The Healthwise Cancer Rehabilitation Programme is a 12-week guided programme that is available at all five leisure centres across Barnet. Patients will receive assessments with the Healthwise team and support will be provided during this period at their chosen leisure centre.

Healthwise utilises motivational interviewing, a behaviour change technique, to support individuals with making sustainable changes to lifestyle behaviours and increase physical activity levels. To monitor patients, physical measurements are taken in each assessment and signposting to structured activity or one-to-one sessions by Healthwise and/or to suitable activities that the leisure centres also offers.

All patients referred to Healthwise by a GP or healthcare professional for this programme will require a membership (£28.50 per month or £5.50 pay or play) to participate in the programme. The service is responsible for reporting and evaluating the programme. Data from this programme is anonymised and shared with the local authority to report on Health outcomes to help understand its effectiveness. 

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

• Barnet resident or registered with a Barnet GP
• aged 18+
• cancer diagnosis within the past five years.

Exclusions

• referrals with an unstable and/or limiting physical or mental condition will be referred back to their GP to access specialist support
• blood pressure over 180/100 and/or resting heart rate over 100bpm (these patients should be treated to stabilise their condition before being referred to a lifestyle service that includes physical activity)
• if the patient has diabetes, they should complete local diabetes education sessions prior to being referred
• patients on insulin or oral diabetes medications capable of inducing hypoglycaemia should be aware that changes in lifestyle may cause hypoglycaemia and should seek advice from their diabetes team 
• if diabetic, HbA1C over 10% or 86mmol/mol (these patients should be treated to stabilise their diabetic control before being referred to a lifestyle service)
• for patients with COPD, MRC breathlessness score greater than two (scores of three or above require a specialist programme).

How to Refer

Locations

Burnt Oak Leisure Centre

Barnet Copthall Leisure Centre

Finchley Lido Leisure Centre

Hendon Leisure Centre

New Barnet Leisure Centre