King's College study to explore General Practitioners’ experiences
We are running a study to explore General Practitioners’ experiences of providing lifestyle advice to patients with depression in Primary Care at King’s College London. We would like to know more about your common practices, experiences, barriers, confidence, and opinions on providing lifestyle advice to patients with depression. Lifestyle advice broadly includes diet, physical activity, weight management, smoking cessation and sleep hygiene. We are looking for GPs who are fully qualified, and work within an NHS practice. They will be asked to participate in a virtual focus group (lasting approximately 1 hour) of 5-7 GPs.
Please share if you know any GPs who may be interested in taking part.
If you would like more information or would like to take part, please contact Dr Emma Astaire (emma.astaire@kcl.ac.uk) and/or Laura Jennings (laura.jennings@kcl.ac.uk).
For your time you will receive a multipurpose £30 voucher.

Physical Activity Clinical Champions NHS Job Positions

Group Consultations Training Programme (Funded)
If you’re working within the Trafford PCN (North Trafford, Trafford West, Altrincham Health Alliance, Sale & South Trafford, you could get involved. BSLM Partner, Group Consultations Ltd are running a GC training programme within the Trafford CNG in June and we’d love our members to get involved. More info to follow but interested parties should reach out to info@groupconsultations.com (reference Trafford CCG Group Consultations)

BSLM Representative with Swim England
We are currently recruiting for a BSLM Swim England representative. Applicants would be responsible for involvement in sub groups and attendance at quarterly swimming & health commission meetings. Recommendations or outputs from the group will be fed into Swim Group or taken to operators/local authorities as required.
For more information and to apply, contact us through office@bslm.org.uk

MAN v FAT Challenge
The MAN v FAT Challenge is a flexible, supporting male weight loss programme, where you can participate at a time and at a place that suits you!
BSLM Members are eligible for one free 14 week season of MAN v FAT Challenge for them or as a referral for a patient.

Nutrition Education Policy for Healthcare Practice
The NNEdPro Global Centre’s key project under the nutrition education domain is the Nutrition Education Policy for Healthcare Practice (NEPHELP). The NEPHELP initiative aims to improve nutrition education to help healthcare professionals recognise and treat nutrition related problems. Our aim is to empower doctors with greater nutrition training, to become champions of nutrition in their local team.
If you are a GP or an Independent Primary Care Practitioner in the UK, please fill in this short form to request free access to the Nutrition Education Policy in Healthcare Practice (NEPHELP) Virtual Learning Environment

Lifestyle Medicine MCQ Book
This can be redeemed at checkout on Wiley.com, when ordering the book:

The International Academy of Nutrition Educators
As a member of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine, you are entitled to 50% discount on your membership fee. Please add the code B2Y0C5Z2 during your application to avail.

Royal Society of Medicine
British Society of Lifestyle Medicine members wanting to join the RSM can now get a 20% discount on their first year of membership – while RSM members who want to join BSLM can enjoy the same reduced rate. The offer is valid until March 31st 2022 and applies to the first year of membership.

MedShr BSLM Case Discussion Group
You can join the group and start posting cases, guidelines and journal articles in lifestyle medicine, for discussion and comments from other BSLM members.

Stress Management and Resiliency Training (S.M.A.R.T.)
To register please send an email to drmiriammaisel@hotmail.com, with your street address so that the manual can be posted to you. Continue to this page for further details.
