{"id":19592,"date":"2020-12-04T10:51:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T10:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/news\/fitness-facilities-are-no-longer-an-unconventional-place-for-health-they-are-a-necessity\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T17:09:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:09:00","slug":"fitness-facilities-are-no-longer-an-unconventional-place-for-health-they-are-a-necessity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/news\/fitness-facilities-are-no-longer-an-unconventional-place-for-health-they-are-a-necessity\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitness facilities are no longer an \u2018unconventional place for health\u2019, they are a necessity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ben Wilkins, CEO, Good Boost<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A vaccine is on its way. The prospect of daily morning news that doesn\u2019t include the word \u2018COVID\u2019 feels plausible at some point in 2021. That said, although we may be on track to beat the virus, the wake of wider health disruption from tackling the pandemic will undoubtedly be felt for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the news has been rife with reports of NHS waiting lists rising to record numbers. Regular news stories are highlighting the system-wide disruption to health services, demonstrating that the end of COVID-19 will not mean a return to services as usual.<\/p>\n<p>Wales is experiencing a ten-fold increase in patients with waiting for treatment and waiting lists that are predicted to take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-wales-54989021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">years to recover<\/a>. In England, waiting lists are on a trajectory to hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2020\/jun\/10\/nhs-hospital-waiting-lists-could-hit-10-million-in-england-this-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10 million<\/a> by the end of 2020, with a treatment backlog and exhausted health professionals. With all elective surgeries cancelled and rescheduled during both lockdowns, patients on surgical waiting lists are expected to have year-long waits for surgery, the highest level since 2008, with further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2020\/oct\/23\/mass-cancellations-of-nhs-operations-inevitable-this-winter-say-doctors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mass cancellations of NHS operations \u2018inevitable\u2019<\/a> this winter. These challenges are also being faced across the Irish Sea and the Director of the Royal College in Northern Ireland, Mr Taylor, warns of a \u2018time bomb\u2019 as more operations are cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-COVID, the NHS was already facing challenges, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcseng.ac.uk\/news-and-events\/media-centre\/press-releases\/nhs-performance-data-rtt-july-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rising operation waiting times<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.org.uk\/news-and-comment\/news\/nhs-staff-shortages-put-long-term-vision-for-primary-and-community-care-at-risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">existing staff shortages<\/a> and a huge 250,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingsfund.org.uk\/press\/press-releases\/staffing-shortfall-major-risk-nhs-long-term-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">staff shortfall projected by 2030.<\/a> Every single challenge faced by the NHS and the UK\u2019s health services has been compounded ten-fold in the past 12 months. If we\u2019re going to successfully tackle both pre- and post-COVID challenges, we\u2019re going to have to better utilise what we already have.<\/p>\n<p>These problems do not just affect the UK, and with a global shortage of healthcare professionals, as well as both growing ageing populations and waistlines, we cannot just expect international workforces to be on standby to plug the gaps in our nation\u2019s staff and capacity shortfall.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nThe connection between exercise and health is not a new concept<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pages-upon-pages of published research illustrates both the clinical and cost effectiveness of physical activity for numerous health conditions. In a BMJ article published in January, Scarlett McNally, Orthopaedic Surgeon, emphasised that \u2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2020\/01\/30\/scarlett-mcnally-exercise-is-the-miracle-cure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exercise is the miracle cure<\/a>\u2019. The impact of inactivity on people during the pandemic itself has been highlighted by Dr William Bird and Prof Muir Gary, with COVID-19 set to be followed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2020\/06\/15\/covid-19-will-be-followed-by-a-deconditioning-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deconditioning pandemic<\/a> with even greater mortality and health costs.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, the first \u2018Five Years Forward\u2019 NHS strategy highlighted the role of leisure in the health of the nation, yet did not integrate the leisure sector as part of its strategy. The NHS Long Term plan, released in 2019, cited the leisure sector as an \u2018unconventional place for health care\u2019. However, we\u2019re now at the point where leisure is no longer unconventional, and is a <a href=\"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/news\/fitness-and-leisure-sector-to-offer-free-sessions-for-up-to-100000-people-through-social-prescribing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vital part of healthcare<\/a> should we want to really address the challenges we face as a country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>People value the human connection of health<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The scale of the health challenges facing the UK and the globe is too large for the existing infrastructure and health workforce to tackle without looking beyond the traditional primary, secondary and tertiary health system. The leisure sector works because it creates a human connection. It isn\u2019t just an app, or a telehealth call, it\u2019s a place, with people and a community. With a network of more than 7,000 gyms, leisure centres and swimming pools in the UK, with standardised booking systems, record keeping and qualified professionals and 80% of the population all living within two miles of their closest venue, it\u2019s a pre-existing infrastructure that can effectively create health and wellbeing capacity in communities.<\/p>\n<p>Great examples of this happening are everywhere \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activeluton.co.uk\/images\/Active_Luton_Impact_Report_2019-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Active Luton<\/a> and their Health Lifestyles for All is an integrated wellbeing service that supports the diverse needs of Luton\u2019s communities to improve health and wellbeing through its leisure infrastructure. In Greater Manchester, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmactive.co.uk\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GM Active<\/a>, a consortium of the major leisure providers in the region, moves as one to play a major role in the health of their communities.<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodboost.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hwb Da<\/a>, we\u2019re working to create tools and solutions for leisure centres. We\u2019re a social enterprise that transforms swimming pool spaces into therapeutic exercise places, by combining AI medical apps, waterproof tablets and staff upskilling to create community musculoskeletal hubs at local pools. All this work, combined with social prescribing, creates a system that can truly create health capacity.<\/p>\n<p>The examples of great practice are out there, and the leisure sector has demonstrated that it can create tangible health and wellbeing services with the existing physical and human assets communities throughout the UK. No longer an \u2018unconventional place for health\u2019, it is a necessity.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ben Wilkins, CEO, Good Boost A vaccine is on its way. 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