The Healthy Blog

Employee Stress and physiology
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

Red flag signs of bowel cancer are being missed
One in five bowel cancer patients diagnosed in an emergency had “red flag” symptoms that should have been picked up earlier, a study in the

Lifestyle issues costing the NHS £11billion per year
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.

Stoptober and the role of e-cigarettes in the workplace
Back in 2010, a fascinating piece of research from Policy Exchange found that smoking breaks at work alone was costing the British economy £2.9billion per year.
Get prepared for World Heart Day
World Heart Day is coming up at the end of this month on September 29th. Is it a worthwhile awareness day to promote to your employees?

New Address, New Number, Same AWARD WINNING Service!
The Healthy Performance Team are delighted and excited to announce that with effect from Monday 15th August 2016 we have moved offices and also changed

COMING SOON – Healthy Performance on the move
Healthy Performance has grown from strength to strength over the last few years and as part of our continued growth, HP Towers will be relocating to

Health and wellbeing over the summer – nutrition with a barbie
With summer finally rolling into gear this week, the smell of the BBQ will no doubt be wafting gloriously through the air near you. Now

Is office ‘cake culture’ damaging employee health?
Professor Nigel Hunt, dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons, said in a speech last week that fruit

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

International Men’s Health Week
International Men’s Health Week 2016 begins on Monday 13th June and lasts until Sunday 19th June 2016 (which of course if Father’s Day!). So, it

Fighting employee fatigue
Employee fatigue is one of biggest medical complaints in the UK – 21% of consultations to GPs in 2015 were for tiredness or fatigue. There are several







