Health and Physical Activity

New facilities at Concord Sports Centre, Sheffield

The National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (NCSEM) brings together clinical services, sport and exercise specialists and health professionals to make it easier for physical activity to become part of the treatment for a range of chronic health conditions.

FMG worked on the development of the centre and the management model. After FMG's work, the new facilities sit alongside the existing sports centre and the project has seen an unused changing block transformed into a centre that promotes physical activity as a treatment in the NHS.

That new block houses seven clinical consulting rooms, education and training facilities, and a connection to the existing sports centre, to encourage the use of physical activity in treatment.

Vital to the scheme is the co-location of sport and exercise medicine specialists, health practitioners, researchers, clinicians and patients in an innovative hub.

The Centre is now treating in excess of 380 people with chronic health conditions per month, with referrals from all over the UK. Employing 28 full-time clinicians, they are also training sports health professionals.

The Centre is now treating in excess of 380 people with chronic health conditions per month, with referrals from all over the UK. Employing 28 full-time clinicians, we also are training sports health professionals.

• The Centre is now treating in excess of 380 people with chronic health conditions per month, with referrals from all over the UK. Employing 28 full-time clinicians, we also are training sports health professionals.