Pictured above: Kiran Sidhu, founder of Healthy Tomato, with Matt Barton, fitness manager at Bannatyne's Health Club, in Sutton Coldfield

A fledgling Solihull business has teamed up with a West Midland branch of one of the country's best-known health clubs to help its members detect potential serious health conditions and change their lifestyles.

Kiran Sidhu, a former NHS nurse, and the driving force behind Healthy Tomato, has hailed the alliance with Bannatyne's, which will feature health screening sessions offered for the club's Sutton Coldfield members.

Ms Sidhu, a former advisor to Ofsted and Departments of Work and Pensions, who set up the Blythe Valley based well-being business last year after leaving the NHS, said: "As a company set up in the recession I hope this breakthrough shows proof that with a sound concept, belief and determination there is a lot to be optimistic about."

Ms Sidhu's Blythe Valley based company, is providing a seven point risk assessment for the health club, which is part of a UK wide chain of 59 owned by the well-known entrepreneur and TV star of Dragons Den Duncan Bannatyne. The hour-long screening programme, which are also available to non-members, will assess personal risks of serious conditions such as heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes.

In addition Bannatyne members will have their levels of alcohol intake and stress levels analysed, with the results of the screening incorporated into the healthy lifestyle advice offered by Bannatynes professional fitness advisers.

Ms Sidhu, whose company also runs 7 Point Wellbeing Health Screening  clinics at Knowle and Birmingham, Broad Street, said: "It is a privilege to work with a business of the calibre of Bannatynes. They realise that in this age of such hectic lifestyles, health is often overlooked. Although it's obvious, it has to be pointed out that prevention really is better than cure. It costs the country so much more to deal with lifestyle related health problems than to minimise the risk of them happening in the first place. Even more importantly lives and futures can be ruined by serious illness. Often small adjustments are all that's needed to ensure we can enjoy much healthier lives."

Mark Reynolds, General Manager of Bannatyne's Health Club in Sutton Coldfield, said: "Working with Kiran is part of our commitment to providing our members with a wide range of healthy lifestyle opportunities and support. The screenings fit perfectly alongside the ongoing practical assessments and advice we currently offer our members.