UK reward metrics · Health & Protection

What health cash plan do UK organisations provide?

Source lumi HRBase 267 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

71.5%No

71.5% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “No” on health cash plan provision (base: 267 UK organisations, 2026 H1).

Figures describe organisations in the lumi HR community, not a random sample of UK employers.

How UK organisations answered

Employer-paid all 9% Employer-paid some 6% Voluntary only 13.5% No 71.5%
Health cash plan provision (base: 267 organisations, 2026 H1). Percentages percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
Health cash plan provision: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
Employer-paid allrare9%
Employer-paid somerare6%
Voluntary onlyrare13.5%
Nocommon71.5%

Common, alternative and rare describe how each answer sits against the community: the most chosen answer is common; an answer chosen by fewer than one in five organisations is rare.

Definition

Captures whether a health cash plan is offered and how it is funded — employer-paid for all, some, voluntary, or none. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.

For context, CIPD Reward Management survey 2022: Focus on employee benefits reports 23% (base: all-UK employers).

Cite this figure
Source: lumi HR, UK Reward Metrics, September 2026, lumihr.co.uk/metrics/health-cash-plan-provision
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.

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