A Festive Message from our Chair

2025 has been a busy year in the NHS and in the organisations you work in. The rising tide of noncommunicable diseases is adding pressure to the already busy health system. I am very grateful to all of you working in lifestyle medicine for the difference you make every day to the patients and clients that you serve.

Our task in BSLM is to support you by providing up-to-date educational resources and information about the science and evidence that demonstrates how lifestyle medicine can make a difference to health and wellbeing.

My thanks to our Executive Director, Fraser Quin, and the team for all their hard work, developing resources, supporting you at events and most of all making our conference the success that it has been. It was a pleasure to meet so many of you in Brighton in September and I forward to welcoming you to the University of Warwick next year.

My very best wishes to you and your families for the holiday season and I wish you a healthy and peaceful 2026.

– Dr Frances Elliot