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INCREASING ACTIVITY FOR HEALTHY AGEING-
​preventing or delaying  frailty, falls and dementia and increasing wellbeing

The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee Report on Healthy Ageing chaired by Layla Moran, provides  very clear policy guidance on the need to 

• Build communication about the benefits of, and opportunities for, physical activity into every consultation, which can now be done digitally and automatically using the W:ISH system
• Integrate the health and fitness industries
• Introduce activity to social care 

Physical activity also plays a central role in preventing, delaying or reversing frailty and the risk of falls and will also reduce the risk of dementia because it has cognitive and emotional benefits and it also stimulates people with dementia. The Public Accounts Committee Report on the need to improve the management of frailty is also of importance because it emphasises the fact the Primary Care by itself is not coping with the challenge. Excellent work is being done by the PACC programme - the Physical Activity Clinical Champions programme and the NHS has now adopted the new conepts of Deconditioning and Reconditioning  pioneered by the British Geriatric Society. ​The NIHR programme on Healthy Ageing  is doing very good work on the benefits of activity 

The Active Partnerships are key organisations and every Neighbourhood needs to include them in the network
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The simple mnemonic for communicating the dimensions of physical fitness is that it has four dimensions all starting with the letter S - Skill, Suppleness, Stamina and Strength.. There is now growing recognition of the benefits of dance for increasing skill and reducing the risk of a fall and the increased availability of yoga, Tai Chi and Pilates is increasing suppleness.. Two priorities for Live Longer Better in every locality are to increase the other two dimensions namely

• Strength, particularly for older women 
• Stamina through promoting and enabling walking

W:ISH
W:ISH creates a personalised physical activity 'prescription' linking the persons diagnosis or symptoms to online and local opportunities. There are also links to resources describing the importance of physical activity