NICE standard on obesity highlights multidisciplinary weight management programmes
A new quality standard on preventing and tackling obesity in adults focuses on integrated weight management programmes, which could be delivered by physiotherapists.
New TB guideline highlights need for education but overlooks role of physios
Physiotherapy is virtually ignored in the latest guidelines on managing tuberculosis (TB) in England, said Helen Ricketts, principal respiratory physiotherapist at St George’s Hospital, London.
Wheelchair mission brings new lease of life to Kenyans with severe disabilities
A visually impaired physio is helping a charity to distribute second hand wheelchairs to severely disabled people living in remote communities in Kenya.
Physiotherapy staff at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, teamed up with other allied health professions (AHPs) to host an event aimed at raising awareness about their professions.
Northern Ireland physiotherapy staff angry and upset over health minister’s pay award
Responding to the decision by the Minister for Health, Simon Hamilton MLA, to impose a one per cent cent across the board pay uplift for all Agenda for Change (AfC) health and social care staff, Claire Ronald, CSP senior negotiating officer for CSP Northern Ireland said:
Critical care physio wins British Journal of Surgery award
Critical care physiotherapist Jess Whibley beat surgeons to the prestigious British Journal of Surgery oral presentation prize at a national surgery conference at the end of last year.
