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Active Practices
Being physically active can play a big part in helping to live life in good health but GPs and their teams haven’t always felt empowered to motivate their patients to move more. With a growing number of people facing health problems from their lifestyles, mental health issues, and being lonely, it’s time to make a change – and lots of GP teams are. Even small increases in how much we move can make a real difference to mental and physical health. Have a look at the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Learning website to find out more about why getting active matters.
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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RCGP Toolkit
Click the link below to access a presentation that will help you with everything you need to sign up to the Active Practice Charter and support you in sharing this information with colleagues.
RCGP Active Practice Charter Webinars
To support Active Practice Charter initiative, RCGP are hosting a series of masterclasses designed to support:
- practices interested in finding out more about the Active Practice Charter
- practices already signed up to the Charter to develop their offering to staff and patients
- GPs with an interest in physical activity and lifestyle medicine develop an extended role in this area.
Physical activity: how to get your initiatives funded
Wednesday 9 April – 18:30-19:30
Physical activity: how to become an Active Practice
Wednesday 14 May – 18:30-19:30
Physical activity: explore an extended role in lifestyle medicine
Wednesday 18 June – 18:30-19:30
Physical activity: how to create effective health pathways
Wednesday 16 July – 18:30-19:30
More Resources…
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.
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)