Benefits

Our schemes are designed to be mutually beneficial to both the seafarers who are the focus of the scheme, and to the companies who employ the seafarers. This page lists the services and benefits available to the companies and individuals who adopt one of our schemes.

Company Benefits

  • Assessment clinics conducted in the workplace, saving time and travel
  • Overview report produced for each ship at every visit
  • Observations made on catering/messing facilities and exercise amenities for both crew and passengers
  • Regular monitoring of the health and fitness status of crew
  • Very low cost scheme compared with all other service providers
  • Magazine articles and poster campaigns

Signing up to the Physical Initiative will give your company a health and fitness programme that goes much further than simply offering periodic health checks. The service can cover your whole company. Not only does it offer regular systematic monitoring but also health and fitness seminars delivered in the workplace maximising their convenience and accessibility.

After each visit we provide you with a full report. This gives you a clear picture of the overall health and fitness levels of your staff whilst respecting the confidentiality of information relating to an individual.

The Physical Initiative is an effective service that boasts not only value for money but also positive gains made in terms of the health insurance for your work-force.

Individual Benefits

  • Designed individual exercise programmes to meet recommended levels of fitness
  • Exercise monitoring - regular monthly updates on individual progress
  • Exercise referrals using specific exercise programmes and physical activity counselling for patients referred by GP's
  • Personal monitoring available throughout a seafarers lifetime at sea
  • Exercise and activities designed specifically to suit the current environment
  • Individual guidance for diet and nutrition
  • Full personal confidential report produced after each physical analysis
  • Lifestyle support and advice on alcohol, smoking, etc.

The Physical Initiative provides a personal programme for each seafarer with one-on-one counselling to help meet the desired aims, whether it is the creation of a nutritional assessment guide, lifestyle advice or a structured exercise programme.

A personal and confidential report is produced for each crew member, with explanatory notes and guidance from the Physical Initiative Consultant. In addition we continue to monitor health and fitness at a distance through e-mail. This helps maintain continuity and motivation.

With the trust and inspiration that the Physical Initiative promotes, seafarers will have access to a unique personal welfare service, which will ensure that they achieve and maintain beneficial, support positive health throughout their employment.