Planned
Free
Return-to-Work Form Generator
Create a useful meeting record without starting from a generic blank form.
Research · data · practical tools
Make work work when health gets in the way.
Research, data and practical tools that help employers understand what's stopping someone from working successfully — and what can actually be changed.
Evidence-led Published research Official guidance Transparent data
Start with the situation
What are you trying to do?
You do not need to know which HR process or service you need first. Start with what is happening at work.
01
Someone is returning after sickness
Structure the return around the work, barriers and practical changes.
02
I need to plan a phased return
Work through hours, duties, progression and review points.
03
I need to explore workplace adjustments
Start with what is difficult at work rather than a generic diagnosis list.
04
I want to improve how we manage absence
Look beyond recording and triggers to the process that helps people return.
System of action
Tracking the absence isn't the same as solving it.
Most systems are designed to record what happened. Work Health Lab is being built to help with the harder question: what should happen next?
Most absence systems
Record the problem
- Who is absent?
- For how long?
- Has a trigger been hit?
- Has the form been completed?
- What does the absence report show?
Work Health Lab
Work out what to do next
- What is getting in the way of successful work?
- Which parts of the job interact with those barriers?
- What could plausibly change?
- Who needs to do what next?
- Did the return actually work?
Free tools
Tools for the work that actually needs doing.
The first tools are being built around real search tasks. They will be useful in their own right rather than locked previews of the paid product.
Live
Free →
Phased Return Schedule Builder
Turn normal and starting weekly hours into a simple phased-return schedule.
Planned
Free
Return-to-Work Interview Question Builder
Generate questions that fit the situation rather than relying on one fixed script.
Live
Free →
Reasonable Adjustments Finder
Start with the practical barrier at work and get adjustment ideas worth discussing.
Live
Free →
Occupational Health Referral Builder
Turn the work situation into a focused OH referral checklist and job-specific questions.
Live
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Workplace Needs Mapper
Connect a work barrier to the task and environment, then get areas to explore and changes to test.
£27 once · in development
Need to plan a real return?
One guided process that turns the situation, the work and the barriers into a practical Return-to-Work Plan.
- Manager conversation
- Functional barriers to discuss
- Possible adjustments and support
- Phased-return structure where relevant
- Actions, owners and review points
The paid planner is not live yet. This page shows the intended output honestly rather than linking to a fake checkout.
Current situation
Returning after a period of sickness absence.
Barriers to discuss
- Concentration over long periods
- Fatigue across a full working day
- High interruption load
Changes worth discussing
- Reduced hours initially
- Protected focus periods
- Temporary redistribution of escalation work
Review
Agree a review point and record what is helping, what is not, and what should change next.
The Work Health Lab model
Start with the barrier. Connect it to the work.
The same model should power our research, free tools and the Return-to-Work Planner.
- 01SituationHealth, absence or life context
- 02BarrierWhat is difficult in practice
- 03Work demandTask, environment or pattern
- 04Possible changeAdjustment, support or redesign
- 05ImplementationAction, owner and timing
- 06ReviewDid it actually help?
Research & data
Built on evidence, not generic HR advice.
At launch, recommendations are grounded in published research, official guidance, public datasets and transparent methodology — not invented company benchmarks.
Research
Published evidence and official employer guidance, with the source kept visible.
Data
Structured UK work-health data and calculations that can be traced back to source observations.
Method
Functional barriers → work demands → possible changes → implementation → review.
Evidence policy
We will not say a recommendation is based on data from real companies until we have sufficient first-party evidence to support that claim.
Explore work health
Return to workPlan sustainable returns around the person and the job.
Absence managementMove beyond recording absence to improving what happens next.
Workplace adjustmentsConnect practical barriers to changes worth discussing.
Research & dataSee original comparisons, source-backed data and how we calculate it.
Work support routesConnect WorkWell, Access to Work, Occupational Health and employer support.
Conditions at workStart with functional barriers, tasks and work environment rather than a diagnosis list.
Mental health & neurodiversityExplore work-specific barriers, strengths and source-backed support ideas.
Women, work & healthWork-specific evidence and tools, starting with menopause workplace risk.
Return to work
Someone is coming back to work?
Don't start with a blank form. Start with what needs to work differently.