Legal & General Group Protection has announced the launch of its new Virtual Clinic, which centres on the addition of a new Virtual GP and mental health support service from Teladoc Health.

This brings to employees services from 24/7/365 access to GPs, to mental wellbeing support and counselling, plus a service for family members: child mental health consultations. The latter provides support with aspects such as behavioural techniques; gaining a better psychological understanding of the child’s perspective; and information on how to navigate the mental health system.

The new Virtual GP and mental health support service is available to all their existing and new Group Income Protection (GIP) clients.

Virtual Clinic is provided on a modular basis, so it can complement any existing wellbeing services the client might have in place.

Legal & General says the new services sit alongside and complement its existing digital health support services, as part of the company’s outcomes-focused wellbeing framework announced last year; Be Well, Get Better, Be Supported.

James Walker, head of product and proposition at Legal & General Group Protection, said: “We are delighted to partner with Teladoc Health – a proven and highly-regarded virtual care provider – as part of the evolution of our Be Well, Get Better, Be Supported framework.

“The Virtual Clinic builds on our existing wellbeing services to provide a comprehensive, personalised and digital framework to help employers support and empower their employees; whether they face short- or long- term conditions, and whether they need physical, psychological or social support – or a combination of these.

“It’s a framework that supports the now well-evidenced, and increasingly popular, view that good work is good for health. And it’s a framework that has flexibility according to client needs built in: avoiding duplication of services for some; ensuring equity of support for others.”