GP practice news

A medical practice is opening its very own fitness club, as part of plans to improve the health and wellbeing of its patients and staff. ... More

A new initiative has been launched to encourage more GP practices in the UK take measures to increase activity and reduce sedentary behaviour among their ... More

Bicycles will be prescribed on the NHS for the first time as part of a pilot campaign to tackle obesity. GPs in Cardiff will be ... More

Halo Leisure has revealed ambitions to make physical activity more accessible to under-represented groups, after being granted a 75-year extension to its council contract in ... More

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 ... More

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 ... More

Public Health England (PHE) is recruiting more clinical champions as part of its drive to improve the health and wellbeing of people. The role of ... More

The Royal College of GPs (RCGP) has announced physical activity and lifestyle as one of its clinical priorities for the next three years, becoming the ... More

A series of practical policy interventions to tackle physical inactivity could prevent nearly 12,000 deaths by 2025, according to a new report. Researchers have found ... More

Prominent health and fitness organisations have given their backing to Health Club Management magazine’s call for an industry-wide lobby against the government’s decision to remove ... More

The failure of GPs to properly use the NHS Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) - the government's voluntary incentive scheme - will result in a ... More

The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released guidance for helping overweight and obese people to achieve and maintain a healthier weight. ... More

Lambeth council has announced a new £14.2m (US$21.8m, €16.6m) health and leisure centre, which will be the third complex to gain a new swimming pool ... More

A new study published in medical journal The Lancet has claimed that sedentary lifestyles and a lack of physical exercise are responsible for 5.3 million ... More

Image: Minister for sport Hugh Robertson was heavily criticised in the report The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has called on the government ... More

As the demise of Primary Care Trusts approaches, the future face of community health provision was demonstrated in West Midlands town Sandwell this week, when ... More

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 ... More

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 ... More

The government is planning to tackle the growing obesity epidemic in Britain by broadening its plan for eco towns and turning them into healthy or ... More

Manchester Public Health Development Service has teamed up with Manchester City Council and Manchester City Football Club to get local residents active. Getting Manchester Moving ... More