NHS England news

Horizon Leisure is upgrading and investing in its new shopping-centre health hub – The Wellbeing Hub in Havant, UK – by adding blood pressure checks ... More

Local government organisations and industry thought leaders have slammed the UK government’s decision not to increase funding for prevention. The Hewitt Review: an independent review ... More

The second phase of the UK’s MSK (musculoskeletal) health hub pilot will see the service rolled out to an additional 85 swimming pools and leisure ... More

The UK government should encourage – and make it easier – for doctors and other health and care professionals to refer people to fitness facilities ... More

A consultation on social prescribing and other similar health programmes will look to "uncover the physical activity sector's full potential" and define its role in ... More

Up to 100k people will benefit from the free gym and physical activity sessions, thanks to a partnership between ukactive, NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I), ... More

Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England will address the physical activity sector at this month's ukactive National Summit. Whitty has been named as ... More

The NHS has published its guidance on how developers and health providers can collaborate to deliver housing schemes and infrastructure projects which promote wellbeing among ... More

Thousands of people at risk of Type 2 diabetes will be given digital support – including free fitness trackers – to prevent them from developing ... More

Veteran physician Sir Muir Gray has called on Health Secretary Matt Hancock to enlist the services of the fitness industry to help deliver NHS England’s ... More

NHS England is to recruit 1,000 more link workers as part of plans to increase the number of people it refers to exercise classes, local ... More

A £16m community hub and leisure centre has opened in Warrington, Cheshire. Operated by health and wellbeing company LiveWire, the Great Sankey Neighbourhood Hub has ... More

TV journalist and presenter Dr Michael Mosley has been announced as a keynote speaker for this year’s inaugural Elevate Conference in London. Mosley, who presents ... More

ukactive is backing NHS proposals to create 10 “Healthy New Towns” that place physical activity at the heart of community life. Under proposals, those who ... More

A sporting body that marries physical activity and occupational therapy for people with learning disabilities has been recognised by a new strategy launched by NHS ... More

Budget gym operator Xercise4Less has launched a £1 per month gym membership for a year for NHS employees to help them stay fit. Staff can ... More

Leisure centres and gyms have been urged to begin discussions with their local health organisations in a bid to help tackle obesity among NHS staff. ... More

Dame Sarah Storey, triple gold medalist at this summer’s Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, has been confirmed as one of the high profile speakers at this ... More

NHS plans to offer personal trainers and exercise classes to tackle Type 2 diabetes mark an ‘exciting milestone’ for the fitness sector and a major ... More

Plans for a new £600m fund to improve the wellbeing of NHS workers must drive to the root cause of lifestyle issues and focus on ... More

Dance, yoga and Pilates classes will be made available to NHS staff as part of a new £600m fund designed to ensure Europe’s largest single ... More

NHS England has today (1 March) announced plans to create 10 ‘healthy new towns’ across the country which will explore and test creative solutions for ... More

Physical activity should be embedded into every aspect of society, says ukactive, which will today (5 November) publish a new call-to-arms Blueprint urging the government ... More

ukactive chair Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson led a campaign launch in London's Parliament Square this morning (20 July), calling for an improvement to wheelchair services in ... More

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s pledge to make addressing the “great scandal” of childhood obesity a top priority of this Parliament has been dismissed as ineffective ... More