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SHOKK youth gyms, situated in Link4Life operated facilities in Rochdale, have been one of the first centres to receive direct funding from the NHS.
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13 May 2009
The UK’s Prince Charles has said that yoga contributes to “health and healing” and can
help “conserve precious and expensive health resources”.
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28 Feb 2019
NHS England is to recruit 1,000 more link workers as part of plans to increase the number of people
it refers to exercise classes, local sports groups and other community activities.
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28 Jan 2019
The NHS in Wales spent £35m (US$46.2m, €39.1m) treating preventable diseases caused
by physical inactivity in 2015, according to latest analysis by the country’s public health
agency.
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11 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).
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26 Sep 2017
Trust-run SHOKK youth gyms in Rochdale have received direct funding from the NHS Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale to provide free access for eight to 15-year-olds.
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09 Apr 2009
New figures from Public Health England reveal that diseases caused by high
blood pressure are estimated to cost the NHS over £2bn a year. However,
exercise could prove to be part of the solution.
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17 Nov 2014
Personal trainers could be provided by the National Health Service (NHS) to advise the public on health issues if the government’s White Paper on public health is approved.
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19 Nov 2004
NHS plans to offer personal trainers and exercise classes to tackle Type 2 diabetes mark
an ‘exciting milestone’ for the fitness sector and a major opportunity to demonstrate its
potential to work in synergy with the medical profession.
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30 Mar 2016
Prime Minister Theresa May has revealed a new long-term plan for the NHS, saying that it will help
"secure the future of the health service", with measures to support people at all stages of life.
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07 Jan 2019
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
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The second phase of the UK’s MSK (musculoskeletal) health hub pilot will see the service rolled
out to an additional 85 swimming pools and leisure centres this month.
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02 Feb 2023
The National Health Service (NHS) in England has unveiled a major genetics
project which will seek to unravel the mysteries of DNA and disease.
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22 Dec 2014
Doctors suggest a Mediterranean diet may be a better way to tackle obesity than
calorie counting.
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17 Nov 2014
Britain is in the grip of a perilous health crisis, with the average person failing to
follow seven out of eight basic health guidelines, according to a new report.
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05 Aug 2014
PayasUgym, the online gym pass provider, is trialling a programme that will see private
gyms receive GP-referred patients and help tackle the UK’s inactivity epidemic.
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20 Feb 2015
Veteran physician Sir Muir Gray has called on Health Secretary Matt Hancock to enlist the
services of the fitness industry to help deliver NHS England's new Universal Personalised
Care strategy.
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07 Mar 2019
Nuffield’s Dr Davina Deniszczyc on supporting the NHS and Link4Life’s Andy King challenges the industry to innovate
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A consultation on social prescribing and other similar health programmes will look to "uncover the
physical activity sector's full potential" and define its role in the wider healthcare system, supporting
the NHS.
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13 Jul 2021
The UK Government needs to adopt a national health strategy based on
prevention, if it wants
to successfully tackle a cardiovascular disease emergency that has resulted in
almost 100,000
excess deaths since the start of 2020.
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28 Jun 2023
Exercise has been voted the number one way the public can help the NHS – ahead of
paying
taxes and cutting down on smoking and drinking.
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21 Sep 2020
With pressure on medical services at an all time high, the Tony Blair Institute for Global
Change is calling for investment in disease prevention – treating people when they are
asymptomatic.
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17 Jan 2024
Mike Farrar has been announced as the new chair at UK Active. His tenure will
start in August 2022 when he takes over the position from Tanni Grey-Thompson, following her
six-year stint
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15 Jun 2022
Lincolnshire Sports Partnership and local leisure providers have teamed up with the Inclusive Fitness Initiative (IFI) and NHS Lincolnshire to improve and increase the provision of inclusive fitness, sports and physical activity opportunities for disabled people.
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06 Jan 2010
In his first speech as chair at UK Active, Mike Farrar said the physical activity sector must be
“at
the heart” of the NHS, the care system, the education system and the workplace.
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19 Jan 2023
NHS England has today (1 March) announced plans to create 10 ‘healthy new towns’
across the country which will explore and test creative solutions for 21st century
healthcare challenges.
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01 Mar 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.
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07 Nov 2016
The Tiara9 system has been selected by leisure trust, GLL, to support the nationwide rollout
of its
Healthwise GP referral programme.
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13 Nov 2019
The NHS is trialling a new treatment method developed in Australia
in order to help improve the levels of physical activity for those who suffer from
mental disorders in the UK.
news •
04 Aug 2014
Throughout January, Broxbourne Borough Council is providing a free fitness testing service at its Grundy Park Leisure Centre and The John Warner Sports Centre.
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13 Jan 2006
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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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The European fitness sector is beating pre-pandemic numbers according to the 11th annual European Health & Fitness Market Report 2024 from Deloitte and EuropeActive, as Karsten Hollasch reports
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