Jason Bailey highlights Oldham’s work connecting hospital and health club

Xponential Fitness says it has settled two major cases out of court as it seeks to wipe the slate clean, following several years facing litigation from multiple US agencies.

Unless urgent action is taken to increase physical activity this generation of children will face poorer health, lower happiness and reduced life chances over the next decade and beyond.

Vicky Kiernander talks to founders about how they were inspired to overcome trauma to achieve their goals

Dr Natalie Grinvalds talks through her research into co-locating facilities.

NHS England has released a report, Harnessing the benefits of physical activity that suggests it is keen to collaborate with the physical activity sector.

The duo have brought together a wellness trust and a GP federation to create a new model with clinical governance embedded at its heart, as Kate Cracknell reports

While there’s much talk of fitness and healthcare working closer together, research shows that there are still many barriers to overcome

The Life Leisure execs talk about their radical approach to the provision of physical activity in areas of deprivation

The wellbeing referral manager at Edinburgh Leisure reveals the impact of digitalisation on exercise interventions in a city with high levels of deprivation

An Independent Commission for Healthier Working Lives, supported by the Health Foundation, is being established to investigate the issue of declining health in the UK workforce and recommend action that can be taken by both the government and employers.

A new guide looks to offer local level practitioners and commissioners – as well as those working in physical activity – help identify and break down barriers preventing people from taking part in exercise.

Up to 100k people will benefit from the free gym and physical activity sessions, thanks to a partnership between ukactive, NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I), Sport England and the National Academy for Social Prescribing.

As the sector grapples with the pressures of COVID-19, Duncan Wood-Allum presents a blueprint for a positive future

Activity providers may be missing out on funding because they don’t know how to demonstrate the value of their services

Physical activity has been made a clinical priority for GPs. One of the project’s clinical champions explains how it will work, and why it’s so important

The fitness industry should tap into scientific research, to find new messages that appeal to a broader range of people, says Kate Cracknell

The weak evidence base underpinning the effectiveness of exercise as medicine is holding the physical activity sector back at a time when it should be at the forefront of public health delivery.

Public health spending on tackling England’s inactivity epidemic will double next year, marking a “seismic shift” in local authority thinking, according to a new ukactive report.

Public Health England (PHE) has today (23 October) published Everybody Active, Every Day, a framework for nationwide action to combat the physical inactivity epidemic.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellent (NICE)’s new guidelines for commissioners regarding exercise on referral schemes have been praised by ukactive as helping to ‘drive forward the evidence base for physical activity.’

The CEO of Life Leisure talks to Kate Cracknell about challenging the public health commissioners, and about totally rethinking the model of fitness facilities

Key stakeholders from a range of relevant UK industries will gather at five regional forums next month to develop a cross sector approach to tackling inactivity across the nation.

There has never been a better time for the health and leisure industry to become the cornerstone of local health delivery, but there is still some way to go before reforms introduced by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 can work in a real world setting, according to Dave Stalker, CEO of ukactive.

Public Health England (PHE) has launched a new Weight Management Economic Assessment Tool for public health professionals.

A look at how health and wellbeing boards are faring one year on, and how the fitness and leisure sector can be more involved moving forward

The founder and CEO of Mytime Active talks to Kate Cracknell about opportunities in public health, building community partnerships and re-investing profits to change lives

A ukactive-led partnership - involving NHS Bedfordshire, teamBEDS&LUTON and local authorities - has been selected as one of 14 pilot projects to receive support from a £5.8m Sport England fund designed to support inactive people to get more active.

Premature mortality in the UK is “persistently and significantly” below the mean of other European Union countries, according to analysis of British health data published this month.

The director of public health at NICE tells Julie Cramer why the organisation is determined to get GPs prescribing exercise