About me

Hong Zhou worked for the NHS Northeast and Southeast London Bowel Cancer Screening Centers (BCSC). The latter was the largest BCSC in the capital covering six boroughs with over one million population. The bowel cancer screening program aims to promote early diagnosis of bowel cancer thus to reduce its mortality. She worked with screening practitioners, colorectal surgeons, consultant gastroenterologists, PCT to promote bowel cancer prevention, early diagnosis and treatment. One of Hong’s key tasks was compiling evidence based training materials and delivering training to healthcare professionals, including pharmacists, Community Mental Health Teams, Community Drug and Alcohol Teams and targeted screening population as well as community and voluntary organizations.

Before joining the NHS, she had worked for a wide range of vulnerable people, including those with anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bio-polar, suicidal attempts, self-harm behaviors, chronic medical conditions, HIV, learning disabilities, substance misusers, domestic violence victims and more in Westminster. She also completed various London based training on mental health and is a qualified Mental Health First Aider (England).

Hong obtained a bachelor's degree in Western Medicine (MBBS) and was granted two scholarships to complete a master's degree in Health Science (MSc) and postgraduate diploma in public health (MPH) in Finland, at King's College, London and Northumbria University. She also won an "International Student Prize" in Finland.

During her MBBS studies she also studied modules of Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupressure, which enabled her to gain insights into diseases, health and wellbeing from Western and Eastern perspectives. The MPH and MSc studies were focused on health promotion, diseases prevention and early diagnosis. Its ultimate goal is to enable ones to maximize physical and psychological health, develop resilience and maximize potential thus to live and enjoy a fulfilled life.

Hong considers that the core of Western Health Promotion and preventive medicine has some similarities to the essence of Buddhism, Chinese Taoism and I Ching, all of which aim to empower one to reach the harmony of body, mind and soul thus to improve one's life quality. Heavily influenced by Hong's late father, she has got a great interest in Taoism, Buddhism and I Ching, and have practiced Taoist style Martial Arts, Buddhism meditation and learned I Ching reading.

Hong discovered that it is Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn, an American emeritus professor of medicine, who developed mindfulness based on his learning from Zen Buddhist, Korean Seon Buddhism Masters, and Vietnamese Buddhist monk. Clearly mindfulness is originally from Buddhism, which was spread to Japan and South Korea from China in ancient time. Hong taught herself Korean and Japanese to an advanced level in six months to gain a deep understanding of Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn's learning of Buddhism and development of mindfulness.

Hong defeated moderate anxiety, depression and multiple serious stress related diseases , and is an author of "Chivalrous spirit - My Panacea for Catastrophic Living", which is due to be published. Therefore, she can also elaborate mental and physical health and wellbeing from a patient's perspective.

Her article explaining why and how she offers PMWC is published by the Top Person Magazine. Its content is written by authors from the Wall Street Journal, Tedtalk and more.

Further, her article "Mental Health at Work: Time for an Innovative Approach" is published in London Business Matters magazine, the official publication of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry.