UK Joint Working Projects

The ’10 out of 10’ Pilot Exercise Programme

The ‘10 out of 10’ pilot programme is a joint working project developed in partnership with UCB Pharma Ltd, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust and Solent Healthcare. The ten week pilot project is a support programme for patients with rheumatoid arthritis and is supervised by a Rheumatology Specialist Physiotherapist and the Health Improvement and Development Service (HIDS) from Portsmouth City Council.

The pilot project aims to ensure that participating rheumatoid arthritis patients commit to ongoing exercise. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis will be introduced to ten different community-based exercise, fitness or activity programmes and will be directed towards HIDS community exercise/activity provisions. Through this programme participants will be encouraged to take up fitness activities outside of a hospital setting and enjoy the benefits that exercise can bring them.