Production line workers at the UK’s largest car manufacturer can take part in a workplace cardiovascular disease check at its Wellbeing Centres in a bid to proactively identify workers’ health issues at an early stage.
Funded by Solihull Council, the scheme is part of a wider Department of Health and Social Care scheme to increase the number of people accessing free health checks, by encouraging local authorities to collaborate with local employers to carry out checks at work.
The cardiovascular disease checks, which mirror those offered by the NHS to those over 40 include: a blood pressure check; a cholesterol check; a height, weight and BMI check; and a lifestyle questionnaire.
Steve Iley, chief medical officer said: "JLR is investing £15m a year in its global health and wellbeing programmes because we know that healthy and happy colleagues help us to deliver high‑quality products and ensure a positive future for our business.
Health checks are a fundamental part of prevention and therefore feature in many of our programmes. Our collaboration with Solihull MBC on the Workplace Cardiovascular Disease Checks Pilot, presents a unique opportunity to work together on providing awareness and signposting for our employees.
We are excited to provide these vital checks to approximately 4,000 of our Solihull employees before the end of this financial year, thus supporting the great work of our NHS."
