Westfield Health
Formed in 1919, Westfield Health is a UK-based health and wellbeing company, which provides wellbeing services, mental health support, gym management and health insurance to almost 9,000 corporate clients across the UK and Europe.
| Industry | Health and Wellbeing Insurance |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1919 |
| Headquarters | Sheffield, UK |
| Website | www.westfieldhealth.com |
Focused on their mission to improve people's quality of life, Westfield Health works in partnership with leading academics at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre.
Westfield Health works with over 9,000 organisations internationally with more than 400,000 policyholders. Building on its not-for-profit heritage, the company has no shareholders. Through its charitable trust, Westfield Health has donated more than £15m to the NHS and other charities since 1996.
In January 2020, Westfield Health acquired European fitness and wellbeing firm High Five Health Promotion. This was the group's third acquisition in two years following previous acquisitions of a wellbeing firm and a cash plan provider UK Healthcare.
Wellbeing services include on-site gym management, webinars, digital health platforms, health education campaigns and Mental Health First Aid training courses. Most Westfield Health cash plans provide an allowance towards the cost of dental and optical treatment, physiotherapy, acupuncture, osteopathy, homeopathy, chiropractic treatment, and specialist consultation.
In September 2016, Westfield Health won the prestigious ‘Best Health Cash Plan Provider’ award in the Moneyfacts Awards 2016 for a fifth consecutive year. The company also introduced the Hospital Treatment Insurance category to the sector, which provides cover for private treatment for a range of non-urgent surgical and medical procedures.
The group's headquarters are in Sheffield, UK.