Sheffield Children’s Hospital - Active Hospital

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is joining two other Trust’s in England to pilot the Active Hospitals project.

The aim of the project is to increases the amount of physical activity for patients, to assist their recovery and longer-term health, by embedding physical activity within hospital care. It also gives healthcare colleagues the information and support they need to have meaningful conversations about exercise with patients.

Hospitals are often dominated by a culture of rest, but evidence demonstrates that disease outcomes can be improved by moving more.

Through Active Hospitals, Sheffield Children’s will be making physical activity a key part of recovery plans for children and young people, whilst also offering more resources to support staff, patients and their families. Initially the scheme will form part of the services in respiratory, oncology and pre-operative treatment.

The Active Hospitals project – funded by Public Health England (PHE) and Sport England and the National Lottery and led by the NHS Transformation Unit (TU) – will be piloted at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Check out below for some useful information on what this means and progress to date!

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