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Dr Peter Schutte, the Head of Advisory of the Medical Defence Union has recently written to all GPs outlining strict guidelines for referring patients for exercise.
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15 Mar 2005
The Department of Health has launched a “framework for action” to improve the nation’s
activity levels through the use of digital technology.
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17 Nov 2014
The Department of Health is investing an extra £5m in getting children and
families to exercise and play more sports.
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19 Aug 2013
Retail giant John Lewis has poured cold water on speculation that it is planning a push into
the gym market.
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22 Dec 2015
ukactive remains confident that it can encourage the government to extend its tax relief
scheme on employee benefits to include gym memberships, despite an apparent
crackdown by chancellor Philip Hammond.
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23 Nov 2016
Us Girls has launched a new national scheme designed to improve the wellbeing of young women in
England through increased sports participation. Us Girls Alive will add to the existing Us Girls sports
participation programme – led by sport development charity StreetGames.
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21 Nov 2012
Health Club operator Planet Fitness is offering high school students aged 15 to 18 years the
opportunity to work out for free at any of its 1,700 locations throughout the US.
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26 Apr 2019
In response to increasing demands for specialist knowledge within the fitness industry and growing awareness of the long-term benefits of regular exercise, two new units of qualification have been signed-off by the UK Coordinating Group (UKCQ) on behalf of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA).
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03 May 2005
More apprentices will be offered a route into the sports and leisure industry following a
decision by Fusion Lifestyle to grow its programme from 150 to 500 over the next three
years.
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01 Dec 2017
The new 25m euro ($31.2, £20m) Ballyfermot Leisure Centre in Ballyfermot, Ireland, will open on 4 November.
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28 Oct 2008
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC) has revealed that the new Maltby Leisure Centre - part of a wider £35m overhaul of the borough's leisure facilities - is set to open on 1 February.
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29 Jan 2010
The number of women participating in sport and physical activity has increased
by more than one million since 2005, according to the latest Taking Part survey.
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25 Mar 2013
A Sports Business Council will be established by the government in a bid to stimulate
further growth and potentially shape policy in the sports sector.
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17 Dec 2015
London South Bank university’s psychology department has developed a fake
bar at a cost of £20,000 to help test reactions to alcohol in an authentic pub
environment.
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18 Feb 2014
SkillsActive and ukactive have launched a survey to determine what employers
want for training solutions, in order to guide bids for a government scheme to
invest £340m in skills training and career development.
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01 Feb 2013
The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) has joined the Fitness Industry Association (FIA) as a stakeholder organisation working with NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) in the review of public health guidance on physical activity.
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09 Aug 2005
Health researchers have been granted £124m funding to help challenge major
health issues, including work on how to reduce the risk of dementia through
exercise.
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12 Aug 2013
Nine out of ten businesses say that the implementation of the smoking ban has been successful.
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02 Nov 2007
Calls for increased activity among members of the public, the introduction of NHS health trainers and encouraging those with specialist needs to exercise in the Department of Health’s White Paper have been welcomed by the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs).
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07 Dec 2004
Leisure services supported by public funding are facing significant challenges after it was announced
that the Department of Culture, Media and Sport’s (DCMS) administrative budget is to be cut by 20
per cent over the next four years, with the department's overall budget falling 5 per cent.
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25 Nov 2015
The message that we should all do five sessions of vigorous exercise a week is entirely counter productive, claims health club chain Esporta after conducting a three-year review of the government’s physical activity initiatives.
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04 Apr 2006
The number of emergency hospital admissions for heart attacks has fallen 2.4 per cent since the introduction of the smokefree legislation in England, according to a new report.
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16 Jun 2010
A new partnership between supermarket chain Asda and community sports
organisation Sports Leaders UK aims to improve the health and employment
prospects of young people, supporting 150,000 annually to get qualifications in
sports leadership.
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18 Apr 2013
Physical exercise can increase life expectancy by up to 4.5 years according to
US research from the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes
of Health.
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21 Nov 2012
A new £4m swimming pool has been unveiled in South Shields, Tyne and Wear.
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15 Jan 2013
Health secretary Andy Burnham has announced details of new sports and physical activity schemes that will form part of the government's vision to improve fitness levels throughout the UK.
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17 Aug 2009
Eleven local authority areas in England are sharing £12.7m as part of a multi-year funding
programme to deliver social prescriptions for walking and cycling.
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22 Aug 2022
Fitness operator Movers and Shapers has opened its first in-store location with the opening of a personal training studio in Fenwick Bond Street in Mayfair, London.
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07 Jun 2010
The Sports and Recreation Trust Association (sporta) has been accepted as a national partner for the Department of Health's Change4Life campaign.
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26 Oct 2009
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