Perci Health: Insurer-Funded Return to Work Support

Long-term sickness absence places significant pressure on individuals, employers, and the wider health system. NHS patients living with and beyond cancer often face extended periods out of work, with limited access to coordinated support that bridges clinical care and occupational rehabilitation. Without targeted intervention, delayed return to work compounds both financial hardship and declining health.

Perci Health delivers a virtual multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme funded through insurers, making it available to NHS patients outside of NHS commissioning. The programme brings together cancer nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, nutritional support, psychological care, and vocational interventions into a single coordinated pathway. Each individual receives a structured plan designed around their clinical needs and employment context, with regular reviews to track progress.

Across a review of 600 cases in 2025, 86% of participants returned to work within six months of completing the programme, and 91% reported a clinically significant improvement in symptom severity alongside improved quality of life. Perci’s impact has also been independently validated through a partnership with a large protection insurer: their return-to-work rate within 12 months rose from 31% to 67% following Perci’s intervention (a 36 percentage-point uplift confirmed against the insurer’s own data).

By addressing clinical and occupational recovery simultaneously, the programme delivers lower long-term claim costs for insurers, faster recovery for individuals, and reduced NHS healthcare utilisation, directly supporting the government’s Keep Britain Working agenda.