Peter Brooks, Managing Director, Office Watercoolers SW Ltd.
At Office Watercoolers SW Ltd. Peter Brooks Managing Director has hydrated the nation's workforce with bottled and mains filtered water coolers for the past decade.
The link between good hydration, short term and long term health are well established. Just a 2% reduction in hydration will give a 20% reduction in mental and cognitive skills. Some 50 to 70% of the UK population are said to be dehydrated, our own health checks with the Water Wellpoint recorded 70 to 80% of the UK?s workforce are dehydrated and over 50% significantly so.
Routinely people fail to drink enough fluid, which can lead to short term problems (headaches, drowsiness and lack of concentration) which can effect your performance and wellbeing. Long term effects (kidney stones and urinary tract infections, chronic heart disease and cancers in particular digestive tract cancers such as colorectal cancer, also the risk of a heart attack are reduced) have more serious implications.
Our Water Wellpoint allows low cost instant employee health checks of your vital signs including blood pressure, heart rate, weight, body mass index, body fat content and your hydration level. Our wellbeing kiosk engages employees in their own health which is the first step in any wellbeing initiative. Following the health checks we produce a confidential, detailed management report that identifies the health of your most vital asset.
This new development offers a unique and ground breaking solution to help corporations meet their duty of care to all their employees. With the recent government acceptance of Dame Carol Blacks report on our future health and importance of wellbeing in the workplace our new service is well received. The Price Waterhouse Cooper report outlines the financial impact of an effective wellbeing strategy on the bottom line. We have produced a synopsis of both these reports for your information.