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Mental Health Awareness Week
12th – 18th May 2025 What can Mental Health Awareness Week achieve? Mental Health Awareness Week is vital in increasing public understanding of mental health and how mental health problems can be prevented. After years of being ignored, hidden away, and not being spoken about, Mental Health Awareness Week makes sure that mental health remains…
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Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month April 2025
In the UK, a woman dies of ovarian cancer every two hours. This stark reality isn’t just a statistic; it’s a call to action that we can no longer ignore. In the last decade we’ve seen some major milestones – three Olympics, five Prime Ministers, and more superhero movies than we can count. And yet,…
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Previously known as Network Medical – Business Re-launch
Why? A better description of what we do! What’s Changed? We are expanding the same reliable, friendly quality service, whilst paying special attention to our client’s individual and bespoke needs. We focus on delivering services which are competitive and excellent value for money at the same time as meeting the needs of the business. What’s…
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Change in your eye can show risk of ‘silent’ kidney disease
Neil Shaw Assistant Editor – Gloucestershire Live our eye can reveal signs of the disease that sometimes has no symptoms The study found AI can use scans to predict which patients will go on to develop kidney disease years before they are diagnosed Artificial intelligence (AI) can predict whether someone with type 2 diabetes will…
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Eating Disorders Awareness week 24Feb – 2 March 2025
Eating disorders at work The importance of a supportive workplace With at least 1 in 50 people in the UK living with an eating disorder, you could be managing or working with someone who is affected. Having the right support in place at work can make a big difference to someone’s recovery or help them…
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GP shares heart disease symptom that affects your legs 46% of people don’t know
Heart disease is a major cause of death in the UK and worldwide. More than 7.6million people in the UK are living with heart or circulatory diseases, according to the British Heart Foundation. By Sophie Law Deputy Editor Spare Time Heart disease is a general term for a number of conditions that affect the heart…
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Unexplained stroke risk doubles among young smokers, study finds
Story by Dennis Thompson, Health Day News Smoking more than doubles the risk of unexplained strokes among younger adults, a new study warns. And heavy smoking is even worse, with stroke risk more than quadrupled among adults who smoke more than a pack of cigarettes every day for 20 years compared to people who don’t smoke, researchers found.…
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PROSTRATE CANCER
It’s a fact: prostate cancer now England’s most common cancer A huge increase in cases shows that more men than ever before are checking their risk of prostate cancer – and taking action. Prostate cancer has become the most common cancer in England, with a massive 25% increase in cases between 2019 and 2023. NHS…
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Latest News!
Network Medical Occupational Health will now be known as Occupational Health Specialists, which is a better description of what we do – the same reliable, quality service. We are expanding our service with clinics opening in Kilmarnock and Glasgow, Scotland. We welcome two new members of staff – Pam Fricker as Director. Pam is a…
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