The Hidden Cost of Unwell Executives.
And a simple, measurable fix.
Your most expensive health problem rarely shows up as absence. It shows up at work: capable people performing below their level, decisions made on low energy, burnout building quietly. Most corporate wellness answers this with posters and apps. We answer it with measurement.
Book a ConversationIt isn’t absence. It’s presence.
Presenteeism, showing up while impaired, now costs UK employers more than sickness absence. It is rarely measured, so it is rarely managed.
Estimated annual cost of presenteeism to UK employers, the largest single driver of lost productivity.
Working days lost to work-related stress, depression or anxiety in Great Britain in 2024/25.
Returned for every £1 invested in evidence-based employee wellbeing support.
Sources: Deloitte UK, Mental health and employers; Health and Safety Executive, Work-related stress, depression or anxiety statistics 2024/25.
Employee health is a duty of care, not a perk.
UK employers are already required to assess and manage the risk of work-related stress, and the Health and Safety Executive enforces it against its Management Standards.
The Employment Rights Act 2025 raises the bar further, with Statutory Sick Pay from the first day of absence and stronger duties to prevent harassment at work.
Boards are now expected to show that what they do for employee health is real and effective, in spirit as well as on paper. Objective measurement is the clearest way to show it.
A measurable imbalance, found across the working population.
The balance of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids in the blood is a widely used marker of chronic low-grade inflammation. Research links chronic low-grade inflammation with fatigue, poorer concentration and slower recovery from stress: the everyday drag behind presenteeism.
At-home blood tests analysed by an independent laboratory, one of the largest fatty-acid datasets in the world.
Of people tested are out of balance, carrying underlying low-grade inflammation with long-term health implications.
Median UK AA:EPA ratio in a peer-reviewed study of 595,480 blood samples, well above the balanced range.
Sources: BalanceTest database; Torrissen et al. (2025), Lipids in Health and Disease.
Why most corporate wellness falls short
Effective employee health has three tiers. Most programmes cover the first and skip the other two.
1. Structural
Workload, autonomy and role clarity, as set out in the HSE Management Standards. Essential, and largely in place in well-run organisations.
2. Detection
Objective biomarker testing rather than self-report or guesswork. You cannot manage what you have not measured.
3. Restoration
Targeted, trackable correction wherever a deficit is found, confirmed by retesting rather than assumed.
Start small. Measure everything.
We begin with a pilot cohort, typically your executive team or a single department. No invasive procedures, no lifestyle overhaul to get started.
Baseline
A simple at-home finger-prick test establishes each participant’s omega-3 level and fatty-acid balance.
Correct
Where a deficit shows up, correction is straightforward and personal to the result.
Retest
A follow-up test after 90 to 120 days shows objectively whether it has worked.
Review
We review the numbers with you and decide together whether to extend the programme.
Individual results belong to the individual. Programme reviews use anonymised, aggregated measures only.
From “trust me” to evidence.
A simple before-and-after scorecard, agreed with you at the start, turns a wellbeing initiative into a measured business case.
- Biomarker retestObjective, laboratory-measured
- Sickness absence daysPer participant, before and after
- Energy and focusShort pulse survey
- Engagement and outputManager-rated pulse
- Voluntary turnoverWithin the participating cohort
You already carry the duty. Make sure what you do is measurable.
A 30-minute conversation is enough to scope a pilot for your organisation: who takes part, what we measure, and when we review it.
Book a ConversationTesting provides wellness information, not a medical diagnosis. Anyone with a medical condition or taking medication should consult their clinician before making changes.