Westfield Health employees were in full bloom this weekend as they planted daffodil bulbs at a local GP surgery.
Six members of staff, along with their friends and families, braved the wintery conditions to plant more than 1,000 bulbs at the new, state-of-the-art Dovercourt Surgery in Sheffield.
Kathy Town, Corporate Training and Development Manager at Westfield, said: “Westfield Health has enjoyed a good relationship with Dovercourt Surgery over the years, and their new premises look fantastic.
“We had such fun planting the bulbs. The Westfield employees who got involved brought along their friends and families and it was a great day. We can’t wait to see the daffodils in full bloom next spring.”
The bulbs were donated by Sheffield City Council which runs a spring initiative for groups in the city to plant bulbs in local areas.
Paul Wike, Practice Manager at Dovercourt Surgery, said: “We’re delighted that Westfield staff have planted the daffodils here at Dovercourt. I’m sure that when they’re in full bloom, they will lift the moods of both patients and staff after the cold, dark winter.
“The practice wants to engage with the community and work with both local schools and businesses. This is a great example of how we can join forces with a local organisation and produce something quite special.”
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Photo caption: (L-R) Travis Beresford, Beverley Hall of Westfield Health, Angela Beresford of Westfield Health, Libbie Barber of Westfield Health, Hollie Barratt, Dr Maria Read of Dovercourt Surgery, Ellie Town, Kathy Town of Westfield Health and Jade Bishop of Westfield Health.
Notes to Editors
Westfield is one of the UK’s leading not for profit health insurance providers, regulated by the FSA.
The Sheffield-based company has beaten some of the biggest names in the UK health insurance market to win a number of national awards.
In October 2007, Westfield won the prestigious ‘Best Healthcare Cash Plan Provider’ award in the Health Insurance Magazine Awards 2007 for an incredible fourth consecutive year.
And in the same month Westfield was a finalist in the business category at the first Sheffield Telegraph Environment Awards for its total commitment to the green philosophy.
Westfield scooped the ‘Healthcare Cash Plan Provider of the Year’ at the Employee Rewards and Benefits Magazine Awards 2007 for the second consecutive year.
Westfield has maintained its position as a national standard bearer for outstanding customer service with the reaccreditation of the Servicemark Award, building on its earlier achievement of reaching the prestigious gold standard of the award.
A customer satisfaction survey carried out by The Leadership Factor (TLF) in 2008 placed Westfield in the top two per cent of companies in the UK and Ireland in TLF’s results database for levels of customer satisfaction.
Westfield was the proud title sponsor of the 31st Westfield Health British Transplant Games held in Sheffield in August 2008.
Formed in 1919, Westfield provides healthcare plans to some of the country's leading organisations and blue-chip companies.
Westfield operates healthcare plans for more than 375,000 policyholders throughout the UK and more than 9,800 organisations nationally operate a Westfield plan for their employees.
Most Westfield plans provide an allowance towards the cost of dental and optical treatment, physiotherapy, acupuncture, osteopathy, chiropractic treatment, specialist consultation and also include access to a freephone 24-hour counselling and advice line.
Westfield is proud of its not for profit status and every year makes substantial donations to the National Health Service and medically related charities.
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