Primary Care Resources
Many of the patients who attend a GP surgery on any given day would benefit from being more active and spending less time being sedentary.
Being active is proven to reduce the risk of premature death, reduce social isolation, improve immunity and help manage or reduce the symptoms of many long-term health conditions. Even modest changes to activity levels can play an important role in improving mental and physical wellbeing.
The following resources have been designed to help staff working in primary care to advocate for physical activity.
LiveWell Dorset
Funded by Public Health Dorset, the LiveWell Dorset service is free for all adults living in Dorset. You can register online, call, or be referred by health professionals.
An example of how we work with LiveWell Dorset can be seen below.
Active Practice Charter
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Physical Activity and Lifestyle team have partnered with Sport England to launch the Active Practice Charter.
Being an Active Practice can have a huge impact on the health of everyone connected to your practice. The initiative does not have to be led by a GP partner, or even a doctor – it may be that you have an active member of your non-clinical practice team who would be best placed to oversee the process. Medical students, a social prescriber or one of the PPG team could also be the lead for this.
Sign up to the Active Practice Charter and join the national network of practices making positive changes in their surgeries to boost staff and patient wellbeing.
The resources, literature and organisations which underpin the ‘Movement for Movement’.
GP practices across the UK are encouraged to develop close links with their local parkrun to become parkrun practices.
CMO Guidelines
The following are reports from the Chief Medical Officers in the UK on the amount and type of physical activity people should be doing to improve their health.
Physical activity for early years: birth to 5 years (PDF, 364 Kb)
Physical activity for children and young people: 5 to 18 years (PDF, 358 Kb)
Physical Activity For Disabled Children And Disabled Young People (PDF, 383 Kb)
Physical activity for adults and older adults: 19 and over (PDF, 541 Kb)
Physical activity for disabled adults (PDF, 357 Kb)
Physical activity for pregnant women (PDF, 370 Kb)
Physical activity for women after childbirth: birth to 12 months (PDF, 522 Kb)
