AXA PPP healthcare online health clinics to encourage healthier lifestyles

TUNBRIDGE WELLS, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In order to promote a healthy start to 2013, AXA PPP healthcare will provide live expert support in a series of online chats to provide insights on preventing or managing illnesses which are commonly impacted by lifestyle.

Live health clinics will be held on the following topics:

• Cancer prevention on Thursday 21 February 11-1pm
• Childhood diabetes on Thursday 28 February 11-1pm
• Heart and strokes on Thursday 28 February 3-5pm

Yvonne Allan, a Dedicated Cancer Nurse at AXA PPP healthcare, will be answering questions on how to help prevent cancer on Thursday 21 February, while Health at Hand nurse and Midwife Jackie Hall will be discussing childhood diabetes on Thursday 28 February.

Health at Hand is AXA PPP healthcare’s exclusive 24/7 health information service, providing members with access to telephone support from its dedicated team of nurses, midwives, pharmacists and counsellors.

In addition, to celebrate National Heart Month, AXA PPP healthcare’s Senior Nurse Case Manager Denise Dallender will be answering questions on heart health and stroke prevention on Thursday 28 January.

Participants are invited to put their queries to the various experts during the live discussions, or alternatively can submit questions through the AXA PPP healthcare blog, Twitter or Facebook page.

To join AXA PPP healthcare’s live chats, please visit http://chat.axappphealthcare.co.uk/

About AXA PPP healthcare

AXA PPP healthcare has been helping people to access healthcare services since 1940. Today, it forms the UK healthcare arm of AXA and provides healthcare cover for individuals and employers, and employee wellbeing, counselling, occupational health and rehabilitation services through its specialist Health Services division.