Merry Christmas from Central Health and from our founding partner Dr Lucy Lord, who recently received her MBE medal from Prince William for her contribution to healthcare in Hong Kong!  For the holidays please check you have copies of our out of hours emergency contacts. December 24: Normal service 8:30am to 4pm December 25th: CLOSED December 26th: GP clinic holiday opening for sick patients 9:30am-12:30pm (out of hours consult charge $1400) December 31st: Normal service 8:30am to 4pm January 1st: CLOSED New Year Fitness Goal: Overwhelming evidence exists that lifelong exercise is associated with a longer health span and improved quality of life. As well as routine blood work and physical examination, the Athletic Health Screen will assess your baseline fitness objectively and highlight areas for improvement. This applies to men and women of any age and of varying levels of fitness. The objective is the same for us all, to do better than last year!   A reminder that we are offering Central Health patients the option to connect with us via Imunis, an online platform changing the way patients and doctors manage vaccine records & recommendations.  Alongside simplifying the process of vaccine record-keeping & staying up-to-date with the latest recommendations, Imunis has launched a new travel feature, allowing account holders to access the latest travel vaccination recommendations and requirements for their specific travel itinerary. To enrol, simply click the button below, complete the form and look out for an email invitation from one of our team to complete a secure onboarding process. Enrol with Imunis via Central Health For existing users, click your home screen Imunis icon, or follow the link below to sign into your account. Sign in to Imunis  Mind HK fundraising appeal – Help provide psychological support for those in need With the added pressure to be joyful and come together with family or friends, the holidays can be a difficult time. This holiday season local charity Mind HK is raising awareness of the unseen struggles faced by so many youth and adults in our city. All funds will go to its Improving Access to Community Therapies service, or iACT, which provides frontline psychological care to youth and adults experiencing depression and anxiety symptoms. The talking therapy service is free for the user and consists of up to eight sessions with a Mind HK trained Wellbeing Practitioner. More than 4,700 young people and adults have used the service so far and over 70% of users showed significant improvement after receiving treatment. Mind HK was founded by Central Health senior partner, Dr Lucy Lord and Central Health was one of the pioneering partners of this project. The charity now delivers the service in a range of settings, including pharmacies, local secondary schools, District Health Centres, online – and here at Central Health. If you want to see an iACT Wellbeing Practitioner at the clinic in Central, please email Jacqueline at jacqueline.chan.2024@iact.hk The iACT service is proven to help reduce psychological distress and improve quality of life. It equips users with the tools to manage life’s ups and downs – whether during the holidays or not. “Thanks to iACT I finally emerged from a vortex I’d been trapped in for 20 years, and learned to coexist with my emotions”, service user Song shared with Mind HK. Please consider a donation to help someone who might be struggling in silence this holiday season. Just 375 HKD can fund one session, or 3,000 HKD will fund a full course of treatment. Donate to Mind HK’s Holiday Appeal   |
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