Exercise referral from GP

[Hazel]

Anyone know anything about this? When I saw the HV I was telling her my back and my knees hurt and I'm sure if I lost weight it would help but can't afford the gym since DH got made redundant . I told her I was a regular gym user before pregnancy and would love to go back to it but can't afford it so she suggested asking the GP . I've now filled out the form and got to ring them but before I do I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this?

 

[suzie1011]

i heard about it in the news. they are planning to soon offer this to all women who's BMI is over 25. i really want to use this as i just cant afford the gym but would love to (and need to) go.

 

[kazzie-bo]

my hv is looking into prescribed excersise for me too, will let you know if anything comes about!

 

[Hazel]

I got the form and rang the number on it and they were very nice and asked which gym I would like to go to. So I chose which one I wanted and they said they would send the forms and I would hear back in a few weeks from the gym. Didn't want to wait so rang them direct to ask about prices and it as it's a referral I can;t pay monthly so worked out a £32 per month if I went 3 times a week which is still too expensive for me but when I asked what there normal price is they do a direct debit of £20 per month off peak so I said I would have that instad of going through the referal . Going for induction on Friday .

The price with the NHS includes a personal trainer which you book specific time each week but not really convenient as I don't know when I can get a babysitter and will have to work around DH shift work. I always used to go 3 times a week prepregnancy so will stick to it.