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Independents are being overlooked – gym manager
INDEPENDENT gyms are being overlooked by health experts running GP referral schemes, according to a manager in the West Midlands.
Karen Cartwright, part owner of Bodywise, said GPs are referring their patients to leisure centres as part of their treatment for ‘fitness on prescription’ – but she believes patients should have the right to choose where they do their workouts.
She said: “The government has introduced a referral scheme where overweight patients are referred to their local leisure centres for exercise programmes but we feel that patients should have the right to choose where they want to go."
INDEPENDENT gyms are being overlooked by health experts running GP referral schemes, according to a manager in the West Midlands.
Karen Cartwright, part owner of Bodywise, said GPs are referring their patients to leisure centres as part of their treatment for ‘fitness on prescription’ – but she believes patients should have the right to choose where they do their workouts.
She said: “The government has introduced a referral scheme where overweight patients are referred to their local leisure centres for exercise programmes but we feel that patients should have the right to choose where they want to go."
Referral schemes bring in new members
A SERIES of exercise referral schemes in Gedling has introduced new gym members – and staff are now being trained to keep them there.
Gym managers and exercise promotion staff at the council are developing schemes to try to retain the referred members once their ‘exercise prescription’ from their GP ends.
Helen Houghton, exercise promotion officer, said: “It is very important that once people have made that step into a healthy way of life they are able to keep it up.
A SERIES of exercise referral schemes in Gedling has introduced new gym members – and staff are now being trained to keep them there.
Gym managers and exercise promotion staff at the council are developing schemes to try to retain the referred members once their ‘exercise prescription’ from their GP ends.
Helen Houghton, exercise promotion officer, said: “It is very important that once people have made that step into a healthy way of life they are able to keep it up.
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