Support your drivers. Support your business.
Poor health costs UK employers billions through absence, lost output and reduced productivity.
Driving Health gives professional drivers year round access to healthcare support, with business membership structured around the needs of your workforce.
Poor health has a measurable cost
These figures come from current UK Government, ONS and HSE sources. Full references are listed at the bottom of the page.
Cost to UK employers
The Government estimates poor workplace health costs employers around £85 billion each year.
[1]Lost to sickness or injury
ONS estimates 148.8 million working days were lost because of sickness or injury in the UK in 2025.
[2]Lost profit per sickness day
The Government estimates that each sickness absence day costs an employer an average of £120 in lost profit.
[1]Replacing an employee
The Government estimates that replacing an employee lost to ill health costs more than £11,000, including recruitment and onboarding.
[1]Stress, depression or anxiety
HSE estimates 22.1 million working days were lost to work related stress, depression or anxiety in 2024 to 2025.
[3]Transportation and storage
HSE estimates around 2.3 million working days are lost each year in Transportation and storage through work related illness and workplace injury.
[4]Poor workplace health affects more than absence
The Government breaks the estimated annual employer cost into four major areas.
Government Keep Britain Working technical note [1]
Musculoskeletal health matters in your sector
HSE reports a higher rate of work related musculoskeletal disorders in Transportation and storage than across all industries.
Transportation and storage
About 2,000 work related musculoskeletal disorder cases per 100,000 workers.
[5]All industries
About 1,300 work related musculoskeletal disorder cases per 100,000 workers.
[5]Healthcare support built around your workforce
Business membership can be structured around your number of drivers, existing benefits and current driver medical arrangements.
Virtual GP
Drivers can book an available phone or video GP appointment for a time that works around their shift. Appointments are available from 8am to 10pm, seven days a week, including evenings and weekends.
Mental health support
Confidential support that gives employees another route to seek help when they need it.
Physiotherapy
Remote access to qualified physiotherapy support for musculoskeletal problems and recovery.
Dietitian support
Nutrition support that drivers can access remotely as part of their membership.
Eligible dependants included
The included digital healthcare services can also be available to eligible dependants, adding value beyond the employee alone.
Routine healthcare does not always need to mean time away from work.
Drivers can choose an available Virtual GP appointment around their working day rather than relying only on conventional daytime appointment windows.
A driver finishing a shift in the evening may be able to speak to a GP later that day, or book at the weekend, without taking time away from an entire working day simply to attend a routine GP appointment.
Appointments are by phone or video and are subject to service availability and the provider's terms.
Already pay for your drivers' medicals?
Annual driver medicals can be built into a company membership where your business funds them.
Medical arrangements can be planned around workforce size and location, including sessions at your premises where appropriate.
If your business does not currently pay for driver medicals, we can structure membership around your existing policy instead.
One conversation. A plan built around your business.
We will discuss your driver numbers, locations, existing healthcare provision and whether you want driver medicals included.
Arrange a consultationWhat could poor health already be costing your business?
Use your own workforce figures below. The calculator uses the Government estimate of £120 lost profit for each sickness absence day.
This is an illustrative calculation, not a forecast of savings from Driving Health. Actual absence, replacement costs, lost sales and business outcomes vary.
£115 to £305 per employee
The Keep Britain Working technical note models potential annual business benefits from workplace health provision at £115 to £305 per employee, with a central estimate of £160.
This Government modelling relates to workplace health provision generally. It is not a claim or forecast that Driving Health will save this amount.
Build the right membership for your drivers.
Every business is different. Arrange a meeting with our business team to discuss driver numbers, locations, existing benefits and driver medical requirements.
Arrange a business consultationOr email hello@drivinghealthgroup.co.uk
Sources and Evidence
Figures on this page are UK estimates from official Government, ONS and HSE sources. They describe national or sector level evidence and do not predict the experience of an individual employer.
- [1] UK Government, Keep Britain Working final report and technical note. Employer cost of poor workplace health, lost profit per sickness day, replacement cost and modelled workplace health provision benefits. Final report ↗ Technical note ↗
- [2] Office for National Statistics, Sickness absence in the UK labour market, 2025. ONS estimates 148.8 million working days lost and 4.4 days lost per worker. View source ↗
- [3] Health and Safety Executive, Working days lost in Great Britain, 2024 to 2025. Includes 22.1 million days lost to stress, depression or anxiety and 7.1 million days lost to musculoskeletal disorders. View source ↗
- [4] Health and Safety Executive, Transportation and storage statistics in Great Britain, 2025. Around 2.3 million working days lost each year in the sector, average estimate over 2022 to 2025. View source ↗
- [5] Health and Safety Executive, Health and safety statistics 2025. Work related musculoskeletal disorder rates of about 2,000 per 100,000 workers in Transportation and storage and about 1,300 across all industries. View source ↗