Health checks at work for council staff (From Gazette)

Health checks at work for council staff

1:10pm Friday 19th March 2010 in

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STAFF at Colchester Council are among the first employees to benefit form free work-place Health checks.

The ground-breaking initiative has been set up by NHS North East Essex and is part of the national NHS Health Check screening programme to detect individuals in the 40 to 74-year-old group who are at risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

The check is a standard assessment made up of various questions and measurements looking at age, gender, height, weight, body mass index, smoking, levels of physical activity, ethnic background, family history, blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose levels.

Colchester Council staff took advantage of the checks when nurses visited Rowan House to carry out checks for blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels.

Martin Hunt, deputy leader of the Colchester Borough Council, said: “The council is committed to ensuring the wellbeing of all its employees. We are grateful to the NHS and Surelines for providing these health checks to council staff, and helping to promote the importance of wellbeing in the workplace.”