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Nursing is a serious business, it’s important to have fun…
That is the motto of our Associate Director of Nursing (London & Midlands), Nicola Piper, who qualified as a Nurse over 30 years ago. Nicky made the shift to Occupational Health Nursing in 1999 after leaving Brunel University with a Bsc (Hons) specialist practitioner in OH. From helping troops on[...]
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Gliding into 2020 like…
Last week Medigold Health’s Associate Director of HR, Gemma Goldsmith née Ely, laced up her ice skates to compete in the Winter World Masters Games (WWMG) 2020 in Austria. The WWMG is the biggest winter sports festival for 30+ year olds, with over 3000 athletes from across the world taking[...]
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Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 2020
20th-26th January 2020 is Cervical Cancer Prevention Week. Medigold Health’s Trainee Occupational Health Physician, Yvette Martin, discusses the importance of cervical screening and what your workplace can do to help prevent the disease. It’s been over 10 years since the death of reality TV star Jade Goody who spoke publicly[...]
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New Year’s resolutions – why not just give up now?
Our Specialty Registrar in Occupational Medicine, Dr Paul McGovern, offers you some no-nonsense advice on how to achieve your New Year’s resolutions. January gym-goers always leave me feeling somewhat conflicted. On the one hand, they appear en-masse like a carpet of spandexed cicadas, to fill the gym on January 2nd.[...]
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The Season of Goodwill
The Season of Goodwill For many of us, Christmas is often a fun and exciting time full of get-togethers, tasty food and exchanging presents with loved ones. However, Christmas can also be a very tough time for many people, including those who are homeless, lonely, bereaved or struggling with finances.[...]
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Mental Heath Newsletter – December Edition
Check out the December edition of our mental health newsletter. This edition focuses on the challenges the festive season can bring to our personal wellbeing and finances and outlines some useful tips for maintaining your financial wellbeing over the holidays. Aside from the obvious festive dates, some key dates for[...]
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Medigold Health is One of Northamptonshire’s Top 100 Companies
We are delighted to announce that, for the second year running, Medigold Health has been named as one of the top 100 Companies in the 2019 edition of Grant Thornton’s Northamptonshire Limited. What is Northamptonshire Limited? Northamptonshire Limited is part of an annual series of business analysis by county initiated[...]
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Tackling Work-Related Stress
Work-related stress, depression or anxiety is a harmful reaction occurring secondary to excessive pressures and demands in the workplace. We all experience pressure at work, sometimes that can be useful for driving us towards achieving targets and to inspire us to produce our best work. But, if that pressure outweighs[...]
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First Bus Excellence Awards 2019
Medigold Health were delighted to attend the First Bus Excellence Awards, in both Reading and Glasgow last week. Our Chief Medical Officer, Dr Mark Hall, was honored to present the award for the Colleague of the Year-Engineering category at the first event held in the beautiful 18th century, Reading Town[...]
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