IMPACT & ROI
Proven benefits & financial returns from better absence management & health services orchestration
GoodShape delivers measurable ROI by reducing absence, improving workforce availability and making existing health service spend more effective, with implementation achieved on a cost-neutral basis.
THE COST OF INACTION
Absence erodes performance, capacity and cost control
£24M+
Annual absence-related cost in a typical 10,000-employee organisation.
500 + employees
Equivalent to the number of paid employees not at work every day due to absence.
The impact goes beyond salary cost to include overtime, temporary staffing, disruption to service delivery and pressure on managers.
THE SOLUTION
The financial opportunity
YEAR ONE IMPACT
24%+
Average first-year absence reduction
A TYPICAL 10,000 EMPLOYEE ORGANISATION
£6M+
Annual value delivered in year 1
ROI MULTIPLE
9X
Return on investment in year one
PAYBACK PERIOD
6 months
Typical time to recover investment
SUSTAINED IMPACT
+10%
Additional improvement in year two
ROI BREAKDOWN
Where value is realised with cost-neutral implementation
Productivity recovery
Bring paid employees back to work sooner
Cost reduction
Reduce unnecessary referrals, overtime, temporary staffing and avoidable complexity.
Operational efficiency
Automate workflows, reduce management burden and improve consistency.
Better service utilisation
Direct the right people to the right support at the right time, reducing unnecessary health services costs.
TRANSFORMATION
What changes with GoodShape
Before GoodShape
✕ Reactive, avoidable manager-led referrals
✕ Delayed intervention
✕ Fragmented and siloed support services
✕ Limited outcome visibility
✕ Rising absence cost
After GoodShape
✓ Earlier risk identification
✓ Improved employee health
✓ Connected services and workflows
✓ Real-time performance insight
✓ Measurable cost and performance gains
PROVEN RESULTS
Key performance indicators
Absence reduction
Faster return to work
Measurable returns
Improved utilisation
Reduced OH Cost
Lower reoccurrence
Funded through savings, not new budget
GoodShape can be implemented through redirected operational spend and starts delivering net financial benefit within the same financial year.