We are excited to share the work our Creating an Active Practice workstream in our Pendle Locality have been doing to embed elements of physical activity within GP Practices.
One GP Practice reflecting TaAF’s ethos and practices around behaviour change is Barrowford Surgery, who have repurposed their consulting room and created a health and wellbeing room for staff. This is a great example of how using space differently and changing ways of working can create significant change no matter how big or small the practice.
In this video, staff at Barrowford Surgery share how these changes have had positive impacts to their health and wellbeing:
Barrowford Surgery is a great champion for the Active Practice programme and through sharing their progress, we hope it will inspire others to follow their lead. It is not easy to try and motivate people to change behaviours and to make changes to the culture but activating local champions and building relationships is essential to progressing change.
As health champion I have noticed a massive increase in my colleagues mental health and well being since the gym came in to play. We’ve had nothing but good reports from them stating how this has helped them.
– Reception Manager at Barrowford Surgery
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