Discovery Wellness

Comprehensive employee health and wellness screening

Discovery Southern Rx Wellness utilises screening to classify employees according to their health and wellbeing. Insights are provided by Wellness Specialists to help employees understand their risks and improve their wellbeing.

Discovery Wellness Experience

Your company qualifies for a Discovery Wellness Experience once in a calendar year, if you have seven or more employees onsite.

You also qualify for a Discovery Wellness Experience if 50% or more of your employees are members of schemes administered by Discovery Heath and the company has Discovery Life Group Risk Income Continuation and Life Cover benefits.

The Health Checks are funded from the risk Screening and Prevention Benefit for all members on the Discovery Health Medical Scheme.

Health Checks for members on other medical schemes administered by Discovery Health or other admininstrators are funded from the risk Screening and Prevention Benefit depending on the selection made by the scheme.

An interactive wellness experience

Health Checks are important for employees to find out more about their current health and lifestyle risks and based on these findings, provide advice and support. The assessment takes 30 minutes to complete, and employees receive a comprehensive report on their health and wellness after the assessment.

Performed by a professional wellness specialist, the wellness assessment includes:

  • Digital Health and Lifestyle Questionnaire
    • Medical history
    • Lifestyle
    • Physical wellbeing
    • Emotional wellbeing
  • Body Metrics
    • Height, weight, waist circumference
    • Body fat percentage and BMI
    • Posture assessment
    • Eye assessment
    • Blood pressure
  • Blood Tests
    • Lipogram (Total Cholesterol, LDL, HDL, Triglycerides)
    • Glucose
    • Voluntarily HIV testing and counselling

How to book your Discovery Wellness Experience

Speak to your Corporate Health Manager who will assist you to complete an application form and make a booking.

The Discovery Wellness Experience is booked on a first-come, first served basis therefore it's important to book your wellness event in advance.

Our lead time to secure wellness days is 4 weeks.

How to book a Wellness Experience at home

You can schedule a Health Check at home if you live in JHB, PTA, DBN or CPT online by visiting:

https://doyourvhc.recomed.co.za/. Select the closest location by scrolling down the 'select your closest location list'

Select the service you require by scrolling down the 'select a service bar' and indicate how many assessments you require.

You will see the available slots populating per week. Once a time and date is selected, you will be prompted to complete your details, accept the terms and conditions and then confirm your appointment.

Once your appointment is confirmed, you will receive an SMS and email confirmation.

Discovery Wellness provides you with compelling content that can be distributed to your employees for additional support and guidance. The health calendar themes are electronic toolkits which can be used with the health calendar dates to encourage and inspire your employees to actively take part in your wellness initiatives.

Download the toolkits below and distribute to your employees.

Hypertension
Keeping high blood pressure (hypertension) under control.
Stress
What causes stress? Understanding the stress model.
Cancer
Understanding different kinds of Cancer.
Exercise
The health benefits of exercise.
Heart disease
Exercise to prevent heart disease.
Wellness testing
Wellness tests: overcoming the fear of the finger prick.
Diabetes
Eating to prevent or manage diabetes.
HIV
Empower yourself with HIV knowledge.

Discovery Executive Wellness

The Executive Wellness Assessments is a personalised experience that provides individuals with support in all areas of mental and physical well-being, through a team of highly qualified experts with access to the latest health and wellness technology. Our risk stratification model allows us to tailor our executive wellness assessments to our clients in accordance with their health risk profile, helping us to fully align with the client's expectations and requirements in terms of location, budget and health risks. Each client will receive a comprehensive confidential report after their screening, while the employer will receive an anonymised report.

01 | The Executive Wellness Comprehensive Medical Assessment


This assessment is a two-hour personalised clinical experience. We recommend it for executives who are at a high risk of developing medical conditions and need a detailed understanding of a wide range of their health metrics. This assessment is available nationwide at accredited facilities.

Assessment Category Explanation
Digital

Digital health and lifestyle questionnaire that covers:

  • Medical history
  • Emotional wellbeing
  • Physical wellbeing
  • Lifestyle
Pathology

The standard pathology covers:

  • Fasting lipogram
  • Fasting glucose test
  • Liver function test
  • Kidney function test
  • Full blood count
  • Tumour markers (for males older than 40)
  • Stool occult (for persons older than 40)
  • Thyroid function test
  • Uric acid levels
Clinical assessments
  • Height, weight, waist circumference
  • Body fat percentage, Body Mass Index
  • Vision screening
  • Blood Pressure measurement
  • Lung function test
  • Resting electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Stress electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Stroke risk assessment
  • Hearing assessment
  • Voluntary HIV testing and counselling
Functional assessments
  • Posture assessment
  • Fitness assessment
  • Biokineticist consultation
General Practitioner consultation
  • Review of pathology results and outcomes of your clinical and functional assessment
  • Medical History review
  • Exploring mental health
  • Review and analysis of medicine
  • Physical examination
  • Referrals and recommendation
Locations and cost

R9200.00 incl VAT

Region Place Physical address
Gauteng The Discovery Wellness Centre
Virgin Active Alice Lane
Virgin Active Melrose Arch
1 Discovery Place, 8th Floor, Sandhurst, Sandton, 2196
Corner 5th and 34 Fredman Drive, Sandton, Johannesburg
35 Melrose Boulevard, Melrose North, Johannesburg
Kwa Zulu Natal Discovery Store Granada Square, 1st floor, Oceans Mal, uMhlanga, 4319
Cape Town Discovery Store Bridgeways, Sable Park, Century City, Cape Town, 7446

02 | The Executive Wellness Core Assessment


This assessment is a one-hour personalised clinical experience. We recommend it for executives who are at a low risk of developing medical conditions and need a detailed understanding of their base line health metrics. This assessment is available at accredited facilities.

Assessment Category Explanation
Digital

Digital health and lifestyle questionnaire that covers:

  • Medical history
  • Emotional wellbeing
  • Physical wellbeing
  • Lifestyle
Clinical assessments
  • Height, weight, waist circumference
  • Body fat percentage, Body Mass Index
  • Vision screening
  • Blood Pressure measurement
  • Lung function test
  • Hearing assessment
  • Voluntary HIV testing and counselling
Functional assessments
  • Posture assessment
  • Fitness assessment
  • Biokineticist consultation
Locations and cost

R3100.00 incl VAT

Region Place Physical address
Gauteng The Discovery Wellness Centre
Virgin Active Alice Lane
Virgin Active Melrose Arch
1 Discovery Place, 8th Floor, Sandhurst, Sandton, 2196
Corner 5th and 34 Fredman Drive, Sandton, Johannesburg
35 Melrose Boulevard, Melrose North, Johannesburg
Kwa Zulu Natal Discovery Store Granada Square, 1st floor, Oceans Mal, uMhlanga, 4319
Cape Town Discovery Store Bridgeways, Sable Park, Century City, Cape Town, 7446
 
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