Healthcare professionals

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Physical Activity Toolkit

The toolkit has been designed by the RCGP in partnership with Sport England, to be used by primary care professionals in the UK. Any health professional concerned about their own activity levels may find the toolkit useful. The toolkit is designed to have something for all clinicians.

Better Health Campaign

A range of digital resources from the NHS to take the first steps towards making positive, healthier choices. The DHSC Campaigns Hub also has resources for all their campaigns, including mental health and physical activity assets for social media and digital screens etc. 

NICE Guidance: Physical Activity Brief Advice for Adults in Primary Care

This guidance from NICE covers providing brief 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.

PHE Health Matters: Physical Activity for Long-Term Conditions

Public Health England has produced a useful summary of the benefits, evidence and initiatives for physical activity for the prevention and management of long-term conditions in adults, including infographics and videos.

We Are Undefeatable resources

We Are Undefeatable is a movement supporting people with a range of long-term health conditions to be more active. It's led by the Richmond Group of Charities, with Sport England, and has a range of resources designed to help you and your audience get active. Their campaign hub has promotional materials have been designed in collaboration with our charity partners, using insight and real stories of people living with long-term health conditions.

RCGP Physical Activity Toolkit and Active Practices Charter

The Royal College of GPs and Sport England have teamed up to produce a comprehensive physical activity toolkit for primary care professionals. The Active Practice Charter is fun, easy way to make some simple but impactful changes in GP Practice that will demonstrate to your patients and staff that you mean it when you say that movement is the best medicine.

Active Pregnancy Foundation

The Active Pregnancy Foundation believes in a whole systems approach based on clear and consistent evidence-based messages shared by all professionals, so that pregnant and postnatal women feel reassured and empowered to make informed physical activity choices. They provide a range of professional resources which includes advice and top tips to support an active journey through pregnancy and beyond.

Active Hospitals – Toolkit Overview

Active Hospitals, provided by Moving Medicine, aims to change the physical activity culture within hospitals to encourage patients to move more. Their toolkit can help you to create your own Active Hospital.

Medical Practice Waiting Room Video

A clip commissioned for medical practice screens to start the conversation around ways we can all become more active. This is a free resource for those in the sector, so don't hesitate to make use of this and get in touch for more resources.

Swimming as Medicine Videos

The Swimming as Medicine series has been created to encourage healthcare professionals to consider recommending swimming and aquatic activity to their patients as an effective way of improving health and wellbeing. View the videos here and learn more about swimming for health here.

Moving Medicine - Online Learning Resource

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.

Modules to consider: Active Conversations

PHE's All Our Health

This is a bite-sized session to give health and care professionals an overview of physical activity - including key evidence, data and signposts to trusted resources to help prevent illness, protect health and promote wellbeing

Make Every Contact Count

PHE and NHS's Making Every Contact Count (MECC) course is a short interactive e-learning that looks at how we can use our everyday interactions to support behaviour change, without adding to busy workloads, and focuses on asking open questions and reflective listening. Access via Health Education England's learning portal (no registration needed).

BMJ

BMJ and PHE's Motivational Interviewing course is a short one-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 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

Swim England/NHS England

Swim England with support from NHS England eLearning for healthcare has developed a new eLearning programme on the unique health benefits of aquatics and swimming. The 20-minute session raises awareness of the benefits of aquatic activity on health and wellbeing and will enhance learners’ confidence in identifying patients who would benefit most. Find out more here. Click here to access with an existing learning hub account or to register.