Free gym membership on perscription?

[DONNA1458]

If you are diabetic can you get council gym membership on perscription. TIA

[sqad617]

Donna....why should you?

[Rollo]

I doubt those nice people at NICE would approve that.

[craft1948]

don't know donna - you can if you're fat....

[another-view]

lol sure!

My doc says I need a holiday, doesn't mean he's going to treat me to a cruise!

[bednobs]

It depends on the area you live in and if you need to lose weight. In my area we have an "exercise referral scheme" which means effectively the doctor can "prescribe" a course of exercise. You have a session with a personal trainer who works out whats best for you, then you can go for a defined amount of times for �1.50 each session

[sqad617]

bednobs ..that is fantastic, but shouldn't DONNA have done that BEFORE becoming diabetic.

So now, why should the tax payer pay?

[bednobs]

as you well know squad, not all types of diabetes are the persons "fault" or owing to their lifestyle, as you seem to be implying.
If you are working in the NHS you probably also know that there is a big prevention agenda at the moment. Perhaps the tax payer paying for someone to lose weight prevents the bigger cost of, for example, stroke rehab, later in life?

[sqad617]

bednobs, you are right and I stand corrected.

[DONNA1458]

well people i'm not scrounging i have type 1 diabetes which isn't a lifestyle inflicted disease as many people think i have been in hospital for many weeks and have have been recovering at home for 4 months i have gone from a healthy 10st 1/2 lb to 6st 8lbs I have always worked my position at work is still open but they are only paying me sick pay so if i could manage to build myself up fingers crossed i can get back to work asap and would not need a perscription then to go to the gym i would be signed back to work and pay.

[scoobydooby]

I know someone who, a few years ago, was given a number of sunbed sessions on prescription - because he had severe excema (bet that's spelt wrong).

[carlton23]

Eczema, scoobydooby, Prescription, DONNA1458