From having physical activity conversations, to prescribing movement and even helping your staff move more, our toolkit is designed to help you integrate physical activity into Primary Care, Secondary Care, Mental Health and Residential Care settings.
the benefits of physical activity far outweigh any risks, for both adults and children and even for those with health condition
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Often the first port of call for patients, embedding physical activity at this stage can be instrumental in the lifelong care of patients. With the ability to influence so many people, and the understanding that time is often short, here’s some sure fire and well evidenced tools to help you start embedding movement into patient care.
The Active Practice Charter is a simple way to make some practical but impactful changes in your practice that will demonstrate to your patients and staff that you mean it when you say that movement is the best medicine. Many surgeries and primary care networks across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have already achieved the charter. Are you ready to join them?
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Guidance from National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides advice on physical activity to adults in primary care. It aims to improve health and wellbeing by raising awareness of the importance of physical activity and encouraging people to increase or maintain their activity level.
Social Prescribers are a trusted source, used by many patients to help them improve their overall health and wellbeing. Make sure your Social Prescribers are well equipped to understand and advocate for the benefits of Physical Activity, and they have resources to signpost people to activities.
The Physical Activity Clinical Champions (PACC) programme provides free peer-led training and practical resources to support all healthcare professionals from hospital consultants through to community-based practitioners to have more effective conversations around physical activity with their patients.
Physical Activity is an important enabler in many patients’ treatment and recovery. Here you’ll find insight, case studies and tools to help hospital staff have physical activity conversations and embed movement into patient care.
Over 95% of a patient’s time in hospital is spent lying or sitting down. The Active Hospital movement is designed to change hospitals from places of imposed rest to enabled activity.
This bite-sized session from the NHS All Our Health programme gives health and care professionals an overview of physical activity. It includes key evidence, data and signposts to trusted resources to help prevent illness, protect health and promote wellbeing
A national drive supported by NHS Improvement, NHS England and many other organisations, to get patients dressed in their own clothes, walk on the wards, to ‘sit up, get dressed, keep moving’ to prevent deconditioning.
Anyone working in mental health services will know that physical activity is one of the five ways to wellbeing. There is work happening nationally to help embed movement into patient care through Talking Therapies, especially in the treatment of anxiety and depression disorders.
Sport England have worked in collaboration with NHS Talking therapies to produce a toolkit, particularly useful for anyone looking to incorporate physical activity-based interventions into their work and learn from pilot experiences.
‘How to Talk to Mental Health Patients and Get Them Active‘. These sessions are adapted from the Physical Activity Clinical Champions training and can be delivered locally. If you’re interested in attending a session, please contact aimee.cadman@energiseme.org to register your interest.
Embedding physical activity into care environments—such as residential homes and supported living settings for individuals with learning disabilities—can significantly enhance residents’ physical and mental well-being. Below is a comprehensive guide, including evidence-based approaches, campaigns, and resources to support this integration.
This guide from Care Learning dives into the role staff play to support residents to be active and gives practical ideas for adapting activities to different needs.
A key part of the Ageing Well Plan, this framework from NHS England is centred around encouraging choice and collaboration, backed up by research, innovation and evidence-based practices.
Age UK runs campaigns such as Dementia Adventure, which can help you make your services more accessible to residents living with Dementia.
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