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Bedfordshire Police Force initially employed Claudia to offer individual nutrition consultations to staff and officers with high sickness absence. She also ran a weight loss programme for a group of 6 individuals who had mentioned to Occupational Health that they were trying to lose weight either for general wellbeing or for a specific health concern such as high blood pressure or raised cholesterol. As the 3 months passed, participants mentioned the programme to colleagues and Occupational Health began receiving email requests for individual nutrition consultations and joining the weight loss programme. At the end of the initial 3 month contract, Bedfordshire Police decided to extend the service to the entire force and sent a global email offering the nutrition services on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. The response was overwhelming. 64 police officers and staff signed up for weight loss programmes and a further 73 individuals requesting individual consultations. Below is feedback from Marlene Wlodarczyk, Head of Occupational Health for Bedfordshire Police Force: |
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“Bedfordshire Police Occupational Health Unit were very lucky to discover the potential expertise of Claudia Norris who is a fully qualified nutritionist. Also, our own research amongst employees had identified a real need to help individuals understand what is meant by nutrition, how to deal with it in practical terms and also to provide an expert who would be there to help them make life changes. We have now been running a nutritionist service for six months and Claudia has very expertly put together weight loss management groups and also seen a number of employees for one to one consultations where there has been an underlying medical condition. The programme has been tremendously successful with all available appointment slots being utilised. The first three months of the service was evaluated and feedback was very positive, employees found Claudia very knowledgeable, professional and we are hoping in the long term this will favourably impact on sickness absence.” |
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