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Formerly the UK’s secretary of state
for health, now mayor of Greater
Manchester, Burnham has ambitious plans
to normalise physical activity and place it
at the heart of primary care
HCM issue 6 2019
Bury St. Edmunds Leisure Centre in Suffolk has become the first facility in the UK to be awarded a
new quality standard for exercise referral schemes.
news •
11 Feb 2019
ukactive has called for the physical activity sector to increase the amount of evidence it shares on
exercise referral schemes. The industry body said that by sharing more evidence, the sector can
study outcomes and "better understand why some schemes are more effective than others". As a
result, the sector would be able to create better schemes, maximise its contribution to the NHS and
create further opportunities for collaboration.
news •
01 Feb 2019
Legend Club Management Systems is pleased to announce the release of Active Outcomes, its latest
innovative software module.
product innovation •
19 Nov 2018
Independently-owned boutique fitness operator Ten Health and Fitness has launched an
exercise prescription programme for its clients.
news •
17 Apr 2018
Nationally and globally, the health and fitness sector
must strike out and pave the way if we are to address the
challenges facing us, advocates ukactive’s Steven Ward
HCM Handbook 2018
ukactive has named Dr James Steele as its new principal investigator – a role which will
see him lead the ukactive Research Institute.
news •
15 Feb 2018
Fitness professionals can now gain advanced skills in personal training after Active IQ
launched a new qualification standard.
news •
08 Jun 2017
ukactive’s newly-appointed CEO, Steve
Ward, examines the many exciting
opportunities ahead for our sector
HCM issue 6 2017
Life Leisure's actilife health programme has been adopted by two North West leisure trusts
planning to tackle the issue of inactivity in the community.
news •
21 Feb 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
Half the number of people advised by NHS practitioners to go on exercise programmes to
get fit end
up dropping out within three months, research has concluded.
news •
23 Dec 2016
BH Live, a social enterprise which operates leisure facilities across the South of England, is
set to open a new health club in Corfe Mullen, East Dorset this month.
news •
01 Nov 2016
New research is being carried out to determine the extent of how exercise referrals can
change behaviour and boost levels of physical activity.
news •
06 Oct 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
The MD of Green Gym on his organisation’s belief in physical activity for a purpose
HCM issue 8 2016
Physical activity has been made a clinical priority for GPs, but if fitness – as a subset of activity – wants to benefit, it will need to up its game, says Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 8 2016
Local councils in England have warned that government cuts to public health funding could
thwart efforts to tackle obesity.
news •
18 Jul 2016
A new report has accused public health bodies of colluding with the food industry to
promote low-fat diets which are having "disastrous health consequences" for the UK's obesity crisis.
news •
23 May 2016
Leisure centres should curtail the “unethical” selling of junk food if they want to be taken seriously as
a
provider of public health schemes such as exercise referrals.
news •
16 May 2016
A conservation initiative which aims to offer “physical activity with a purpose” is planning
to become the UK’s largest physical activity initiative as it gears up for expansion.
news •
10 May 2016
Beginning an exercise intervention programme with motivational interviewing to ease
inactive clients into the idea of regular physical activity could be key to the success of
such schemes.
news •
11 Apr 2016
The fitness sector has another opportunity to prove itself in preventative healthcare – a new NHS-led diabetes prevention programme – says Kate Cracknell
HCM issue 5 2016
The Retention Convention is back for 2016 with a second installment, featuring a bumper
cast of health and fitness speakers who will focus on how to improve customer
experiences.
news •
07 Mar 2016
The ukactive Research Institute has ‘come of age’ according to ukactive operations
director Geraldine Tuck, who will today (11 February) announce a major breakthrough in
its academic endeavours.
news •
11 Feb 2016
Leisure operator BH Live has made another high-profile acquisition as it continues its
strong start to 2016, snapping up East Dorset’s former Virgin Active site.
news •
01 Feb 2016
Jubilee Hall Trust has pioneered a new programme to get the feet of inactive Londoners
off the couch and pounding the parks.
news •
08 Oct 2015
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