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New support for CIMPSA after business plan rethink
The Chartered Inst itute for the
Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) has announced that five employers in the sport and activity sector have committed to investing in the UK body following its new business plan. CIMSPA – which provides leadership
and drives standards for professionals working in sport and physical activity – has gained the support of Everyone Active, Leisure Connection, DC Leisure, the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) and GLL. The new investors have purchased more than 150 memberships for their respective teams.
The failure of GPs to properly use the NHS Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) – the government’s voluntary incentive scheme – will result in a dramatic slimming down of the system in 2014. A voluntary scheme for
GP practices in the UK that rewards them for good patient care, the QOF will be cut by about 40 per cent from April 2014 under the reforms. Among the incentives to
be shelved are those relating to assessing physical activity. The scrapping of physical
GPs need more education on the benefits of activity, says ukactive
activity assessments comes as a blow to the health and wellness sector, as intervention programmes linked to it – such as Sport England’s Let’s Get Moving initiative – have proven to be highly successful. According to ukactive, if used effectively, physical activity could be employed by the
Nuffield Health: Creating integrated services
Nuffield Health merges consumer and corporate
The UK’s largest healthcare charity, Nuffield Health, has merged its Corporate and Consumer Wellbeing divisions to create The Wellbeing Division. The move is designed to allow for the
creation of a suite of one-stop integrated services for all customers, while expanding coverage across the country and creating product innovations in clinical and fitness areas. The charity’s long-term vision is to create a unique not-for-profit health and wellbeing system that challenges the existing NHS and for-profit models.
Washington’s new leisure centre gets the green light
Plans for an £11m replacement leisure centre in Washington have been given the go-ahead by Sunderland City Council. Expected to open in 2015, with work
starting in the new year, facilities will include a six-lane 25m pool and learner pool, a four-court sports hall, an additional multi-purpose hall, two glass-backed squash courts, sauna and steamrooms, a wellness centre with a 100-station gym, a separate indoor cycling facility and exercise studio, a two-level soft play area, and six external 3G small-sided football pitches.
10 £7m ‘Olympic legacy’ centre for Sheffield
Sheffield has edged closer to realising its Olympic legacy programme after plans were unveiled for a new £7m sports centre and swimming pool. The proposed centre would
be built on the Thorncliffe Recreation Ground in High Green and help fill the gap left by a £50m programme of cuts, which has seen many existing facilities close, including Stocksbridge pool last April. The new centre is expected
to feature a 25m six-lane pool, community gym, dance studio and specialist health consultation rooms, bringing together physical activity and health services under one roof for the first time in the city. Sheffield City Council (SCC) hopes detailed plans can be drawn up in spring, with a view to
The new centre is expected to feature a 25m, six-lane swimming pool
opening during the second half of 2015. Set to be funded by the government, SCC and Ecclesfield Parish Council, the site would form a sports hub of a £10m Olympic legacy collaboration between the city and Sport England to replace ageing facilities with new services.
payasUgym announces Virgin Active partnership
Online gym pass provider
payasUgym.com has announced an agreement with Virgin Active that will see the website provide lead generation services to Virgin Active clubs across the UK. The deal forms part of
payasUgym.com’s ongoing campaign to
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increase the number of people involved in health and fitness. The service sees customers create a free
online account, which they top-up with credit and then use to buy passes for any of payasUgym’s listed gyms and health clubs.
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NHS manage and prevent more than 20 conditions and diseases, such as coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes. David Stalker, ukactive CEO, responded
to the news by calling for GPs and health professionals to receive more education and training on the benefits of physical activity.
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