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Work in partnership to promote physical activity/ active transport

  • Advocate and support wider local plans that create an environment that supports opportunities for physical activity and active transport choices. 
  • Making a difference (PHW 2016) cites evidence from WHO that the best approaches to increasing active travel are to  support national mass media campaigns and promotion of active travel locally as the norm for short journeys (increased active transport will deliver co-benefits, such as improved air quality and reduced CO2 emissions). 
  • NICE guidance on Obesity prevention (GC43) states "Health professionals should support and promote community schemes and facilities that improve access to physical activity, such as walking or cycling routes, combined with tailored information, based on an audit of local needs." 
  • NICE guidance on Physical activity: walking and cycling (PH41) sets out how people can be encouraged to increase the amount they walk or cycle for travel or recreational purposes; recommendations cover policy and planning, local programmes, schools, workplaces and the NHS. 
  • A range of supporting information has been collated by RCGP into a Physical Activity Hub, including the Active Practice Charter, which could be adopted across the primary care cluster/ pan-cluster planning group.