Get the best from your NHS
Health checks
Free 'health MOTs' at work
To help keep your staff fit and healthy we offer free NHS health checks in your workplace.
These 'health MOTs' follow national NHS guidelines and are aimed at men aged over 40 years old in Brighton and Hove in the first instance.
Health checks are carried out by qualified nurses and assess:
They also include:
- Healthy lifestyle advice
- Referral to GP or other free services
For more details or to book NHS health checks for your staff please email:
Lucy Richards or Joanna Taylor
Workplace health nurses
Brighton and Hove City Council
or phone: 01273 294558
Please note: capacity is limited.
Small and medium sized businesses without occupational health support are prioritised on a first come basis.
Free Stop Smoking courses in workplaces
Smoking is damaging to health and businesses.
It is estimated that staff who smoke cost British businesses approximately £2bn a year due to increased sickness absence and reduced productivity.
The NHS workplace stop smoking programme has had a positive impact in over 40 workplaces across Brighton and Hove.
- Over 70% of people attending the six week programme successfully quit smoking after four weeks
To book a free NHS smoking course or information session for your business:
email: stopsmoking@southdowns.nhs.uk
telephone: 01273 267 397
Alcohol
Excessive alcohol drinking can have long term damaging effects to health and work.
Drinking while at work blurs your judgement and slows you down, business can suffer with poor customer services, extra sick days and reduced productivity as a result of excessive drinking.
Support your staff by offering:
- free health checks
- alcohol counseling
- after work team events like our business beach volleyball tournaments instead of going to the pub
