Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United Kingdom. Around 18,500 people live with the condition, and approximately 300 babies are born with sickle cell disease each year, making it the fastest growing inherited blood disorder in the UK. Less visible, but equally important, is the number of people who […]

Looking back over the last few years, I can see how much has changed — and how much support has made that possible. Life threw a lot at me all at once. Big changes at home, upheaval at work, and then the coronavirus pandemic on top of everything else. It hit my mental health hard. […]

When I first started NHS Talking Therapies, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I felt worried that it would make me feel upset and it was a bit scary to talk to someone that I didn’t know about difficult things that had happened. But with a few adjustments along the way, my experience became something […]

In this blog, Dr Natasha Jones, President of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine; Dr William Bird, GP and CEO of Intelligent Health; and Dan Fitzpatrick, Sport and Exercise Medicine Registrar at University College London Hospitals consider how GPs can feel empowered to promote physical activity for patients. Empowering health and care professionals to promote […]

In this blog, shared ahead of Angela Rippon’s Let’s Dance Movement on March 8, Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi, GP with extended role in lifestyle medicine (GPwERLM) considers how NHS staff can integrate physical activity in their day-to-day lives. In the demanding environment of the NHS, asking staff to find extra time for exercise can feel like […]

In this blog, Zoe Merchant, AHP Clinical Lead for the Prehab4Cancer Programme and Jack Murphy, Prehab4Cancer Programme Manager for GM Active, explore how integrating exercise into cancer and perioperative care is actively reshaping patient outcomes. Drawing on the success of the Prehab4Cancer (P4C) Programme in Greater Manchester, there is rapidly growing evidence showing just how […]