staff and patients in GP practices

The Active Practice initiative has been a breath of fresh air for our staff and patients at Haslemere Health Centre. It has given us permission to prioritise our physical and mental wellbeing during the busyness of day to day General Practice.

Being an “Active Practice” allows us to encourage one another to move around the surgery within the day, offer standing consultations and share the importance of movement for mental and physical wellbeing with our patients.

The support from Active Surrey helped us join the Charter much quicker than we might have managed on our own. We are excited to continue working with them on our Active Practice journey and beyond!

GP, Haslemere Health Centre

Getting involved in the Active Practice iniative e has been a fantastic opportunity to motivate staff to increase their activity. Our activity challenge brought us together as a team and changed our coffee room conversations to talking about each others exercise habits and ways to keep active around work.

Active Surrey supported us with under desk bike pedals which helped us to earn steps for the challenge. We now have a culture of trying to decrease sedentary behaviour at work and increase physical activity in our lives too. Thank you to Active Surrey for encouraging us to go the extra mile and demonstrating the importance of physical activity to our staff and patients for disease prevention and improving quality of life!

GP, Guildowns Group Practice

Active Surrey have provided amazing support to get our PCN moving more through the Active Practice Initiative. Among staff, it has been great to build relationships across the team and has given us all a real buzz at work. We are all feeling quite a lot better for moving around so much more. We have also been able to support patients to be more active, who have been very vocal about the benefits! Thank you.

PR Consultant, COCO PCN

Being an Active Practice can have a huge impact on the health and wellbeing of everyone connected to your practice. Being active is proven to reduce the risk of premature death, reduce social isolation and improve immunity to flu and COVID-19, among other illnesses. Even modest changes to activity levels can play an important role in improving mental and physical wellbeing for all of us (find out more about the benefits of being active here ).

The Active Practice initiative is a fun, easy way to make some simple but impactful changes in your workplace that will demonstrate to your patients and staff that you mean it when you say that movement is the best medicine. We have a variety of resources, information and inspiration available to support you and your practice on the Active Practice journey!

resources and support for practices

Find downloadable resources and videos as well as useful websites to help make it quick and easy to support people to become more active at your practice.

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Find downloadable resources and videos as well as useful websites to help make it quick and easy to support people to become more active at your practice.

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VIDEO CONTENT

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Living Longer Better Physical Activity Posters

Physical Activity Waiting Room Videos

Patient Text Templates

Local Signposting

Training & eLearning

RCGP Active Practice Charter

Print Ready Posters

Infographic: Physical Activity and Long Term Health Conditions

Poster highlighting the health benefits of being active

Reducing the Risk of Dementia

Poster emphasizing how physical activity can reduce the risk of dementia

Reducing the Risk of Some Cancers

Poster emphasizing how regular activity can reduce the risk of some cancers

Reducing the Risk of Having a Fall

Poster highlighting the positive impact physical activity can have on reducing risk of falls

Putting Type 2 Diabetes Into Remission

Poster highlighting the positive impact that physical activity can have on type 2 diabetes

Moving More at Home

Poster showing tips and ways to move more at home

General Physical Activity Information & Nudges

Active Medicine - physical Activity Throughout the Life Course

This video highlight different ways to keep active as part of every day life as well the benefits associated with regular physical activity.

CSP - Love activity, hate exercise

This video highlights that organised sport/exercise are not the only ways that you can keep active/moving, and that everyday movement such as dog walks or active travel can be beneficial.

CSP - Maintaining strength as we age

This video outlines how our muscles get weaker as we age unless we do activities to strengthen/maintain them, as well as providing tips/examples of good activities.

National Centre for Sport & Exercise Medicine - the importance of physical activity in adults

These videos outline the health and well-being benefits associated with regular physical activity among adults.

National Centre for Sport & Exercise Medicine - the negative health outcomes of sedentary behaviour

These videos outline the risks associated with sedentary behaviour.

British Heart Foundation - What Happens Inside Your Body When You Exercise

This video goes through some of the physiological reactions and changes that occur when someone is active, and links these to the health benefits of physical activity.

Ways to Move at Home

CSP - Stay Active at Home

This video outlines some stats with regards to physical activity and balance, as well as outlining exercises that older adults can engage in at home to improve their strength and balance.

Diabetes UK - 5 Ways to Move Whilst Sitting

In this video, the coordinator outlines and demonstrates five different types of seated exercises.

We Are Undefeatable - 5 in 5

This video outlines 5 in 5. "Start building small amounts of activity into your day with Five in Five, a five minute mini-workout designed for people living with long term health conditions".

Tips & Tricks

National Centre for Sport & Exercise Medicine - Increasing Your Physical Activity

These videos provide practical tips to help people engage in more physical activity.

National Centre for Sport & Exercise Medicine - Reducing Sedentary Behaviour

These videos provide practical tips to help people reduce prolonged sedentary periods.

Physical Activity Training & eLearning

For professionals and volunteers working with adults in Surrey

Want to upskill you and/or your team? Our training and eLearning page – which includes our physical activity awareness training – has everything needed to increase knowledge and confidence around physical activity

National Active Practice Initiative

RCGP Active Practice Charter

Find out more about the RCGP Active Practice Charter, how to apply to register, as well as what practices are doing across the country to champion physical activity

Active Opportunities For Patients & Staff in Surrey

Parkrun Practice

Becoming a parkrun practice is a great way to champion physical activity in the community among both patients and staff

FREE Health & Activity Trackers at Libraries

Surrey residents are now able to borrow health & activity trackers at libraries across the county, free of charge! To request promotional flyers, get in touch!

Physical Activity Nudges & Signposting

Downloadable Template

These text templates – which include tailored messages for specific groups of patients – will help to quickly and effectively promote and signpost physical activity to patients

For Digital Screens

Infographic: Physical Activity and Long Term Health Conditions

Digital poster highlighting the health benefits of being active

Reducing the Risk of Dementia

Digital poster emphasizing how physical activity can reduce the risk of dementia

Reducing the Risk of Some Cancers

Digital poster emphasizing how regular activity can reduce the risk of some cancers

Reducing the Risk of Having a Fall

Digital poster highlighting the positive impact physical activity can have on reducing risk of falls

Putting Type 2 Diabetes Into Remission

Digital poster highlighting the positive impact that physical activity can have on type 2 diabetes

ACTIVE PRACTICES IN SURREY

Haslemere Health Centre

Haslemere Health Centre recently became a registered Active Practice with the RCGP!

With support from Active Surrey, the practice has been able to create a standing area in their waiting room for patients, with lots of information about the benefits of moving more, as well as local signposting to activities in the area.

Staff have also been able to attend Active Surrey's physical activity awareness training, helping to increase knowledge of the benefits of physical activity and confidence in having conversations about being more active. Staff have also held yoga sessions in their waiting room, as well as taking part in a PCN wide step challenge – aiming to step the equivalent distance of travelling around the coast of the UK!

COCO PCN

COCO PCN have taken some wonderful steps in promoting physical activity among both patients and staff across their surgeries!

Staff attended Active Surrey’s physical activity awareness training, helping to highlight the positive role of physical activity for themselves and the people that they work with. To demonstrate this, 55 staff members committed to a virtual walking challenge, working together in teams of 5 to walk the equivalent distance of London to Venice!

In addition to this, Active Surrey have been able to provide step trackers for those attending local health walking groups, as well as subsidising exercise referral memberships for those who are experiencing increased barriers'

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