Sodexo holds over 330 counselling sessions

More than 330 on-site counselling sessions have helped to improve Sodexo healthcare employees’ psychological and emotional health. The service, launched in June, was designed to help frontline keyworkers and supervisory and management employees deal with the pressures of working through the Covid-19 pandemic and improve their quality of life.

Stuart Winters, Sodexo healthcare UK and Ireland CEO, said: “Our team has consistently performed their jobs at the highest level. We recognise the importance of supporting our healthcare workforce and helping to alleviate some of the pressure of working through a global pandemic. The counselling approach was developed by our learning and development team following a review into the global pandemic response of Sodexo and designed to complement our existing range of health and wellbeing tools.”

Tracy Bullock, chief executive, university hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, added: “What greater thing can we do for the wellbeing of staff? I am wholly supportive of the service. For staff on the frontline to be able to speak to someone who is trained, who can listen to them and support them is a phenomenal success.”

Initially launched on a three-month trial, the scheme has since been extended to April 2021.