National Health Service news
20 Apr 2026
A series of studies about the mental and physical benefits of sauna bathing has found
17 Nov 2025
Groups of people, often in cities, are meeting to experience connection and find new ways
24 Jul 2025
Construction work is underway on the Newhaven Health Hub, a co-location project combining fitness and
30 Jun 2025
The UK government is briefing journalists that a major pivot to prevention can be expected
30 May 2025
Mental health is increasingly recognised as a critical part of wellbeing and in response to
13 Mar 2025
Nuffield Health is partnering with the UK government to offer 4,000 health workers who live
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
08 Feb 2025
BBC news reader and star of Strictly Come Dancing, Angela Rippon, has launched a UK
06 Mar 2024
The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is looking for recruits ahead of undertaking its largest-ever
21 Dec 2023
Without government action, economic growth in the UK will continue to be hampered by the
01 Nov 2023
Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, UK, has opened a life-sized replica of a healthcare
24 Nov 2022
Exercise should be considered as a core treatment for those suffering from arthritis caused by
04 Jul 2022
A two-year research project will look to find ways to transform the UK's physical activity
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
27 May 2020
With the hospitality and health tourism sectors being closely linked to spa and wellness, Lisa
20 Mar 2020
A number of UK leisure companies and operators have launched initiatives to help ease the
28 Nov 2019
The main political parties need to "discuss prevention in the same breath as they discuss
18 Oct 2018
Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has published a new technology masterplan for the
05 Jul 2018
The government "needs to show more leadership" and work with the physical activity sector if
08 May 2018
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has been revealed as the headline speaker for the ukactive’s National
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
14 Mar 2018
Architects, urban planners and landscape designers have been invited to submit proposals for the UK’s
25 Jan 2017
Twelve sport and physical activity innovators have been chosen for the UK’s first ever ActiveLab
15 Dec 2016
Levels of physical activity among boys in England continue to be worse now than compared
07 Nov 2016
The future of the National Health Service (NHS) could be secured by investing £1bn in
21 Oct 2016
UK-based Champneys health spa resorts have entered into partnership with the National Health Service (NHS),
28 Jan 2016
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is calling on employers to drive a radical overhaul of offices to
09 Nov 2015
Plans are afoot to transform a swathe of industrial West London wasteland into a huge
22 Dec 2014
The National Health Service (NHS) in England has unveiled a major genetics project which will
20 Nov 2014
The worldwide cost of obesity is about the same as smoking or the war on
08 Oct 2014
A partnership agreement between the Welsh NHS Confederation and Sport Wales has been described as
23 Sep 2014
Obesity is the new smoking in terms of its impact on health and cost to
09 Apr 2013
Physical activity measures have now been implemented in a voluntary reward and incentive programme used
01 Feb 2010
Nearly £50,000 will be invested in the installation of fitness trails within the grounds of
17 Aug 2009
Health secretary Andy Burnham has announced details of new sports and physical activity schemes that
18 Mar 2009
Liverpool City Council (LCC) has launched new proposals to provide children under five years old
13 Jan 2009
The Global Sports Council has called for a global ‘social entrepreneurship fund’, where countries could
09 Jan 2009
International representatives from the sports, voluntary, media and business sectors joined forces at the first
04 Nov 2008
A project to restore a fireboat which helped to evacuate more than 600 British soldiers
28 Nov 2005
The chair of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), Sir Michael Rawlins,
11 Oct 2005
Many of you may already be aware that the School Meals Review Panel published its
19 Nov 2004
Personal trainers could be provided by the National Health Service (NHS) to advise the public
07 Sep 2004
The new managing director of LivingWell health clubs, Patrick Fitzgibbon, has said he believes the
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Greg Bradley looks at the shift towards strength training in gyms and advises on how operators can create the ultimate training environment
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David Lloyd is stepping up its commitment to women’s health as it continues to explore what fit-for-purpose looks like for the female population
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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
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Active IQ is calling for greater accountability in online fitness advice with the launch of a new trustmark
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Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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Founder, SP&Co Group“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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Small improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity have major benefits for the heart, according to new research from the University of Sydney
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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
– and that wellbeing rests with
us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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For every member with a tripod and a big following, there are others irritated at the way equipment is being hogged or wary they’ll be in the background on someone’s Insta feed. Do influencers offer valuable, free marketing or are they just a nuisance? Kath Hudson finds out how operators are responding
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As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
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Chair of UK Active’s Independent Council and GM at 3-1-5“There are so many dedicated people in the independent sector – they work hard because they’re passionate about changing lives”
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With corporately-owned clubs,
franchise networks, investments
and proprietary tech, Viva Leisure’s
ecosystem is redefining how
gyms scale and generate revenue.
Its CEO speaks to Kate Cracknell
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