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Woolwich Common trees at heart of cycle lane dispute

“Not real environmental protection”: Major new cycle lane halted after plan to cut down 50 trees and replace them nearby labelled “greenwashing”

Cycling campaigners have joined the 500 objections to the scheme, arguing there are better alternatives, while the proposal to replace the felled trees nearby has been heavily criticised

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CHAIN participants taking part in static cycling programme

Static cycling programme could save NHS money and slash physiotherapy waiting lists, study suggests

"For the time it takes to treat one patient using standard physiotherapy, we can treat multiple patients in a group session and provide them with better outcomes."

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Cycling with dog – copyright Simon MacMichael

NHS trial to prescribe cycling to patients to improve physical and mental health receives increased funding

Eleven local authorities have been selected for the £13.9 million government trial which will enable health workers to prescribe walking and cycling to patients

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Chiswick High Road 02 copyright Simon MacMichael

GPs to prescribe cycling to “ease the burden” on NHS

£12.7 million funding will go towards adult cycling training, free bike loans, as well as walking and cycling mental health groups

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Lias Line (picture credit Mark Radford Photography)

For Net Zero, cost of living and the NHS: leaders must double down on Government active travel promises

Sustrans chief executive Xavier Brice urges next Prime Minister to commit to funding walking and cycling

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NHS doctors call for more active travel measures to help ‘society’s most deprived’

"Many of our patients do not have the financial means, health status, or abilities to access private car transport"...

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Credit: Northumbria NHS

Double amputee doctor says if she can cycle to work anyone can

Dr Jane Atkinson urged people to ditch their cars and jump on their bikes in the morning

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Stolen bike – Sara Evans 2

NHS nurse ‘lost her faith in humanity’ after bike theft

"I just think I'm lost without it - I know it's only a bike"

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Royal Infirmary Edinburgh

Doctors have objects thrown at them as they cycle to work

One junior doctor narrowly avoided being hit by a 'tree branch'

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Pedal and Post e-cargo bike delivery

E-cargo bikes halve delivery times of chemotherapy medicines to Oxford NHS sites

Delivery times no longer suffer as a result of traffic or roadworks, says Trust

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