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We are working with Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust to seconde 28 of our employees into family liaison, clerical, operational and administrative positions including COVID-19 swabbing to support the NHS Trust’s efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Updated: Friday 16 April 2021

Published: Tuesday 2 March 2021

In the lead up to International Women’s Day (8th March), we have interviewed some of the inspirational women working at Nuffield Health to discuss the challenges women face today and the women that inspired them. Here we talk to Gosia Bowling.

Updated: Tuesday 2 March 2021

Published: Tuesday 2 March 2021

In the lead up to International Women’s Day (8th March), we have interviewed some of the inspirational women working at Nuffield Health to discuss the challenges women face today and the women that inspired them. Here we talk to Vicky Fitzgerald, General Manager of Didsbury Fitness and Wellbeing Centre.

Updated: Tuesday 2 March 2021

Published: Tuesday 2 March 2021

Our CEO Steve Gray comments “The fitness sector can play an important role in the physical and mental recovery of the nation, as well as helping us to build back better long-term health. We know that for many people gyms are an essential service, and a safe place for them to exercise and connect with others.

Updated: Monday 22 February 2021

Published: Monday 22 February 2021

Four Healthcare Assistants at Nuffield Health’s Leeds Hospital have successfully achieved a Foundation Degree from Leeds University as part of a pilot for a new Nursing Associate apprenticeship.

Updated: Wednesday 10 February 2021

Published: Wednesday 10 February 2021

We have launched a free online ‘Kids Wellbeing Hub’ to help the physical and mental health of both children and parents.

Updated: Thursday 29 April 2021

Published: Monday 1 February 2021

We have launched new free emotional wellbeing classes on our digital platform, ‘Nuffield Health 24/7’

Updated: Monday 18 January 2021

Published: Monday 18 January 2021

A new report calls for a change in the medically-focused language society uses to discuss mental health. Created following a panel discussion in October, the report forms part of a campaign to encourage people to think more holistically about their mental health and to break down the barriers preventing people from opening up and accessing support.

Updated: Thursday 10 December 2020

Published: Wednesday 9 December 2020

A survey conducted by Nuffield Health - the UK’s largest healthcare charity - shows four in five Brits (83%) are concerned about the ongoing negative impact of the pandemic on their mental health, with more than a third reporting increased stress and anxiety (38%) or feeling more low or depressed than usual (31%).

Updated: Friday 11 December 2020

Published: Tuesday 8 December 2020

A new survey has found that half of British women are doing less exercise as the mornings and evenings get darker, with the UK’s largest healthcare charity and double Olympic Gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes warning of a lockdown health inequality.

Updated: Monday 23 November 2020

Published: Monday 23 November 2020

Nuffield Health has launched a free 12-week programme in partnership with Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Updated: Wednesday 13 January 2021

Published: Friday 13 November 2020

Nuffield Health have agreed a strategic partnership with P4’s Precision Medicine Accelerator programme that could enhance its ability to clinically innovate across its 31 hospitals across the UK, potentially helping to discover the underlying genetic causes of disease in its patients.

Updated: Wednesday 11 November 2020

Published: Wednesday 11 November 2020

This winter, access to gyms has never been so important. Statement from Nuffield Health Medical Director, Dr Davina Deniszczyc.

Updated: Tuesday 13 October 2020

Published: Tuesday 13 October 2020

Nuffield Health, the UK’s largest healthcare charity, has reported strong member engagement at its fitness and wellbeing centres since indoor gyms were able to reopen in England on 25th July 2020. Since the initial reopening date in England, Nuffield Health have welcomed back members to all of its 113 consumer gyms across England, Wales and Scotland following local lockdown restrictions lifting, recorded over one million visits to its fitness and wellbeing centres.

Updated: Monday 14 September 2020

Published: Monday 14 September 2020

Nuffield Health, the UK’s largest healthcare charity, has welcomed the opportunity to support patients with elective hospital care as part of the independent sector-wide contract extension with the NHS.

Updated: Friday 14 August 2020

Published: Thursday 13 August 2020

Nuffield Health, the UK’s largest healthcare charity, is developing the UK’s first specialist rehabilitation programme to support patients in their recovery after they have received medical treatment for COVID-19.

Updated: Thursday 6 August 2020

Published: Thursday 6 August 2020

As gym and leisure facilities prepare to open, the UK’s largest healthcare charity sets out its strategy to reopen its sites safely for members and employees.

Updated: Thursday 9 July 2020

Published: Thursday 9 July 2020

We know that lockdown has significantly impacted the nation’s health, and the burden on people’s physical and mental wellbeing will have a long-lasting effect on the NHS. So it is vital that we act now to reopen the nation’s gyms and help kick-start our recovery from COVID-19. Statement from our CEO, Steve Gray.

Updated: Thursday 25 June 2020

Published: Thursday 25 June 2020

As the UK Government continues to encourage those who can work at home to do so, new survey reveals that 80% of Brits feel working from home has had a negative impact on their mental health.

Updated: Monday 14 June 2021

Published: Friday 19 June 2020

Nuffield Health, the UK’s largest healthcare charity, has today announced Dr Natalie-Jane Macdonald as its new Chairman of the Board. Dr Macdonald succeeds Russell Hardy, who is stepping down after eight years as Chairman and a decade on the Nuffield Health Board.

Updated: Wednesday 27 May 2020

Published: Wednesday 27 May 2020