Wednesday 19th July

We are hosting Lincolnshire’s third Physical Activity Clinical Champions training on Wednesday 19th July from 10am until 1:15pm.

The training is delivered by Paula Manning; Physical Activity Clinical Champion for the Office for Improvement and Disparities (OHID) and will take place via Zoom.

The training looks at physical activity for the prevention and management of long term health conditions aims to improve management and care for patients with long term health conditions whilst offering access to evidence-based resources proven to increase knowledge and confidence to allow more frequent physical activity conversations with patients. Please see attached more information about the training.

Click here to book your free place.

This training is FREE and is specifically designed for registered healthcare professionals and those in training. Professions include, but are not limited to:

• Medical doctors (GPs, Medics, Specialist Doctors, Consultants)
• Surgeons
• Nurses
• Midwives
• Occupational therapists
• Osteopaths
• Physiotherapists
• Paramedics
• Psychiatrists
• Psychologists
• Pharmacists

Supporting healthcare professionals to improve patient care and outcomes. Around 1 in 3 men and half of women are not achieving recommended levels of activity for good health, with people with long term conditions twice as likely to be amongst the least active. Physical activity is incorporated across NICE clinical guidance, with evidence suggesting 1 in 4 people would be more active if advised by a GP or nurse.

However, 70-80% of GPs do not speak about the benefits of physical activity to patients. This can be associated with knowledge, skills and confidence gaps across HCPs. For example, a survey of 1,000 GPs found:
• Less than half (44%) of GPs are confident speaking about physical activity with patients
• Over half (55%) of GPs had had no specific training on physical activity in patient care
• 4 in 5 (80%) of GPs not familiar with the UK Chief Medical Officers’ guidelines

The evidence
Benefits of training
Access evidence-based resources proven to increase knowledge and confidence, and support clinical practice in line with guidance (e.g. NICE)
Improve management and care of patients with 30+ long-term conditions (e.g. CVD, type 2 diabetes, depression, MSK issues, some cancers)
Help reduce service demand and costs i.e. the ~£0.9bm annual cost to the NHS associated with insufficient physical activity
Attending this FREE online training provides the opportunity to:
84% agreed the training was useful in their work
91% would recommend the training to their colleagues
40% of HCPs were having more conversations with their patients about physical activity post-training

Over 25,000 HCPs have been trained so far. An independent evaluation demonstrated improvements in participant knowledge, confidence and frequency of patient physical activity conversations:
“I found the session to be really inspiring both professionally and personally. I have reflected on it a lot since and it has definitely changed my practice.”
“Engaging throughout really helped me to re-evaluate my views on physical activity and the benefits it has.”

If you have any questions or queries, please don’t hesitate to get in touch and thank you in advance for your support.

Lincolnshire Training
Wednesday 19th July 2023
10am-1:15pm
For more information email
Donna.Sutton@activelincolnshire.com