Most organisations see absence rates and rising costs — but not the real cause behind them. Beneath the surface lies an invisible health gap affecting 86% of the UK workforce. This gap isn’t just about access to care — it’s about lost time, hidden costs, and untapped potential.

Inaction doesn’t keep things the same, it quietly makes them worse. At Lime Health, the answer isn’t more of the same. It’s a shift in mindset: healthcare designed for the whole workforce.

The truth is: the cost is already there.  It shows up in rising sickness absence. In staff turnover. In burnout. In “pleasanteeism” the pressure to appear fine, even when you’re not. It shows up in recruitment gaps that take months to fill, and in productivity lost to health issues that go untreated or unsupported.