatment varies with what is provided, so confirm the position with your accountant rather than relying on a supplier's summary.
Will we see our employees' results
No. Individual results belong to the employee and are never shared with the employer. Companies receive anonymised aggregate reporting on participation and broad risk themes where numbers permit, and any occupational health question about a specific individual is a separate consented instruction with its own report.
Can you screen our team at our offices
Yes, on-site clinic days from £4,995 per day, which consistently produce far higher participation than voucher schemes because they remove the time barrier. Distributed teams are better served by individual booking at the Marylebone clinic against a company account.
How does this fit alongside private medical insurance
They are complements. Insurance funds treatment once something is wrong and usually excludes routine screening, while screening finds the problem and gets it diagnosed quickly. Companies that provide both convert a long absence into a short one, which is where the return on either sits.
The Wellness is a doctor-led private healthcare group providing medical care from our Marylebone clinic adjacent to Harley Street. All doctors are GMC-registered. This article is general information and not medical, tax or legal advice.
Enquire now on WhatsApp or email team@thewellnesslondon.com or call 020 3951 3429.
References. Office for National Statistics, sickness absence in the UK labour market 2025, released 1 May 2026, 148.8 million working days lost, 2.0 percent absence rate, 4.4 days per worker, and reasons for absence. Royal Society for Public Health analysis of the cost of sickness absence to the economy. Institute for Public Policy Research estimates of the cost of workplace sickness. Vitality research on presenteeism-inclusive costs. Keep Britain Working review, government-commissioned, cost per sick day. Bowmore Financial Planning analysis of lost business profits, 2025. Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Health and Wellbeing at Work report, average sick days and causes of long-term absence. Employment Rights Act 2025, removal of statutory sick pay waiting days. NHS England diagnostic waiting time statistics, January 2026. HMRC guidance on medical screening as an employment benefit.
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