Mental Health Support

There is an interconnectivity between physical and mental health and how healthier behaviours can be linked to better mental health and wellbeing outcomes.

The Vitality Programme leverages compelling partners and rewards to incentivise members to engage in healthier lifestyle behaviours.

The Vitality Programme helps members understand their health, get healthier through our partners and finally, be rewarded from engaging in healthier behaviour.

Vitality Partners

Understand your Health	Get Healthier	Be Rewarded
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By promoting healthier lifestyle behaviours the Vitality Programme can support better mental health and has had significant success in enabling these positive changes.

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Vitality Healthy Mind seeks to expand the Vitality Programme’s preventative and behavioural approach to health promotion into the mental health and well-being sphere, and focuses on the application of mindfulness to promote better mental well-being.

Vitality Healthy Mind allows members to earn Vitality points for engaging in mindfulness activities as well as a discount on leading mindfulness app, Headspace.

Vitality makes mindfulness accessible	Earn Vitality points	Be rewarded
Vitality members can access a 12 month subscription with leading mindfulness app Headspace, available on us.	By completing 10 or more minutes of mindful activity, members can earn 2 Vitality points a day, up to a maximum of 6 Vitality points a week - using Headspace.	The points members earn will count towards improving their Vitality status. By improving their Vitality status, individuals can live a happier and healthier life by enjoying discounts with our range of wellness partners.

           

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Core Cover provides full access to the online Togetherall service that provides an anonymous forum for people experiencing mental health issues to reach out and receive support from peers and qualified professionals.

Evidence from Togetherall shows

• 33% reduction in GP appointments as a result of using the service
• 25% of members say they have taken less time off work since joining Togetherall
• 78% of members shared an issue or feeling for the first time on Togetherall
• 77% of people who used Togetherall following discharge from mental health treatment found it helped them

Source: Togetherall 2020

When a member experiences a mental health issue, we provide them with fast access to professional treatment and support through our Talking Therapies network.

Talking Therapies is a highly effective treatment for a range of conditions - most commonly anxiety and depression. Vitality focus on providing quick access to treatment when members need it, reducing the likelihood of them developing more severe mental health issues. This is evidenced by the fact that 96% of members using the Talking Therapies benefit did not go on to require further out-patient or in-patient treatment.

Key Features:

• Eight sessions available to all members (on Personal, Business and Corporate Healthcare plans).
• Treatment including counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and more.
• Network includes 10 emotional and wellbeing therapists, 70 psychologists, approximately 200 counsellors and over 1,000 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy therapists around the UK.
• Self-referred (no need to see a GP before calling us).
• Clinically led triage process with a mental health practitioner to recommend appropriate treatment.

Source: Guide to Vitality's approach to mental health, 2021