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TRANSPORT SPECIALIST TO BENEFIT FROM MEDICAL EXPERTISE WITH NEW PARTNERSHIP

A leading provider of independent medical services has partnered with Nexus and Metro Services to support the health and wellbeing of its employees.

North East-based Newcastle Premier Health has partnered with the transport specialist to deliver a range of occupational health care services to its employees.

In line with the company’s aim to continually support and promote mental and physical health and wellbeing, Nexus and Metro Services employees’ at three North East facilities - Nexus House in Newcastle City Centre, Nexus Rail HQ in Gosforth and Nexus Metro Depot, Regent Centre, Gosforth - will receive a range of onsite and offsite occupational health services.

The services, which include physiotherapy, drug and alcohol testing and an employment advice phone line, will be delivered by an occupational health advisor and occupational health technician from Newcastle Premier Health, with the aim of reducing absenteeism, improving productivity and further promoting a healthy workforce within a safe environment.

Established in 2013, Newcastle Premier Health is a leading specialist provider of medical services in the North East, providing a one stop shop for: occupational health, travel medicine, wellness and primary health care. It offers a holistic and integrated approach to medicine, with the aim of helping businesses and individuals achieve their health and wellbeing goals.

Newcastle Premier Health provides occupational health services to companies of varying size, in a wide range of industries, to improve the health and wellbeing of employees, reduce absenteeism and bring demonstrable cost benefits to the business.

Nexus and Metro Services is the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive, the public body that owns and manages the Tyne and Wear Metro. It provides, plans and promotes public transport in the Tyne and Wear region to improve economy prosperity, and the daily lives of its residents.

Alison Rhodes, group head of human resources at Nexus, said: “We are looking forward to working in partnership with Newcastle Premier Health to provide the best possible occupational health service to our employees.”

Mark Philpott, business director at Newcastle Premier Health, said: “At Newcastle Premier Health, we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver health care packages that will: bring demonstrable cost benefits to an organisation, promote and support the physical and emotional wellbeing of employees, reduce levels of staff absenteeism and ultimately encourage business and employee performance.

“We will utilise our extensive medical expertise, and in-depth knowledge and experience of working within the rail sector, to provide a tailored occupational health service which suits both the needs of Nexus and Metro Services and its employees.

“It is great to see Nexus and Metro Services take such a duty of care for its employees’ health and wellbeing, and we are thrilled to be working collaboratively with such a renowned organisation. I am confident that this will be a long-lasting and successful partnership.”

The partnership comes at a time of rapid growth for Newcastle Premier Health which has recently launched repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS), an innovative new treatment for depression, in conjunction with The London Psychiatry Centre of Harley Street, London. The treatment has been approved by The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and fully endorsed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

To accommodate the expansion of its services, the company has also moved to a larger, purpose-built facility in Dobson House, Regent Centre, Gosforth, and has welcomed new appointments across multiple disciplines, this includes an occupational health technician and a travel and clinic nurse.

Newcastle Premier Health is partnered with fellow healthcare experts and innovators both regionally and nationally, and it works with a wide range of high profile clients including: Virgin Money, ISOS, Alnmaritec, Kail, Hitachi Rail Europe, Sunderland College, Calsonic Kansei, St Oswald’s Hospice and Savana Environmental Limited.

For more information on Newcastle Premier Health visit www.newcastlepremierhealth.com

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