Church Walk Surgery
Drury Street, Metheringham, Lincoln, LN4 3EZ
Telephone: 01526 320522
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Closed for staff training – Thursday 17th October 2025 13.00 – 18.30 Flu Vaccination Clinics 2024 CLOSED FOR TRAINING Wednesday 18th September 12.30pm – 6.30pm BMA GP Collective Action Metheringham Gym Vouchers Easter Raffle 2024 Patient Triage System Access To Your Full Medical Record New Total Triage Service starting 6th November 2023 Church Walk Surgery Honoured at the Lincolnshire General Practice Nursing and HCA Awards!
Active Practice
What is an Active Practice?
An Active Practice is a GP surgery that promotes the active lifestyle of its patients and staff. Not only this, but it tries to find ways to help allow this to occur. For example, partnering with local activity centres and ensuring that there is a wide range of local, community active groups that can easily be advertised and participated in.
What do we hope to achieve with this status?
Our goal, since recently being awarded the status of an Active Practice, is to help all those in our community by ensuring that there is something available for everyone. Here at Church Walk Surgery, we acknowledge the importance of physical activity to both mental health and physical health which is why we are working hard to endorse such an amazing initiative as this. Of course, we can’t do this all alone and so are working with organisations such as We Are Undefeatable and Let’s Move Lincolnshire to achieve our goal.
How to Get Active?
Getting active is about you, whether that’s improving your physical or mental health, or simply for the enjoyment you will get out of it. But regardless your reasons for engaging with getting active, its important to listen to your body. That means that some days you may be able to do more than others. Or sometimes it might simply mean taking a rest day. Despite this, it is important to remember that your life doesn’t simply end with a diagnosis, it still goes on even if differently.
Do you or someone you know struggle with a long-term condition (be it physical or mental health related)? If you do, then WeAreUndefeatable may be the place for you. This is an organisation designed to help those with long-term conditions get active in whatever way suits them best. This could be dancing in advert breaks with Zahoor or stretching at home and with friends like Heraldo. Or it could be more adventurous like running with Kristina or swimming with Darlaine.
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Christine’s story“I think it is really important to get out and socialise with people. It makes it a little easier to get active because you’re not thinking about what you’re doing.” Sometimes life can throw challenges your way, and for Christine she’s had to navigate multiple conditions and obstacles related to her health. Throughout her career as a teacher, Christine had always led a busy life, so her Parkinson’s diagnosis came as a shock and took a big toll on her mental wellbeing. But her wonderful husband and two kids gave her the determination to keep going and make them proud. Christine felt she wanted to keep her body moving in whichever ways she could to help her feel like herself again and enable her to manage her condition the best she can. Living with Parkinson’s can have a lot of uncertainty and mental strain as well as the physical symptoms but, through the highs and lows, her loving family and friends are there to support her all the way. And when she feels that she isn’t coping so well, she knows that they are only a phone call away.
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Jo’s story The ups and downs of depression and anxiety can sometimes really stop Jo in her tracks. For Jo, moving more isn’t as simple as just going to the gym. But finding other motivations for getting up and going, whether it’s playing with the grandkids or running after her dog Elsie, has given her a new lease on life and a meaningful reason to be active. Whether it’s a just quick walk or an hour at the park, she always finds herself lifted from where she was before. |
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Mark’s story“I play wheelchair rugby badly, but it doesn’t stop me loving it.” Mark’s Multiple sclerosis (MS) has been progressing for several years, now to the point where he is in a wheelchair for the majority of the time. But his unwavering spirit continues to shine through, whether he’s having a laugh with his kids and wife or is raising awareness of MS with the aid of his colourful hair and brightly coloured outfits. Due to his condition advancing, Mark’s had to find new ways to do the things he loves with his family, like finding wheelchair friendly routes for their regular walks in the woods.
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For more governmental information and guidelines around living an active lifestyle follow this link
