Tag Archives: healthcare

How Grocery and Retail Companies Are Delivering Health and Healthcare

The Wall Street Journal featured the grocery chain Kroger in an article yesterday titled, COVID-19 Vaccinations, Tests Give Boost to Kroger’s Health Ambitions. “With 2,250 pharmacies and 220 clinics largely in the Midwest and the southern U.S., Kroger is the fourth-largest pharmacy operator by script count,” the Journal noted, adding details about Walmart, CVS Health,… Read More »

Roundup: EU Commission hosts skills roundtable for healthcare, app reduces NHS staff anxiety and more briefs

APP HELPS NHS STAFF WELLBEING DURING PANDEMIC Mental health app, My Possible Self has developed a mental health digital intervention in partnership with the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) and NHS Highland. The platform has shown to reduce depression and anxiety and increase wellbeing among health and social care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.… Read More »

Increasing demand on services for mental healthcare taking toll

The most difficult calls come at night. Last month, Rory Fitzgerald was working overnight as a volunteer manning the Samaritans phone line. For some people, the darkness does affect them,” he said. Mr Fitzgerald, the regional director who has volunteered with the service since 2010, is based in Waterford but was fielding calls from all… Read More »