Healthcare Blog

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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 […]

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  Improving heart health at YourGP

  February is National Heart Month, the British Heart Foundation’s annual campaign to raise awareness of heart diseases. In the UK, there are seven million people living with cardiovascular disease, which includes all the diseases of the heart and circulation, such as coronary heart disease, the UK’s biggest killer. According to The Heart Research Institute, there […]

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  World Cancer Day 2015

  Last week, we published a blog post about how we are helping to prevent and raise awareness of cervical cancer. In this blog post, we will explain the types of services that we provide to help prevent and treat other cancers, including skin, prostate and testicular cancer. If you’re wondering why we’re talking so much […]

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  YourGP: Helping to prevent cervical cancer

  This week is Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, a UK-wide initiative led by Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust to raise awareness of cervical cancer – and we are doing our bit to help at YourGP. Every day in the UK, eight women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and three women lose their lives to the disease. But the […]