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Gro Company sees positive results from offering staff health screening

The Gro Company is offering health screening at its head office to give its employees a sense of their overall health.

The firm, which manufactures baby products, is working with Screenetics to implement the service. The Gro Company is introducing the screening programme as part of its overall health and wellbeing strategy, designed to improve employee productivity and engagement.

The screenings, which last 45 minutes, test employees' cholesterol, blood pressure, diabetes, body mass, blood pressure, bone mineral mass, nutrition and lifestyle.

Staff receive the results immediately, allowing time for discussion after the examination.

Rob Pascoe, managing director of the Gro Company, said: "We wanted to offer our staff a benefit that would give them an opportunity to take control of their own health and lifestyle. Since screening began, we have noticed our employees are taking an active interest in their health and comparing their results with colleagues.

"We are already starting to see positive action taken by members of staff with changes to diet and exercise."