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Active Practices
Health teams across the UK are embracing their role as champions of community wellness and recognising that small increases in physical activity can transform both individual and neighbourhood health. Moving beyond traditional consultations, forward-thinking practices are becoming catalysts for change, addressing lifestyle-related conditions, mental health challenges and social isolation through movement.
Even modest activity – daily walks, being out in nature, taking stairs – delivers remarkable benefits for physical and mental wellbeing whilst strengthening social connections. When GP practices champion active living, they create thriving neighbourhoods where movement becomes natural, building resilient communities one step at a time.
The Active Practice Charter is an easy way to make some small but meaningful changes in your practice that will show both patients and staff that you mean it when you say that movement is the best medicine. Becoming an RCGP Active Practice is an amazing achievement and should be shared with everyone. It’s a great example of social prescribing ‘in action’, and an excellent case study for the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Healthy professionals make healthy patients.
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Resources to get you on the move
Physical Activity Clinical Champions
Time: 90 minutes | Audience: Clinical teams | Price: Free
The PACC programme provides free face-to-face (online or in person) training to people working in healthcare, delivered nationwide by physical activity champions. The aim of this training is to increase knowledge, skills and confidence of practicing HCPs, enabling them to more effectively incorporate physical activity within their clinical care.
Making Every Contact Count
Time: 1-2 hours | Audience: Health and care teams | Price: Free
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is about using the day-to-day interactions we have with others to help people make positive changes to their physical and mental health, and access the support they need. It is intended for anyone who has contact with people to “Make Every Contact Count”. MECC training is available to support staff to gain the skills and confidence needed to have conversations with others about health and wellbeing and then signpost to support services.
Care to Move
Audience: Adult Social Care Teams | Price: £160 per person – minimum 8 people | Duration: Minimum two days
Care to Move (CTM) is a whole workforce approach because its primary aim is to bring consistency (of language, correct messages) to teams delivering packages of care or those regularly engaging with older people in their homes.
Love2Move
Time: Two days (in person) or four three-and-a-half hour modules | Audience: Clinical/Non-clinical Healthcare Professionals | Price: £350
Love to Move Programme is an age and dementia friendly seated gymnastics programme which is transforming the lives of people living with dementia, led by the British Gymnastics Foundation.
The face-to-face courses run over 2 days, 9am – 5pm. Our online courses are broken up into 4 modules of 3.5hours each and contain every aspect of the face to face course.
Moving Medicine
Moving Medicine is an award winning free online resource to help healthcare professionals integrate physical activity conversations into routine clinical care. Find step by step conversation guides and patient leaflets for condition-specific consultations.
Active Practice Worksheet – Nottinghamshire
This document is designed to help and support you as a team to identify what is currently happening and what the art of the possible could be within your practice
Active Practices Charter sign up info – Nottinghamshire
These are the questions you will be asked during your registration join the Active Practices Charter. It is best to complete this document before registering so that you can just copy and paste it over
The Sherwood Forest Hospital Resource Centre
The Sherwood Forest Hospital Resource Centre offers a wide range of easy-to-understand leaflets on all kinds of health topics, including physical activity.
We are Undefeatable App
We Are Undefeatable is a campaign supporting people with long term health
conditions to be more active. As proud supporters of this campaign, we’re
delighted to introduce the We Are Undefeatable app.
National E-learning Courses
Active Conversations
Time: 12 weeks (16 CPD points) | Audience: Clinical roles | Price: £150
Moving Medicine’s Active Conversations is a practical, evidence-based online learning course developed by clinicians, for clinicians that teaches you how to have quick, effective and positive conversations that encourage patients to do more physical activity. Register for the next course below
All our Health: Physical Activity
Time: 1-hour | Audience: Everyone | Cost: Free
PHE’s All Our Health: Physical activity is a short interactive e-learning course designed to give healthcare professionals an overview of physical activity including key evidence, data and signposts. Access via Health Education England’s learning portal (registration needed)
BMJ Introduction to Motivational Interviewing
Time: 1 hour | Audience: Clinical roles | Cost: Free
BMJ and PHE’s Motivational Interviewing course is a short 1-hour module explaining what motivational interviewing is, its uses and explanations. Access via BMJ learning (registration needed) –
Physical Activity in the Treatment of Long-Term Condition
Time: 9 modules (4.5 hours total) | Audience: Clinical roles | Cost: Free
BMJ and PHE’s Physical Activity in the treatment of long-term conditions course covers 9 modules including cancer, diabetes, osteoarthritis and low back pain, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease (COPD and asthma), depression, anxiety, sleep and dementia. Plus, a module on promoting physical activity in primary care. Access via BMJ Learning (registration needed)
If you’d like to know more about how to become an Active Practice please contact:
Nottinghamshire – sara.davies@activepartnerstrust.org.uk
Nottingham City – kerryn.chamberlin@activepartnerstrust.org.uk
Derby City – stuart.batchelor@activepartnerstrust.org.uk
Derbyshire – jade.gresham@activepartnerstrust.org.uk