Case studies

Meet our customers.

Discover how we're reducing absence and driving positive employee outcomes for organisations in both the public and private sectors.

Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

12,000 employees | Healthcare

28% reduction in absence

“Working with GoodShape means we can also take more of a proactive approach to dealing with staff who have underlying or long-term sickness absence.”
- Rebecca Mawer, Attendance Improvement Lead

Healthcare

Working in partnership to manage and reduce absence through return-to-work interview compliance monitoring, absence policy triggers and alerts, and real-time management information.

		18.6% reduction in absence
		45.8% reduction in average stress-related absence length
		6,100 additional productive days added back into the Trust annually

Transport

Helping London's Heathrow Express train service streamline processes, improve reporting, and reduce absence.

14% reduction in absence

“The absence monitoring tools provided by GoodShape make it easy to track and review absence levels”
Geitee Janjua, HR Business Partner

“The absence monitoring tools provided by GoodShape make it easy to track and review absence levels”
Geitee Janjua, HR Business Partner

Health & Life Sciences

Collaborating with Coopervision to refine and improve absence management processes, leveraging data and insights to achieve a reduction in absenteeism.

50% reduction in mental health-related absence

"Since partnering with GoodShape in 2010, we have seen a transformation in our approach to absence management across the organization."
Claire Bower-Parker, Senior HR Manager

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“GoodShape has helped us to positively manage attendance across all areas of the business and we have found it to be a valuable tool.”
Andrew Brown, HR Director

Electronics, Manufacturing, Health Technology

Providing Philips with a total absence management solution to help them take control of their absence reporting and go from an ad-hoc approach to proactive and consistent.

		31% reduction in cough, cold & flu related-absence
		22% reduction in gastrointestinal-related absence

“We no longer have an ad-hoc approach to our absence reporting. Instead, we have absolute clarity on our absence levels.”
Jonathan Coles, HR Director

“We no longer have an ad-hoc approach to our absence reporting. Instead, we have absolute clarity on our absence levels.”
Jonathan Coles, HR Director

Utilities, Services

Giving Bouygues Energies & Services complete control and visibility of their absence, leading to more than £500,000 in savings.

		9% reduction in absence
		15% reduction in short-term absence rate
		21% reduction in average length of MSK absence

“During the four years we’ve been with GoodShape, we’ve seen an improvement on the quality of the data and the way it’s presented. The system is very professional.”
Paul Cadman, HR Director

Walsall Housing Group

670 employees | Construction, Real Estate

46% reduction in average length of MSK absence

33% reduction in days lost per employee

2,613 additional working days available

“Our managers and HR team have immediate access to data in a format they determine, to enable them to focus on the reasons for absence levels, focus their efforts in the right areas and easily identify which colleagues are contributing to sickness levels the most.”
- Mike Sutton, Human Resources Manager

Government

Using EAP signposting, nurse-led advice, and real-time reporting to tackle Watford Borough Council's absence rates and return-to-work compliance.

		44% reduction in absence rate
		23.8% increase in return-to-work interview completion
		28.2% decrease in average length of musculoskeletal (back) absence

“Their professional nurse advisory service, user-friendly portal and real-time management information have made GoodShape a valuable contributor to our success in significantly reducing sickness absence at the Council.”
Cathy Watson, Head of Human Resources

Meet our customers.

Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust​​

Walsall Housing Group

Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust