Public Health England is offering free locally tailored training sessions on the importance of physical activity for interested healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care.

The UK population has dramatically low levels of physical activity, with almost one in four people defined as ‘inactive’. Low levels of physical activity are responsible for:

• 1 in 6 deaths (equal to smoking)    
• Up to 40 per cent of many long-term conditions (e.g. diabetes)
• £7.4bn annual costs, including £0.9bn to the NHS.

Very brief advice on physical activity from healthcare professionals has been shown to improve clinical outcomes. The training focuses on practical tips to help easily integrate this into every day clinical practice.

There are a lot of resources out there to help and the training covers many of these. The training will be available across England until March 31, 2018. To book sessions email the PHE team at: physicalactivity@phe.gov.uk