GlaxoSmithKline today said it will provide employees across the world and their family members access to a range of 40 preventive healthcare services at no added cost and this programme is going to benefit 20,000 employees in India.
GSK has launched a preventive healthcare programme -- Partnership for Prevention (P4P) -- aimed at ensuring employees access to a preventive healthcare package, regardless of their location, job role or pay grade.
The programme includes a range of adult and child vaccines for preventable illnesses such as hepatitis and tuberculosis, prenatal healthcare for women, cancer screenings and smoking cessation treatment.
In India GSK has partnered Vipul MedCare to deliver the P4P programme, which will provide the services through a network of over 1,500 hospitals and diagnostic centers across 400 locations in the country.
"Every employee, from a sales representative to a factory worker will have access to this programme. We are confident that all employees will benefits from this programme, enabling us to be a healthy and happy organisation," Manoj Kumar Managing Director GSK Consumer Healthcare said.
There is also an employee engagement plan in place to keep awareness of the programme high and encourage uptake of its services, the company added.
"This reinforces our ongoing efforts to maintain a highly motivated, engaged and resilient workforce. Healthier and happier employees will enable a better focus on the patients we serve," GSK Pharmaceuticals Managing Director A Vaidheesh said.
