PEME NEWS: Clinic visit to 90 Fenchurch Street

We were fortunate to have three Filipino PEME clinics visit the Crew Health team at the Club office in London on Monday.

The PEME team together with their accredited clinics provide advice and information on a range of illnesses affecting crew.

Hypertension is currently the second most frequent reason for PEME failure and the illness alone represents 8% of all unfit decisions. Hypertension is a constant cause of crew illness incidents and can lead to heart disease, stroke, vascular dementia and chronic kidney disease. In 2014 it was estimated that Hypertension cost the NHS in the UK over £2 Billion in health care services and medications.

The PEME Programme, part of UK P&I Club’s Loss Prevention department, announces an expansion of its existing clinic network to include Russia through the services of AP Companies Global Solutions, which has joined the PEME network as healthcare provider in this region.