Many coaching clients struggle with health and wellbeing issues, which aside from the impact on them personally, knock organisational productivity and the economy – a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) finds that the “hidden cost” of employee sickness reached £103bn in 2023, an increase of £30bn since 2018.

Released last month (August), the final interim report from the cross-party IPPR Commission on Health and Prosperity revealed that £25bn of the cost...