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GPs offering cycling and walking prescriptions

Active Travel

05 October 2021

 

Patients in the West Midlands are being offered prescriptions to encourage them to walk and cycle. This includes free bikes and training and access to walking and cycling activities.

The scheme, launched by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and The Active Wellbeing Society (TAWS), is currently being offered at eight surgeries and health centres.

The programme has grown out of a pilot scheme introduced during the first Covid-19 lockdown to tackle health inactivity, with funding from...

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