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Movember: Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among men in the UK and early detection is key. The cancer usually develops slowly, so there may be no signs for many years. One man dies every 45 minutes from prostate cancer in the UK and the difference between early detection and late detection can be … Read more

Movember: Men’s mental health

In England, 1 in 8 men have a common mental health problem. Over the years, men have been conditioned to be less in touch with their emotions, or to feel shame or weakness in seeking support. They often feel that they have an image to uphold and discussing their feelings or accessing help may display … Read more

Movember: What do you need to know about men’s health?

Movember are a leading charity, changing the face of men’s health since 2003. Since then, they have funded more than 1,250 men’s health projects around the world and have vastly increased the awareness surrounding mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. We’re passionate about health and wellbeing and will nearly half of … Read more

Health & Wellbeing Advisor: We are Recruiting NOW!

Blood Pressure

Job Title: Health & Wellbeing Advisor Location: South & London Hours:                                  Ad-hoc / fixed term contracts Salary:                                  Very competitive day rates Date Advertised:             Monday 21st November 2016 Closing Date:                     Tuesday 6th December 2016 Healthy Performance specialise in Employee Health and Wellbeing providing a range of services to a clients including … Read more

Healthy eating tips for employees

Choose fruit and veg

For employees, it is essential to learn how to healthy eating whilst at work as they spend the majority of their days and weeks within the working environment. Therefore, what they choose to eat during these hours influences their health and fitness levels which will impact on absenteeism and productivity. It can be very challenging at times for employees to … Read more

National Stress Awareness Day

Stress Awareness

Stress Awareness Strategies We all suffer from stress at various times in our lives but understanding what ‘stress’ actually means, how you can identify it and best of all, how you can help yourself manage stress is fundamental to continued health and wellbeing. As part of National Stress Awareness Day we have put together some … Read more

Employee Stress and physiology

Employee stress

Monday 10th October was a busy day for the HP Team; as well as delivering health checks across 12 sites, we were also busy at many World Mental Health Day events that our clients had asked us to run.  We were aware of lots of organisations marking this event and who can blame them … … Read more

Lifestyle issues costing the NHS £11billion per year

Diabetes

Health problems such as poor diet, drinking and smoking are costing the NHS in England more than £11billion each year, the Public Health England (PHE) say. Furthermore, officials from the Government body say that unless lifestyle issues are tackled more effectively the NHS will become unaffordable. It warns conditions such as diabetes and smoking-related bronchitis are a new … Read more

Eating porridge may lower risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes

A Harvard University publication released last week has found that whole grains such as porridge, brown rice, oats and Weetabix seem to prevent early death and lower the chance of dying from heart disease and cancer. The study carried out a systematic review and a meta-analysis of 12 studies about wholegrain which involved a total of 786,076 participants. … Read more