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<p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published various
pieces of guidance covering long-term conditions, and this guidance promotes physical
activity where is it shown to have a beneficial effect.</p><br /><p>In addition to
this, Public Health England (PHE) has highlighted the important role of physical activity
in the prevention, treatment and management of many long-term conditions in Everybody
Active Every Day, a national evidence-based framework for action to reduce inactivity
in England launched in 2014.</p><br /><p>Since then there has been sustained action
to support the integration of physical activity into clinical practice.</p><br /><p>This
has included:</p><br /><p>- The launch of a new set of teaching resources designed
to integrating into the curriculum on physical activity for medical, nursing and allied
health professional university departments. To date these have been taken up by 15
United Kingdom medical schools, 4 UK Schools of Health (dietetics/physio/OT and AHPs)
and 5 international schools of Allied Health Professionals;</p><p>- The launch of
a series of nine e-learning modules on physical activity in the treatment and prevention
of long term conditions on the BMJ E-learning platform alongside e-learning on Motivational
interviewing techniques, funded by PHE;</p><p>- The launch of a new info-graphic to
support healthcare professionals to understand and put into practice the Chief Medical
Officer’s guidelines on physical activity for adults, a further graphic is in development
to support the guidelines for children and young people;</p><p>- An expanded pilot
of the general practitioner clinical champion programme by PHE;</p><p>- Continued
work with the Richmond group of charities who are building on the work of Macmillan
and Breakthrough Breast Cancer to support integration of physical activity into clinical
practice and care pathways and also raise the understanding amongst the third sector
and wider communities of its important role; and</p><p>- Continued work with the Academy
of Medical Royal Colleges, Chartered Institute of Physiotherapists and other professional
bodies to raise the awareness across the profession, and ensuring that physical activity
is considered as a key part of the Making Every Contact Count approach across health
and social care.</p><br /><p>Further work is being considered for 2016/17 around how
better to support the commissioning of evidence-based exercise referral programmes
for specific conditions as recommended by NICE.</p><br /> <br /> <br />
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