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A £28m leisure centre is set to open tomorrow (28 November) in Eastleigh, bearing the
name of operators Places for People.
news •
27 Nov 2017
Failure to get older adults active could prove “catastrophic” for the health service and
society, according to a new report to be released today (Wednesday 1 November).
news •
01 Nov 2017
Suffolk Coastal District Council is investing in fitness and sports infrastructure to engage people from
inactive populations.
news •
20 Oct 2017
A group of retirement homes is installing specialist fitness equipment because residents
find traditional gyms intimidating, according to healthcare provider Bupa.
news •
19 Oct 2017
Cancer survivors will be able to take part in health referral programmes at BH Live Active’s
Queen’s Park leisure centre in Bournemouth, as the operator looks to encourage a broader
range of people to become more physically active.
news •
04 Oct 2017
Fitness firm Move it or Lose it has secured a deal with a NHS clinical commissioning group
to provide free physical activity programmes to patients suffering from chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD).
news •
26 Sep 2017
A health programme that prescribes exercise as medicine has helped more than 1,700
patients in Essex to become physically active.
news •
06 Sep 2017
A vast majority of doctors in England are “unfamiliar” with the recommended levels of
physical
activity – resulting in up to 72 per cent of GPs never discussing the benefits of prescribed
exercise with patients.
news •
04 Sep 2017
An inquiry into physical activity levels among children and young people in Wales has been
launched, with results helping inform and develop the country’s national obesity strategy.
news •
23 Aug 2017
A boutique fitness studio is coming to Heathrow Airport. Its founder tells all
HCM issue 8 2017
New research shows it’s impossible to be fat but fit. What does this mean for gyms?
HCM issue 7 2017
Active Essex – part of the County Sports Partnership network – has launched a four-year
strategy to tackle issues around inactivity and change one million lives by getting its people
moving.
news •
29 Jun 2017
Nuffield Health has launched a series of bespoke health assessments for UK businesses as
it looks to
help tackle work-related illness.
news •
10 May 2017
Physical activity advocate Dr Zoe Williams has called for support and funding for new
initiatives designed to forge closer links between the fitness sector and GP surgeries
across the country.
news •
05 May 2017
The £1bn wellness network Could a network of community wellness hubs change the face of healthcare?
HCM issue 5 2017
TV’s Dr Chris Van Tulleken explains the need to make people realise that good health doesn’t come from pills
HCM issue 5 2017
The public health specialist talks to Kate Cracknell about his plans to get GPs in the UK routinely prescribing exercise
HCM issue 5 2017
Awarding body Active IQ has given its backing to two clinically-focused qualifications
offered by Health and Fitness Education.
news •
24 Apr 2017
Fifty MPs, including sports minister Tracey Crouch, gathered to address and mingle with
sport and fitness sector heavyweights at ukactive’s parliamentary reception last night (20
March).
news •
21 Mar 2017
The doctor of both the Great Britain men's basketball team and York City Football Club has
been appointed chief medical advisor of Active IQ.
news •
30 Jan 2017
As the NHS opens its door to collaboration, the fitness sector must show how its services can deliver on the public health agenda, says Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 1 2017
Kate Cracknell reviews the great strides forward taken by the sector in 2016, and the strong foundations laid for 2017
HCM issue 1 2017
An NHS body has told obese patients to lose weight or face delays in having non-emergency
surgery, arguing that eating healthily and taking exercise can make a ‘real difference’ to the
results of operations.
news •
29 Nov 2016
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has appeared on the BBC’s Daily Politics show putting forward
the case for a £1billion regeneration of leisure centres.
news •
15 Nov 2016
Physical inactivity levels across the UK should be a source of national
embarrassment. This was the damning verdict from Dame Tanni Grey-
Thompson, chair of ukactive, in her speech at the ukactive Summit this morning.
news •
09 Nov 2016
From education to lively demonstrations and debate, we presents the highlights from LIW 2016
HCM issue 11 2016
The future of the National Health Service (NHS) could be secured by investing £1bn in the
UK’s ageing fleet of leisure centres – and utilising them to create a new “preventative
frontline” against lifestyle diseases.
news •
07 Nov 2016
Physicist turned tech entrepreneur, Raj Sareen, explains how his 3D body scanner Styku will revolutionise member acquisitions, retention and revenues for health clubs
HCM issue 11 2016
Activity providers may be missing out on funding because they don’t know how to demonstrate the value of their services
HCM issue 10 2016
Physical activity has been made a clinical priority for GPs. One of the project’s clinical champions explains how it will work, and why it’s so important
HCM issue 10 2016
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Consumers’ growing love of strength training is to be welcomed, as this long-neglected modality has a renaissance, however, it’s vital we continue to make the case for cardio
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“Fitstop is growing well. In 2023 it added 45 locations and launched in New Zealand, Singapore and the US. It has grown sustainably and has great founder-led energy”
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MD of leisure, health and wellbeing, Places Leisure Places Leisure“We need to make it automatic that when people go to their doctor, they’re offered exercise rather than medication where appropriate”
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