At Healix, we can provide your employees with a 24 hour medical helpline staffed by doctors and nurses and accessible from anywhere in the world, giving them access to medical information and advice at any time of the day.
This service can offer real peace of mind to your employees and their families, especially if they are far from home and away from the medical support and services they are used to. It also has a high perceived value by employees and promotes the ethos of a caring employer.
The range of information and advice provided by the telephone service includes:
- General medical advice and discussion of common medical problems
- The opportunity to discuss symptoms and worries confidentially
- Travel health information pre- and post-travel
- Vaccinations
- Destination medical facilities
- Pre- and post-operative treatment advice
- Advice and information on a range of lifestyle issues
- Nutrition and dietary information
- Fitness and exercise advice
- Sports injuries
- Reducing alcohol and cigarette consumption
- Sexual health and contraception advice
- Advice relating to the NHS and an understanding of NHS procedures
- Advice on common chronic medical conditions. E.g. Diabetes, heart disease, asthma, stroke
- Advice on the following issues
- female health
- male health
- child healthcare
- elderly healthcare
- Explanation of counselling services available and details of accredited counselling organisations
- Patient drug information
- Equivalent drugs available overseas
- Drug interactions and side effects
- Understanding of drug issues related to pregnancy, children, the elderly and patients with concurrent medical conditions
- Fact sheets on individual drugs
Whether your employees are at home or abroad, they will find it reassuring to know that they have medical professionals on hand 24 hours a day for advice when needed.
For more information, contact sales@healix.com or call +44 (0) 844 209 0136.