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Celebrating the SOM Occupational Health Awards 2021!
The Society of Occupational Medicine’s annual Occupational Health Awards provide a unique opportunity to showcase the essential work of occupational health professionals and highlight the value of occupational health and the many benefits it brings for businesses, organisations and the wider community.
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Meet the Medigold Health Bid Team!
In our final Meet the Team feature of 2021, we catch up with our Bid Team, who are responsible for coordinating bids for new tenders and client contracts and securing new business so that we can continue to benefit even more customers through the delivery of our quality Occupational Health[...]
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Occupational Health Provider – Top 100 Companies list!
We are thrilled and extremely proud to reveal that Medigold Health has made it into Grant Thornton UK LLP’s Northamptonshire Limited Top 100 Companies list for 2021!
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Alcohol Awareness Webinar
Research conducted by Public Health England and various alcohol charities over the last 18 months has shown that levels of alcohol consumption increased significantly throughout the pandemic, with more than a quarter of people reporting that they had drunk more during the lockdowns.
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Drug and Alcohol Testing Mythbusters
‘Refusing to have an alcohol or drug test is treated the same as a positive test.’ ‘Passive cannabis inhalation can cause a positive drug test result’. There are many misconceptions around alcohol and drug testing, and over the years we’ve heard all sorts of myths, but which are based in[...]
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What makes a good alcohol and drug policy?
A robust Alcohol and Drug policy is the foundation of an effective workplace testing programme and crucial to helping you reduce the risks of substance misuse within your organisation. But what makes a good Alcohol and Drug policy? This time, Hampton Knight’s Client Services Director Michael Wakeham gives us the[...]
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Alcohol Awareness Week
Today marks the start of Alcohol Awareness Week (15-21 November), an annual campaign run by Alcohol Change UK that aims to get people ‘thinking about drinking’ and raise awareness of alcohol harm.
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The future is bright…Hampton Knight and Medigold Health
To round off our Spotlight Series feature charting Hampton Knight’s journey from small family business to becoming one of the UK’s most trusted workplace testing providers, we speak to the brand’s CEO Scot Smith (formerly COO of Medigold Health) about how he came to head up our alcohol and drug[...]
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Alcohol and Drug Testing FAQs
Hampton Knight’s Client Services Director, Michael Wakeham is back on our blog once again, this time answering some of the questions we get asked most frequently by our clients and their employees about alcohol and drug testing. Listen on to find out if it’s possible to fail a drugs test[...]
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