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FEATURE SERVICE DEVELOPMENT The culture in the ward focuses more on activity and there is an increased awareness that patients should take personal ownership of their activity in order to improve their strength and balance. Patients recognise the relationship between sedentary behaviour and their wellbeing, and sitting time has reduced as stepping and other physical activity has increased. recognise the relationship between sedentary behaviour and their wellbeing, and sitting time has reduced as stepping and other physical ‘‘Patients activity has increased. The activity passport is a medium that patients report enjoying using; it encourages them do more, exercise regularly and they can see that they have progressed. The improvement journey still continues and the passport is also used to record nursing activity with that patient, assisting the development of a truly person-centred plan of care. It is essential to continue to ensure the message of the passport focuses on encouraging the reduction in sedentary behaviour. The advantages of this project are being shared beyond NHS Lanarkshire and abroad. In addition to benefits to the patients being cared for in Kello Hospital, professionally the programme has enabled occupational therapists to reconnect with the fundamental principles of occupational therapy practice and continues to motivate practitioners to seek other areas for improvement and research. The #ThinkActivity Team won ‘Top Team’ at the Scottish Health Awards 2018. References British Geriatrics Society (2018) 10 days in a hospital bed leads to 10 years’ worth of lost muscle mass in people over age 80. [Online]. Available at: www.bgs.org/blog/. [accessed 8 January 2019]. Care Opinion. (2018) #ThinkActivity – Using activity passports to support people to improve their health and wellbeing. [Online]. Available at: www.careopinion. org.uk/blogposts/753/thinkactivity---using-activitypassports-to-support-people-to-improve-their-healthand-wellbeing. [accessed 30 October 2018]. Chief Medical Officer (2011) Start active, say active: report on physical activity in the UK. Available at: www.gov.uk. publications. [accessed 8 January 2019] Chief Medical Officer (2019) Chief medical officer’s Physical Activity Guidelines. Available at: www.gov.uk.publications. [accessed 18 September 2019] Clarke C, Stack C and Martin M (2018) Lack of meaningful activity on acute physical hospital wards: older people’s experience. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. 81(1): 15-23 Dolan B (2017) Helping patients to get up and get moving. NHS Improvement. [Online] Available at: NHS Improvement>Resources>Helping patients to get up dressed and get moving. [accessed 8 January 2019] Harvey J, Chastin SFM and Skelton DA (2018). What happened to my legs when I broke my arm? AIMS Medical Science. 5 (3): 252-258 Knowledge Network (2017) Lifecurve Survey 2017. [Online]. Available at: http://knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/ahp community/lifecurve-survey-2017.aspx. [accessed 8 January 2019] World Health Organisation (2010) World Health Organisation global recommendations on physical activity for health. [Online]. Available at: www.ncbi.nlm. nih.gov/books/NBK305057/pdf [accessed 1 March 2019] Fiona Black, occupational therapist, NHS Lanarkshire, and Margot Russell, Director of NMAHP Practice Development, NHS Lanarkshire. Email: [email protected] 44 OTnews August 2020 © GettyImages/imtmphoto