Louise Hampton: Helping others with Attend2Health
The 10 Most Inspiring Business Women Making a Difference, 2021
With the high spirit to help others with good healthcare
facilities, Louise Hampton, Doctor of Chiropractic and Owner of Attend2Health,
is steering her business in the right direction. Being able to help as many
people as possible in the local community and providing employment to others
were two strong motivators of Louise’s life. She adds, “When I was 15, I went
to watch a Chiropractor working, and I was impressed by the results she was
getting and how happy all her patients were.
I thought to myself, ‘I want to do that!’”
Ladder to success
She completed her schooling from Presdales school in 1999
and decided to become a chiropractor. Later, she graduated as a chiropractor
from The University of Glamorgan in 2004. Then, she increased her knowledge
base and skill set.
After this, she entered the professional world to start her
journey as a chiropractor. She founded Chiro Relief with Robert Swindells. In 2007 she sold her half and was able to
found Attend2Health on her own.
Hurdles along the way
With a little knowledge to run a clinic, Louise faced some
hurdles along the way, but she managed to tunnel through them with her passion
and crystal clear aim.
She adds, “Obviously first starting the clinic 13 years ago
was scary as I had no patients and did not know if it would work. Luckily the clinic grew pretty quickly.”
The next challenging part was to handle the clinic with two
toddlers. She states, “The next hardest part was when I had my two children as
it was really hard trying to juggle a baby and a clinic! As the children grew
older, I could then start to work more hours again, and the clinic started to
grow.”
She expresses that scaling the business was also a little
challenging. She further adds, “It was also a scary time as now the overheads
are much higher, and we also decided to do this in the middle of a pandemic
which wasn’t ideal!! Luckily, however,
we are now busier than ever, which is such a relief.”
Helping others with
Attend2Health
Attend2Health is a private health clinic with Chiropractors,
Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists, Sports massage therapists,
Hypnotherapy, and Nutrition. Louise adds, “By having Chiropractors, Osteopaths,
and Physiotherapists all working together, we can make sure the patient gets
the best possible treatment.”
She expresses offering the best care facilities allows them
to stay at the top in the corporate world. She believes that caring about the
patients and providing them with the best solution by understanding their
issues is the X-factor that differentiates them from the competition. She
states, “At Attend2Health, we try and help each other when we can, so if
someone has a tricky case, we may discuss this confidentially with colleagues
to make sure we are providing the best treatment. By doing our best and putting
the patient first, we don’t need to worry about any competition. All that
matters is the patient.”
She thinks as the NHS is becoming overwhelmed, people
realize they need to pay for their treatment to be seen quickly and to stop
them from being in pain.
She adds, “Over the next couple of years, I am aiming for
the number of practitioners and specialists to increase to include doctors and
consultants in the long term once CQC Registration has been obtained.”
Life as Doctor of
Chiropractic and owner of Attend2Health
From the start of her professional journey, Louise was
passionate about helping others and creating employment opportunities for the
community. She always wanted to give something back to the community, and thus,
started doing so by founding Attend2Health.
Being driven by her passion, she manages every aspect of the
clinic with finesse. She states, “As the Owner of Attend2Health, my main role
is to make sure the clinic is running smoothly and that everyone knows what is
expected of them.”
She is a team player and has a keen eye to search the talent
and incorporate them into the team to help others. She allows her team to grow
individually so that they can offer their best services for the clinic.
She keeps everyone motivated and gives her best to fuel the
growth of her clinic. She believes that understanding the issue of the patient
has the highest priority and motivates the team to do so.
With a strong team at her disposal and solid determination
to help the patients, Louise has paved the way to the top. She was awarded a
Fellow of the British Chiropractic Association in 2011. In 2019, she won the
Best Business Woman in Health and Wellness and the Zenith Global Health Award.
Louise has also written a book
on low back pain called how to help eliminate low back pain and achieve long
term relief. With a passion to give back to the local community, Louise held a
charity day recently raising over £600 for their local food bank.
Her spark to keep the patients at the highest priority also
helped them achieve accolades for the clinic. She states, “The clinic also won
Best Business Women Award for Customer Service.” She feels that this was the
result of a team effort and their passion for helping their patients with the
best services.
Achieving work-life
balance
Louise believes that running a business can be scary and
hard work but is also really rewarding. She adds, “Running a business is a
juggling act. I tend to work for half days in the clinic, so I still have time
to be with my children.”
Having the clinic near to her home allows her to manage work
and home smoothly. She gives her best at the professional front to furl the
expansion of her clinic.
On the personal front, she makes ample time for her
children. She also makes time for her personal growth and indulges in different
activities Travelling, hammer throwing to keep her body and mind fit. She has
even done a skydive in the past
She states, “You can’t ever switch off from work, but at the
same time, I get to spend more time with my children than I otherwise would.”
Future plans for the
clinic
Louise expresses, “Over the next few years, the clinic now has lots of treatment rooms to expand into, and a lot of classes can start to take place in the studio. From then, it may be possible to create a franchise of the clinic. The more people I can help, the better.”