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The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has cited the Fitness Industry Association
(FIA) as a "key collaborator" for the UK's medical profession in its new
physical activity report.
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12 Jul 2012
CEO of the FIA, David Stalker, looks at the compelling case for exercise interventions in healthcare delivery
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Ofqual-approved accreditation body Active IQ has announced the launch of new
eLearning and online resources in support of its Level 3 Certificate in Exercise
Referral.
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05 Oct 2011
Active IQ has unveiled its new sister company, the Active IQ Academy, to provide
eLearning and online resources to help training providers deliver active leisure
courses.
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26 Sep 2011
Oldham Community Leisure (OCL), which manages 14 leisure facilities on behalf of the local council in Oldham, will open its first budget gym later this year.
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18 Jul 2011
The Joint Consultative Forum has released the latest standards for Exercise Referral, which will now enter a 10-week consultation process.
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30 Jun 2011
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has established a Joint Consultative Forum with a number of royal medical colleges and faculties as part of efforts to increase the number of exercise referrals from GPs.
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14 Dec 2010
Forty-three Aquaterra Leisure fitness staff were presented with certificates at prizegiving ceremonies in recognition of successfully passing Level 3 qualifications in personal training and exercise on referral.
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07 Sep 2010
Winners of the 2009 FLAME Awards have been announced at the Fitness Industry Association's (FIA) annual summit and conference in Bolton this week.
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18 Jun 2009
Central YMCA has teamed up with Westminster NHS in London to enhance an exercise referral scheme which has been in place since 2003.
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05 May 2009
Dearne Valley Leisure Centre in South Yorkshire has completed a £150,000 redevelopment of its fitness facilities.
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05 Feb 2008
A £4m exercise referral programme which uses the Register of Exercise Professionals’ (REPs) level 3 membership as its benchmark of quality has been launched by the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG).
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30 Oct 2006
The Register of Exercise Professionals has published an information guide on qualifications and training in exercise referrals which is available through its website.
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09 Feb 2006
The Chief Medical Officer for Wales has recently published guidelines for exercise referral schemes, stating that they must only be made to instructors who are registered with the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) at level 3 as an Advanced Instructor and with qualifications for working with specialist populations.
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09 Feb 2006
Advanced instructors at level 3 on the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) who are responsible for designing and delivering structured and tailored physical activity programmes for referred patients/clients, or assigning them to an appropriate physical activity, must have a range of knowledge and skills specific to the referral process, specified medical conditions and relevant health risk factors related to physical activity participation.
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10 Jan 2006
Dr Kenneth Cooper – founder of the Cooper Institute in the US and an expert on preventing disease through exercise – revealed his recent findings at the WRIGHT Foundation Exercise Referral Conference, held at Birmingham’s NEC on 10 November.
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21 Nov 2005
The Register of Exercise Professionals is to change the way provisional membership will be used in the future.
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22 Sep 2005
A campaign has got underway to encourage GPs to prescribe exercise for depression instead of drugs.
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07 Apr 2005
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
Minister for health John Hutton has praised Southwark’s exercise referral scheme as a wonderful example of a partnership approach to health.
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23 Feb 2005
The Wright Foundation is to introduce seven advanced courses in key areas of exercise referral in January 2005.
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07 Dec 2004
The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) is offering a free exercise referral search facility for health practitioners as part of a drive to encourage wider public health participation.
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31 Aug 2004
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