Provider comparison
Health Assured vs Unmind
Side-by-side comparison from the PerkIQ directory. Cover, pricing, regulator status, and fit at a glance.
Category
Health & Insurance
Wellbeing
Best for
10-50,000+ employees
500-50,000+ employees
Pricing model
£1-£5 per employee / month
Per employee / month
UK presence
Since 2000
Since 2016
Regulator
Not applicable
Not applicable
Strapline
Health Assured is the UK's largest Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provider, offering 24/7 counselling, legal support, and wellbeing services to over 13 million employees across the country.
Unmind is a workplace mental health platform combining clinically-backed self-help tools, manager training, and therapy access. Used by 2.5 million employees globally.
What's included
- 24/7 telephone counselling. Round-the-clock confidential support line staffed by qualified counsellors.
- Structured short-term therapy. Up to 8 face-to-face or video sessions per issue, no GP referral needed.
- Legal & financial advice. Free expert guidance on everything from debt management to consumer rights and family law.
- Manager support. Dedicated manager helpline plus mental health awareness training and crisis intervention.
- Clinically-validated content. CBT, mindfulness, sleep and resilience modules designed and tested with clinical psychologists.
- Manager training. In-app modules and live workshops on spotting struggle, having supportive conversations, and managing teams through change.
- Therapy access. Direct booking into a vetted network of UK and global therapists, with employer-funded session counts.
- Aggregate reporting. Anonymous wellbeing benchmarks for HR teams, without exposing any individual employee data.
At a glance
- UK's largest EAP
- 13m+ UK employees covered
- 24/7 counselling line
- Legal & financial advice included
- Peninsula Group subsidiary
- Direct & broker channels
- Founded 2016, London
- 2.5m+ employees globally
- Clinically-led design
- Self-help, training & therapy
- NHS partnerships
- Enterprise focus
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