Health and Wellbeing

At Aston University

Employee Assistance Programme (PAM)

Aston has partnered with PAM Assist to bring you a new Employee Assistance Programme.

They provide confidential support for various matters, including:

  • Managing money
  • Having a family
  • Moving house
  • Personal life
  • Retirement
  • Work life
  • Returning to work after a break
  • Family crises
  • Personal crises
  • Healthy Choices
  • Illness

They are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

You can make use of them by calling 0800 882 4102 or going to www.pam-assist.co.uk.

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More information on the way PAM Assist works can be found by watching these videos: https://www.pamgrouptv.co.uk/ or via these presentation slides.

BHSF Health Cash Plans and Life and Cancer Cover

A BHSF health cash plan enables employees to receive cash payments towards everyday healthcare costs.

A BHSF health cash plan can help with the cost of:

  • Dental treatment
  • Eyesight tests, new glasses or contact lenses
  • Professional therapy treatments
  • Diagnostic health consultations
  • Plus many more benefits
  • An EAP to help with the stresses and strains of modern day life
  • Personal accident and injury benefit

A BHSF health cash plan can also include:

Free eye examinations, contact lens checks and spectacle servicing 

All Aston University staff and family members are welcome to book an eye examination and contact lens check among other services that we offer at Aston University Eye and Hearing Clinics.
For more information regarding our services or to book an appointment, please call 0121 204 3900, email eyecare@aston.ac.uk or visit our website  Aston Eye & Hearing Clinics.

We are the largest optometry teaching centre in the world. Our students are taught in the clinic under close supervision by experienced practitioners. Appointments are longer than typically experienced on the ‘high street’ as every aspect of eye/ear health and vision/hearing is checked. These clinics allow the next generation of optometrists and audiologists to gain valuable clinical experience and for patients to receive thorough eye/ear care, using advanced instrumentation, in a comfortable and spacious setting.

Our appointments are available from October through to March.