National Endometriosis Awareness month, March 2024 – business toolkit

Endometriosis affects around 1 in 10 (of those assigned female at birth) mostly between puberty and menopause ¹. It’s also a time when women are most active in their career. So, it’s likely members of your workforce will have endometriosis symptoms. These can be severe and have a significant impact on their confidence and performance at work.

Our toolkit has resources that you can download to share within your workplace to understand endometriosis and how you can better support your employees.

For business

• Employer internal communication (PDF, 0.08MB)
• Inclusive Health services (PDF, 1.4MB)
• Bupa Academy – Women’s Health resource guide (PDF, 1.0MB) 

Support for line-managers

• Manager guides:
  •      How to support someone with Endometriosis  (PDF, 0.3MB)
  •      Creating a period friendly workplace (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Bitesize Academy modules:
  •      Supporting employees experiencing endometriosis
  •      Supporting line managers to talk about periods within the workplace

Resources that your clients can share with their team

• Health Information: Endometriosis
• Hub: Endometriosis support
• Article: Endometriosis - personal stories
• Article: How does endometriosis affect fertility and pregnancy?
• Video: Endometriosis matters
• Tool: Endometriosis symptoms diary (PDF, 0.5MB)

Resources for your client’s employee’s dependent on their policy or health trust

• If your employees have any queries around endometriosis, they can speak to one of our nurses who are available any day and any time. Using this service doesn’t impact their benefit allowances or excess: Bupa Anytime Healthline

For more information and support about Endometriosis, visit the Bupa website. You can also access information and support from , Endometriosis UK and Women's Health Concern.

¹ https://www.endometriosis-uk.org/endometriosis-facts-and-figures