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Virgin Care district nurses and community matrons at the West Byfleet Health Centre came together and wore red on Monday this week to mark International Nurses’ Day 2013.

A new NHS contract to manage comprehensive primary healthcare services at HMP Bullingdon, near Bicester in Oxfordshire, has been awarded to healthcare provider Virgin Care.

The 7th April is World Health Day and to support this year’s campaign to combat hypertension, Reading Walk-in Health Centre is encouraging people to drop-in to have their blood pressure checked.

It will be business as usual for the Reading Walk-in Health Centre in Broad Street Mall as staff prepare for the busy Easter period.

Local nurse and paramedic, Lysa Walder has landed in Torino, Italy to start an epic 999km walk to raise money for the charity Médicins Sans Frontières (MSF).

Studies conducted over the last 14 years have shown that 40% of people who are unemployed for 6 months or more will suffer from the psychological and emotional impact of being out of work. Symptoms range from feelings of anxiety and helplessness, through to depression, negative self-esteem, loss of confidence, stress and sleeping problems.

On Friday the 15th March Reading Walk-in Centre’s Dr Sanjeeve Sockanathan will be undergoing a rather unusual treatment. Unlike the majority of the patients to the centre, who will leave feeling better, Dr Sockanathan will be recovering from having his legs waxed in aid of Comic Relief.

Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week, young people employed as apprentices at Virgin Care were invited to London to meet Chief Executive, Bart Johnson. The event was a celebration of Virgin Care’s national apprenticeship programme and an opportunity for apprentices to meet up and give direct feedback about how they perceive the scheme.