Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine Case Studies
Using skills from PLM and Health coaching, Dr Madhvi Joshi has set up lifestyle coaching sessions for patients across the local PCN, focussing on healthy weight management. The project resulted in a framework for collaborative partnerships in the integrated neighbourhood team, plus co-production of a personalised lifestyle care plan tailored to an individual’s needs. She looks forward to sharing some of the positive patient outcomes seen with reduction of BMI, cholesterol, HbA1c and QRISK.
Dr Madhvi Joshi
With of over 25 years of NHS experience, Dr Madhvi Joshi is a busy GP partner in NW London; an undergraduate GP tutor for Imperial, and now, a GP with extended role in Lifestyle Medicine. A holistic approach to health sparked her special interest in obesity and weight management.
She has completed the certificate of Lifestyle Medicine via PLM and also qualified as a PCI certified EMCC Health Coach.
In 2024, being awarded a NW London ICB fellowship, she developed an integrated neighbourhood model for obesity management to address health inequalities. Currently, she is continuing her fellowship with a focus on the cardio-renal-metabolic syndrome project with colleagues in NW London.
The ultimate goal is to embed the principles of lifestyle medicine, personalised care and health coaching into the daily conversations about people’s health across all settings.
She feels energised from spending time outdoors, reading books, doing jigsaw puzzles and from support of family, friends, and fellow Parkrunners.
Current work
Using skills from PLM and Health coaching, Dr Madhvi Joshi has set up lifestyle coaching sessions for patients across the local PCN, focussing on healthy weight management. The project resulted in a framework for collaborative partnerships in the integrated neighbourhood team, plus co-production of a personalised lifestyle care plan tailored to an individual’s needs. She looks forward to sharing some of the positive patient outcomes seen with reduction of BMI, cholesterol, HbA1c and QRISK.
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