Physios gain funding for Northern Ireland cancer rehab pilot
Two physiotherapists in Northern Ireland have secured funding for a pilot service aimed at improving access to musculoskeletal (MSK) rehab for cancer patients.
Special Olympics seeks volunteer physios for Sheffield games
Physios are being asked to improve the health of people with a learning disability and help to ensure a major sporting games goes smoothly at the same time.
Consultant physio is ITV breakfast show ‘health star’
NHS consultant physiotherapist Rachael Moses was chosen from thousands of entries as one of two finalists in ITV’s Good Morning Britain Hospital Health Star Awards.
NHS England shifts policy on ‘computerised’ prosthetic knees
Specialist physios are deciding how best to record outcomes for microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knees (MPKs), after these became more widely accessible to NHS patients last year.
A team of physios married the workout at work concept to an international day designed to encourage exercise as they persuaded their colleagues to move more.
CSP reps call for better mental health services at TUC Black Workers Conference
Delegates at this year’s TUC Black Workers Conference unanimously backed a CSP motion calling for better mental health services for black and minority ethnic (BME) communities.