We are proud of the work we do at Healthy Options, and pleased to be able to share it with you.
If you have any comments or questions about our past or current work, please feel free to reach out to us at info@lornhealthyoption.co.uk
Publications:
Forging Healthy Communities, C. Leese et al.; BMC Public Health (2025)
Article in a public health journal noting that 84.7% of Healthy Options clients reach their goals, and concluding that “the findings support the effectiveness of multicomponent community-based exercise, nutrition, education and peer support interventions in improving health outcomes and reducing healthcare utilisation.”
The Strategy Unit: Healthy Options Case Studies (2023)
Case studies of Healthy Options’ clients, collected and compiled by The Strategy Unit, a specialist NHS team that produces high-quality, multi-disciplinary analytical work
Healthy Options Impact Report (2022)
Impact report from 2022, the year Healthy Options launched the Adapt and Thrive programmes
Healthy Options: Investment, Not Cost (2020)
Study showing that Healthy Options has a highly effective service delivery model and can demonstrate statistically significant reduction in front line service utilisation as well as robust evidence of substantial realised and projected cost avoidance.
Creating Community Health: Healthy Options - an exemplar in community health (2020)
Action Research found Healthy Options to be an exemplar organisation; this paper examines the six key elements that support this high quality of work.
Healthy Options Pilot Project (2012-2013)
Description of the original pilot project that launched Healthy Options