But last July she took the plunge and launched her own business – Tide Medical – providing occupational health to the energy industry across the east.

The risk has paid off, with the Gorleston-based business already achieving award-winning status, employing talented and skilled local people.

Now Amy is set to use her years of expertise to introduce a ground-breaking method of screening and lifestyle medicine interventions, to help reduce the rising numbers of absentees in the workplace during a time when the demand for skilled workers is set to double.

Amy Kingston in full PPE while working in A&E during the Covid pandemic (Image: Amy Kingston) Tide’s soon-to-launch lifestyle medicine programme will look to recruit staff from up to 50 companies to undergo a wellbeing scan and intervention programme, which is based on extensive research and support from leading UK lifestyle and functional medicine expert Dr Lucia Batty, director of Wellbeing Medicine.

The innovative screening technology is fast and non-invasive, and provides immediate comprehensive insight into key body functions. This enables detection of early changes in the main biological mechanisms of diseases years before they can become apparent.

It identifies key bio markers in relation to cardiovascular health, weight and pre-diabetes (as part of body composition and visceral fat assessment), as well as stress and fatigue levels, among others.

“We know that the most common cause of absence from work in the UK is through stress and........

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