Let's Get Moving
Let's Get Moving - a physical activity care pathway
There is strong evidence to demonstrate the importance and the potential of using health professionals to promote physical activity. In 2006 NICE endorsed brief interventions in physical activity as being both clinically and cost-effective for delivery by the NHS in primary care.
Key health fact
One in four people in England say they would be more active if they were so advised by a doctor or nurse (cited by 28% of men and 23% women).3 Based on the recommendations of the 2006 NICE guidance.
LGM is a behaviour change programme, which incorporates a physical activity care pathway (PACP) designed to help inactive adults aged 16-74 to become more active. The physical activity care pathway can be utilised by service deliverers to systematically recruit patients and screen for inactivity using a validated questionnaire. Patients identified as not meeting the CMO's recommendations for physical activity are offered a brief intervention drawing on motivational interviewing techniques, which takes a patient-centred approach. The brief intervention:
• highlights the health benefit of physical activity;
• works through key behaviour change stages; and
• concludes with a clear physical activity goal set by the patient, identifying local activity-based opportunities, including exercise on referral schemes where appropriate.
Following the brief intervention, participating patients should be followed up over 3, 6 and 12 months to check patient progress, encourage and reset activity goals.
Let's Get Moving is being piloted in Stockton on Tees. The Health Trainer Service will be adapting the Physical Activity Care Pathway approach amongst their referrals and evaluating the effectiveness of this approach. If you require any further details about the pilot project please contact Claire Spence on claire.spence@northteespct.nhs.uk or 01642 853974.
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