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  • ER-WCPT: Speakers urge physios to use social media wisely

    Social media provides an opportunity to debate, influence and share good practice – but physiotherapists need to be wary of crossing professional boundaries.

    News — 17 November 2016 - 11:00am
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    Unnur ER-WCPT 2016
  • UK physio to set up professional association in Sierra Leone

    A London physiotherapist has spent the past six months practising in Freetown, Sierra Leone, as the country recovers from the devastating effects of the Ebola outbreak.

    News — 17 November 2016 - 10:57am
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    Charmi Lathia Sierra Leone physio
  • ER-WCPT: Physios should give patients a voice and listen to their stories

    Physiotherapists should be listening to patients’ stories and working with them to improve research, education and clinical practice.

    News — 17 November 2016 - 10:55am
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    Jonathan Harvey ER-WCPT 2016
  • World COPD day gets staff and patients active

    Respiratory physios at Humber NHS Trust are marking World COPD Day on 16 November with a double-pronged approach.

    News — 15 November 2016 - 4:35pm
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    COPD day marked in East Riding and Humber
  • Proactive physio student promotes the profession to secondary pupils

    A physiotherapy student has begun to visit schools to tell pupils of the attractions of physiotherapy as a career.

    News — 15 November 2016 - 3:16pm
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  • Majority of trauma patients fail to get specialist rehab

    Only five per cent of NHS trauma patients in England receives specialist rehabilitation, research has found.

    News — 11 November 2016 - 4:54pm
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  • ER-WCPT: Canadian Physiotherapy Association chief says the profession must demonstrate its value to decision makers

    Physiotherapists need to understand and leverage the politics of decision making, according to Michael Brennan, chief executive officer at the Canadian Physiotherapy Association.

    News — 11 November 2016 - 11:53am
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    ER WPTC founders Michael Brennan
  • Lymphoedema network wins award for raising awareness in Northern Ireland

    A physiotherapy-led network in Northern Ireland has won a national award for raising awareness of lymphoedema among healthcare professionals.

    News — 9 November 2016 - 4:07pm
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    Lymphoedema network NI award win
  • Physio wins best business women award

    Physiotherapist Nikki Robinson had a double celebration this autumn, after running her practice for 10 years and winning a Best Business Women 2016 award.

    News — 9 November 2016 - 3:26pm
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  • Physio trials remote monitoring tool that could improve patient compliance

    A doctor has teamed up with a physiotherapist to develop a free app that allows physios to remotely monitor the progress of musculoskeletal patients.

    News — 8 November 2016 - 4:46pm
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