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Cutting edge: the Institute of Sport and Exercise Health
Graham Clews meets Terassa Taylor-Kaveney, a physio holding a key position at the Institute of Sport and Exercise Health in London.
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Physiotherapy Works menu of topics for regional events - 2015/16
Following the successful Physiotherapy Works locally events we are offering a menu of events for Regional Networks to run as they wish. They are:
Using population data to make the case e.g. the falls modelWorkforce issues and the new Workfoce Data ModelPrimary care - increasing physiotherapy rolesChronic obstructive pulmonary disease models. -
Engaging with NICE: a how-to guide
This guide outlines the ways physiotherapy staff can engage with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Due to the nature of registering as stakeholders with NICE, it is primarily relevant to the Professional Networks (PNs).
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Greens, blues and high-heeled shoes: memories of training in the 1940s
Just before her death last year, Brenda Tillotson sent us this reminiscence of physio training in the 1940s.
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Brave young hearts: paediatric heart transplants at the Freeman Hospital
Physiotherapy plays a vital part in one of the UK’s leading paediatric heart transplant units, as Robert Millett discovered.
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Different strokes: seven-day services and stroke care
Mark McGlinchey looks at what offering stroke services at weekends might mean in practice.
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Your comments: 15 July 2015
This week's lead letter pays tribute to Stephanie Turner and Esther Hartsilver.
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Home sweet home: community rehabilitation
An east London trust’s revolutionary home rehabilitation service is a winner with patients.
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Getting it right: working in wheelchair services
Working in wheelchair services might not sound glamorous but it is a rewarding and vital speciality, says Claire Offord.
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A big ask: probing recreational drug use
Should physiotherapists routinely ask patients about recreational drug use? Robert Millett meets some who already do.