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12 minutes: the importance of physical activity, sports and exercise, in order to improve health, personal finances and the pressure on the NHS

By Nuffield Health (2013)

This report reveals that early indicators of poor mental health are on the increase. It also finds that GPs are 46 times more likely to prescribe medication than explore medically proven alternative options, like exercise. This report calls for all GPs in the UK to take a ‘diagnose, consider exercise, refer, treat’ approach to physical activity when patients present with early signs of mental ill health.

Click here to view this report