Ayr, who prescribes patients with weekly exercise, has dedicated her career to preventative care and physical activity.Dr Lunan is now taking a new role as chair of Movement for Health, a coalition group of Scotland’s leading health charities with the mission of supporting patients with long term health conditions to become more physically active.Her appointment follows a study which has found more than one million people in Scotland are living with health conditions such as arthritis and heart disease, yet 46 per cent of these people are inactive — a figure double that of the general population.The group, led by walking charity Paths for All, champions the role of physical activity in preventing diseases.Dr Lunan takes on the role of chair.
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