Healthcare Blog

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  Supporting offshore workers’ families

  In previous blog posts, we’ve told you about our occupational health service, led by Dr Marikie Benade, and our Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) medicals – but that’s not all we do to help offshore workers. As we’ve put more and more offshore workers through their medical at our OGUK-approved clinic, we’ve realised that they’re […]

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  Depression: What is it and how to treat it?

  According to Mental Health Foundation, one in four of us will experience some kind of mental health problem each year, with mixed anxiety and depression the most common mental disorders. But what exactly is depression? And how can it be treated? As we come to the end of Depression Awareness Week, organised by the charity Depression […]

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  Allergy Awareness Week: Don’t live in fear

  Whether it’s down to air pollution, the weather, or foreign travel, there is one thing for sure: allergies are on the rise. In fact, according to Allergy UK, the number of allergy sufferers in the UK increases by five per cent each year. With this in mind, we decided that Allergy Awareness Week (20 – […]

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  One-stop shop for medical assessments

  Pre Employment & Employment Medical Assessments In a previous blog post, we explained how we help employees and employers in Scotland get fit for work after a period of sickness absence. As we explained in that post, one of the most effective ways to improve your staff’s wellbeing, and reduce the amount of money that […]

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  How to make sure you’re eating safe food

  The theme for World Health Day 2015, which is organised by the World Health Organization, is Food Safety. Taking place on Tuesday 7 April, the aim of the day is to make people more confident that the food on their plate is safe to eat. And with society now full of environmental pollutants, pesticides, food additives […]

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  YourGP gets Save Face accreditation

  When it comes to medical cosmetic treatments, we know it can be difficult to work out what’s right for you. We also know that in a largely unregulated industry, it can be difficult to know who you can trust. At present, anyone can legally carry out non-surgical cosmetic treatments – leading to a rise in […]

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  Thank you for helping us support Maggie’s Edinburgh

  If you’re a YourGP patient or have ever popped into our private health practice in Edinburgh, you’ll no doubt have noticed that we always have a number of books for you to read and relax while you’re waiting on your appointment. As well as having books on display for you to read while you’re in […]

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  Find happiness with Reiki

  Today, Friday 20 March, is International Day of Happiness, a campaign established by the United Nations (UN) to promote positive social action and help create a happier world. Coordinated by the charity Action for Happiness, International Day of Happiness was established by the UN General Assembly in 2012. All 193 UN member states adopted a […]

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  Children’s healthcare: A YourGP priority

  The majority of the UK public believe that children’s healthcare should be an important priority for doctors and GPs – and we couldn’t agree more here at YourGP. According to a ComRes poll commissioned by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 94% of the public say that children’s healthcare should be a priority […]