UK reward metrics · Wellbeing

Do employees have access to occupational health, and how quickly are referrals usually seen?

Source lumi HRBase 267 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

40.4%OH without SLA

40.4% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “OH without SLA” on occupational health access (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

No OH service 20.2% OH without SLA 40.4% OH SLA over 2 weeks 23.6% OH SLA within 2 weeks 15.7%
Occupational health access (base: 267 organisations, 2026 H1). Percentages percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
Occupational health access: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
No OH servicealternative20.2%
OH without SLAcommon40.4%
OH SLA over 2 weeksalternative23.6%
OH SLA within 2 weeksrare15.7%

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 an occupational health service exists and how quickly referrals are turned around, from no provision to a guaranteed sub-two-week SLA. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.

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

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