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19 November 2008 issue
Cover story
- Top physios break through the glass ceiling
In what is no small achievement, two physiotherapists have been ranked among the top 100 health researchers in the country.
Author: Louise Hunt
Features
- Supersize me?
Are polyclinics the next big thing? Matthew Limb assesses the situation
Author: Matthew Limb - Life on wheels
Daloni Carlisle looks at the dynamic history of the wheelchair
Author: Daloni Carlisle
News
- CSP meets Scottish health minister
The CSP reports a ‘useful and constructive’ meeting with Scotland’s cabinet secretary for health and wellbeing. - NHS puts safety reps under greatest strain
Two thirds of safety reps reporting concerns over stress and overwork are based in the health service, according to a TUC survey.
Author: Louise Hunt - Pros and cons from assistants’ pilot
A model for employer-led regulation of healthcare support workers has produced mixed messages, according to initial feedback from a pilot in Scotland.
Author: Louise Hunt - Weight-watching club proves a winner
A physiotherapy-led scheme to help people with learning disabilities live more healthily has won first prize at the National Obesity Forum’s Primary Care Awards for Excellence in Weight Management.
Author: Louise Hunt - Way forward on new technology
The CSP has launched an information management and technology strategy, setting out its vision and direction for the next three years.
Author: Sandra Hempel - Landmark funding for physio phone study
The Medical Research Council is funding what is thought to be one of the UK’s biggest physiotherapy research trials.
Author: Matthew Limb - Document aims to demystify national guidelines
The MS Society has updated its guidance for physiotherapists to help them to implement the national guidelines on multiple sclerosis and long-term conditions.
Author: Louise Hunt - Don’t reopen pay talks, NHS bosses tell PRB
The CSP has pledged to fight NHS Employers over its recommendation that the government stick to the below-inflation, three-year pay deal for NHS staff, despite mounting financial pressures.
Author: Louise Hunt - Physio comes under supervision
A physiotherapist whose conduct and professional relationships fell below standard has been ordered to improve and to practise under supervision for two years.
Author: Matthew Limb - PM talks to unions about the economy
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber has described the TUC executive’s recent meeting with the prime minister about the economy as ‘very positive’.
Author: Sandra Hemple
Special
- Injection therapy effective pain relief in physios’ hands - Congress article 6
More than a decade of experience of injection therapy showed it was a safe, cost-effective intervention for pain relief, especially for musculoskeletal conditions, said injection therapy pioneer and member of the CSP prescribing steering group, Stephanie Saunders.
Author: Catherine Hill - Heart ‘is key link between brain and body’ - Congress article 2
The heart has a crucial role in mediating between brain and body, according to psychotherapist Ruth Sewell, a lecturer in integrated cancer care and visiting academic at Peninsula Medical School.
Author: Catherine Hill - Group CBA improves back pain - Congress article 4
Tackling psychological and social factors, as well as the physical, behind low back pain in a group setting is clinically and cost effective, a large UK study has shown.
Author: Dolly Chadda - CONGRESS 2008 - introduction
Around 1,300 delegates and visitors descended on Manchester’s Central Convention Centre for the 2008 CSP Congress, which took place on 17 and 18 October. - Orthopaedics ‘could do better’ on 18-week target - Congress article 3
Orthopaedics scores worse than average in terms of numbers of patients being treated within this year’s 18-week treatment target in every strategic health authority area in the country, consultant physiotherapist Susie Durrell told the conference.
Author: Graham Clews - Electronic records on the menu - Congress article 1
Electronic patient records are a valuable communication tool between different health professionals, but too often the technology doesn’t meet physiotherapists’ needs. - Boosting physical activity ‘not so easy’ - Congress article 5
Increasing physical activity is a big new challenge for physiotherapists, Thierry Troosters, associate professor at Leuven University, Belgium, and chair of the European Respiratory Society’s working group on physiotherapy, told delegates.
Author: Catherine Hill - Physio service halves hospital sick leave - Congress article 7
An in-house self-referral physiotherapy service for hospital staff has halved sickness absence since it was introduced in 2001, Natalie Beswetherick of Gloucestershire Hospitals trust told Congress.
Author: Joanna Lyall - Scope for debate - Congress article 8
How scope of practice evolves and what the limits might be for physiotherapists was a hot topic at a world café session.
Author: Catherine Hill
