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Putting in a SHIFT
Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC),
Loughborough University and
UK logistics company, Wincanton
have announced that their health
promotion programme, the
'Structured Health Intervention
for Truckers' (SHIFT), has been
shortlisted for Most Impactful
Partnership in Preventative
Healthcare at the 2025 HSJ
Partnership Awards.
The SHIFT programme aims to
significantly improve the health
and wellbeing of truck drivers by
addressing the unique challenges
they face, such as long hours of
sitting, limited physical activity, and
poor dietary options. It introduces an
innovative, evidence-based approach
to tackle obesity, cardiovascular
risks, and other health conditions
associated with a sedentary lifestyle.
The programme aspires to set a
new industry standard for health
interventions, reducing health
inequalities and improving life
expectancy for drivers in a sector
where health concerns are often
neglected.
SHIFT was developed and
evaluated by a team of researchers
at LDC and Loughborough
University. The researchers have
recently worked in partnership
with Wincanton to implement the
programme in the real world.
Wincanton has integrated the
SHIFT programme into its driver
training as part of their compulsory
Certificate of Professional
Competency (CPC) module, making
it the first evidence-based health
promotion programme integrated
into a professional competency
framework for its more than 8,000
drivers.
SHIFT has been shortlisted
for Most Impactful Partnership
in Preventative Healthcare at the
2025 HSJ Partnership Awards. The
HSJ Partnership Awards recognise
outstanding dedication to improving
healthcare and effective collaboration
with the NHS. Now in their eighth
year, the HSJ Partnership Awards
have become the most well-known
and respected mark of the strongest
relationships between suppliers and
the NHS. The full list of nominees for
the 2025 HSJ Partnership Awards can
be found at partnership.hsj.co.uk/
finalists-2025