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皇冠体育app country鈥檚 first ever National Sports and Exercise Medicine Centre of Excellence will be developed after 拢30 million funding was announced today by the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley.

皇冠体育app centre will be truly national - promoting sport and exercise medicine - made up of three network partners around the country.听 皇冠体育app Health Secretary made the announcement today while visitingLoughboroughUniversity, one of the network partners.

皇冠体育app centre will help more people to be more active, treat injuries caused by exercise and conditions associated with lack of exercise.听 This will mean people who are injured return to physical health and work quickly.听 It will also help people use the benefits of physical activity to cope with existing medical conditions, such as diabetes.

皇冠体育app establishment of the centre will also fulfil one of the government鈥檚 key 2012 games bid commitments and will be a lasting legacy of the games.

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said:

鈥淗osting the Olympics is a once in a life-time opportunity for Britain and it provides a great opportunity for the NHS too.

鈥淚 am pleased to commit 拢30 million funding for the first ever National Sport and Exercise Medicine Centre of Excellence forEngland.听 This will not only help get more people active but it will keep them active too.

鈥淏eing fit and active offers huge health benefit.听 It is crucial we encourage as many people as possible to be more active more often.听 We also need to help people recover from injuries quickly so they can stay active.听

鈥溁使谔逵齛pp centre will share research findings and best practice with the entire NHS so that the whole country benefits.听 This will ensure we achieve a real Olympic legacy in the health service.鈥�

Professor Myra Nimmo, Dean of the **School** of **Sport**, Exercise and Health Sciences:

鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted by today鈥檚 announcement, which underlines the very important role that Loughborough and our partners in theEast Midlands鈥� Centre play in the development of sport and exercise medicine in theUK.

鈥溁使谔逵齛pp co-location in the new centre of university researchers, clinicians and service delivery provides a new model in healthcare provision, allowing researchers to work in close contact with the people who ultimately benefit from their work. This new way of working will crucially enable us to speed up the translation of pioneering academic research into clinical practice.鈥�

**Sir Robert Naylor, chief executive of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH), said: **

鈥淯niversityCollegeHospitalhas already been designated as one of the 鈥極lympic hospitals鈥� for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and we are keen to play our part in what promises to be an extraordinary year.

鈥淲e have assembled a team of experts in sports and exercise health which will form the backbone of a lasting Olympic legacy for professional and amateur sportsmen and women inLondonand beyond.鈥�

Sir Andrew Cash, Chief Executive, **Sheffield**Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said:

鈥淚t is fantastic news thatSheffieldwill be one of three hubs forming the National Sports and Exercise Medicine Centre of Excellence.

皇冠体育app focus of theSheffieldarm of the three Olympic Legacy centres of excellence is centred on the promotion of physical activity and improvement of the health and productivity of the people ofSheffield. 皇冠体育app City is well placed to ensure this project is successful.Sheffieldhas world class sport and medical facilities complemented by world class research and educational programmes in the Cities two Universities. In additionSheffieldhas award winning public health and voluntary sector programmes aimed at engaging 鈥渁t risk鈥� groups and communities and reducing health in-equalities.

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1. For further media enquiries please call the Department of Health Newsdesk on 020 7210 5221
2. 皇冠体育app network partners in London are University College London and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
3. 皇冠体育app network partners in Sheffield are Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Sheffield University and Sheffield Hallam University
4. 皇冠体育app network partners in the East Midlands are Loughborough University, the University of Nottingham, the University of Leicester, Nottingham University NHS Trust, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust.