Physio 15: Cost of falls evidence is really on the money, says NHS England
Finding ways to attract the interest of influential non-health professionals was something physios, whether or not they worked in the NHS, had to do, said Suzanne Rastrick, the officer who represents physiotherapy and 11 other AHPs at NHS England.
Physio 15: Politics is not a ‘dirty word’, delegates told
Proud NHS employees were feted as ‘heroes’ at the high-profile ceremony that opened the 2012 Olympics but went to ‘zero’ when the Francis report on mid Staffordshire came out 194 days later.
Physio 15: Physio staff can ‘transform healthcare’ says Baroness Finlay
More physiotherapists should be trained and there are all kinds of healthcare they should be running, CSP president Professor Ilora Finlay told delegates on the opening day of the conference.
Physio 15: Delegates hold hands and express their love on opening day
More than 900 CSP delegates held hands and professed love to the person sitting next them in an unusual session that helped get Physiotherapy UK 2015 off to a laughter-filled start in Liverpool.
Physiotherapy staff in Northern Ireland are being urged by their health and social care board to take part in the first staff survey to canvass the views of the whole workforce.
NICE encourages physios to apply to fellowship and scholarship programme
Physios are being invited to put themselves forward as candidates for the annual National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) fellows and scholars programme.
ACPSEM conference: Simple solutions to establish good movement skills spelt out
It is vital to establish a solid movement foundation in children, internationally renowned movement coach and physiotherapist Joanne Elphinston told the conference.
Groundbreaking explorer Richard Parks told the conference that physios and other clinicians must encourage some autonomy in managing conditions among their patients.
