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Local college visits ID Medical for massage marathon to support Mental Health Awareness Week
ID Medical Mental Health, a specialist sub-division of the leading Milton Keynes based healthcare recruiter ID Medical, welcomed students from Milton Keynes College’s Faculty of Creative and Service Industries to its offices on Wednesday 13th May for at-desk neck, shoulder, hand and arm massage treatments, raising £585.44 for the Mental Health Foundation during Mental Health Awareness Week (11-17th May). This fundraising total was accumulated from the massage marathon and a generous bake sale.
The Mental Health Foundation, the UK’s leading mental health research, policy and service improvement charity, chose ‘Mindfulness’ as this year’s campaign theme – an integrative, mind-body based training which helps people to change the way they think and feel about their experiences and is recommended as a treatment for people with mental health problems.
Mindfulness is something which will benefit everybody, even those not experiencing a mental health problem. With ID Medical supplying healthcare professionals to over 90% of NHS Trusts across the UK, it is important that mindfulness transpires to its entire workforce in order to deliver its premier level service. In addition to promoting mindfulness in the office, ID Medical shared its advice on being mindful with 10 essential recommendations.
Harjit Nandha, ID Medical’s Mental Health division manager shares his thoughts on the team’s fundraising efforts, “Once again ID Medical is proud to support Mental Health Awareness Week and we look forward to this campaign every year. Always striving to support our local community, we were thrilled to welcome students from MK College to join us in this year’s fundraising as we raise awareness of mental health issues.
With an expected 8% cut to NHS Mental Health funding over the next 5 years (source: BBC1 news, 5 May 2015), it is imperative we do everything within our power to raise awareness of this disadvantaged disease, as it is also reported that up to 75% of people with mental health problems get no help at all (source: Stephen Dalton, chief executive Mental Health Network, March 2015).”
Our Mental Health division is recognised within the industry, supplying to over 75% of NHS Mental Health Trusts in the UK which is why we have such a deep rooted interest in this campaign with it being a specialty so close to our ethics and daily workings, placing mental health specialists into urgent positions. With a steadily growing workforce of almost 500 talented personnel, we pledge to maintain the support of this and future campaigns for the Mental Health Foundation.”
Jenny Peach, Beauty Therapy Ambassador at MK College added, “The beauty therapy learners of Milton Keynes College are proud to support ID Medical during Mental Health Awareness Week. The massage marathon not only supports their progression and skills in the beauty industry but also highlights the importance of well-being at work.”
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- mindfulness
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About the Mental Health Foundation
The Mental Health Foundation is the UK’s leading mental health research, policy and service improvement charity. The charity is committed to reducing the suffering caused by mental ill health and to help everyone lead mentally healthier lives. With a dedicated focus on everyone’s mental health, the Mental Health Foundation works across all age ranges – whatever their condition or circumstance. Fundraising allow them to achieve their ultimate goal of delivering change and helping to empower people to make real changes in their lives.
About ID Medical
Award-winning, multi-discipline healthcare recruiter ID Medical was formed in 2002 and is a superior quality supplier of locum doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and clerical staff to over 90% of NHS hospitals and private medical sector organisations.
From its headquarters in Milton Keynes as well as its central London office, ID Medical provides practical, cost-effective and innovative workforce solutions, supplying more than 3 million hours to the NHS per annum. Crown Commercial Service (CCS), HealthTrust Europe (HTE) and London Procurement Partnership (LPP) framework approved, ID Medical supplies medical staff into over 38,000 available shifts per month in hospitals nationwide.
Within each of its professional divisions, the workforce solutions provider has dedicated client and candidate teams covering the multitude of medical specialties and roles to ensure every valued customer receives its premier level service, ultimately ensuring patients are always put first. Further to this, ID Medical School was launched in 2014 to offer candidates Continuing Professional Development accredited courses and workshops to enhance their medical careers.
Since its foundation, the company has earned itself industry-wide accreditation and success with an amounting collection of accolades. These include the Recruiter FAST 50, Real Business Hot 100, Recruitment International Top 250 and The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100. Most notably, through an abiding focus on employee satisfaction, ID Medical was crowned Recruitment International’s ‘Best Recruitment Company to Work for 2013’ and made its debut in The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work for 2014 at list position 33. ID Medical is delighted that for the second year running it features in The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work for 2015.
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Caryn Cooper
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