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		<title>How to claim expenses for your ESA Work Capability Assessment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Atos Healthcare</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you attend an assessment centre for a Work Capability Assessment (WCA), Atos Healthcare will pay your travel expenses. We can reimburse the cost of travel from your current address to our assessment centre, and your return journey home. When you arrive at the assessment centre the receptionist will be able to help you complete [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employee wellbeing – don’t be blind to benefits of offering sight tests</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Atos Healthcare</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost three quarters (71%) of employers believe company insurance premiums should be lowered if their employees have passed a full eye examination and eye test, according to research from opticians Specsavers. The poll of 195 companies found employers would also be more likely to choose a particular insurance company or policy if eyesight tests were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employee wellbeing – health messages are getting through, probably</title>
		<link>http://blog.atoshealthcare.com/2013/05/employee-wellbeing-health-messages-are-getting-through-probably/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=employee-wellbeing-health-messages-are-getting-through-probably</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Atos Healthcare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Occupational Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[drinking less]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smoking in Britain has more than halved and people are drinking on fewer nights of the week, latest official statistics have concluded. The General Lifestyle Survey from the Office for National Statistics  has found 45% of adults smoked in 1974 compared with 20% in 2011. Equally good news from the health perspective was the finding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employee wellbeing – resistance to antibiotics is a threat to all of us</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 14:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Atos Healthcare</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[antibiotic-resistant bacteria]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria with the potential to cause untreatable infections poses “a catastrophic threat” to our population, and should be ranked alongside terrorism on a list of threats to the nation, the chief medical officer for England has warned. In an “annual report” in February Professor Dame Sally Davies warned that the medics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employee healthcare – what first aid changes mean for employers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 16:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Atos Healthcare</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Health and Safety Executive has published draft guidance to help employers understand proposed changes to workplace first aid due to come in from this October. The government’s Lofstedt review recommended amending the 1981 Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations to remove some of the bureaucracy around first aid. This included removing the requirement for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employee wellbeing – poor sleep is not something to yawn about</title>
		<link>http://blog.atoshealthcare.com/2013/04/employee-wellbeing-poor-sleep-is-not-something-to-yawn-about/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=employee-wellbeing-poor-sleep-is-not-something-to-yawn-about</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Atos Healthcare</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heart disease, diabetes, obesity and poor brain function have all long been linked to sub-standard sleep, not to mention simply having the potential to leave you having a seriously sub-standard day at work. Now a study in the medical journal PNAS has argued the activity of genes can actually be altered when someone’s sleep is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Health Professional training</title>
		<link>http://blog.atoshealthcare.com/2013/04/personal-independence-payment-pip-health-professional-training/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=personal-independence-payment-pip-health-professional-training</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Atos Healthcare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PIP]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.atoshealthcare.com/?p=2395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Atos Healthcare, together with our healthcare partner organisations, has a large team of skilled Health Professionals (HP) in place to deliver Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments.   All of these HPs are fully qualified in their chosen discipline and all have at least two years post registration experience.  In addition to this they also undertake a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The role of the Health Professional in PIP assessments</title>
		<link>http://blog.atoshealthcare.com/2013/04/the-role-of-the-health-professional-in-pip-assessments/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-role-of-the-health-professional-in-pip-assessments</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Atos Healthcare</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health Professionals (HPs) are the people who undertake Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments. The reports they produce are sent to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Atos Healthcare HPs are experienced physiotherapists, nurses, occupational therapists and doctors who have been trained in the specialist field of disability assessment. They come from a variety of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Atos Healthcare</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you make a claim for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will first check that the basic entitlement conditions (as set by the DWP) are met. The PIP entitlement conditions stipulate that you must be aged between 16 and 64 and have had difficulties with ‘activities of daily living’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The first Personal Independence Payment (PIP) referral has been received by Atos Healthcare</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Atos Healthcare</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday saw the arrival of the first PIP referral from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to Atos Healthcare. Our customer service staff and Health Professionals have undertaken comprehensive training programmes and have been preparing for this day for many months and are keen to start playing their parts in the PIP assessment process.  [...]]]></description>
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