Acquired Brain Injury Alliance launches campaign on rehab prescriptions for brain injury patients
The Acquired Brain Injury Alliance has launched a campaign for all patients leaving hospital after treatment for an acquired brain injury to have a copy of their rehab prescription, which must also be forwarded to their GP.
CSP endorses new BAME quality standards on accessible health and wellbeing services
The CSP has signed up to new quality standards to ensure that local health and wellbeing programmes are accessible to black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups.
NICE calls for physios to chair NICE guideline development committees
Members are encouraged to take up a call from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for people with experience of chairing committees to help develop new health and social care guidelines.
Neuro physio helps disabled man achieve world record on Everest
Neuro physio Andrea Shipley is on a high after helping her patient Max Stainton, who has cerebral palsy, to become the first person with his physical challenges to reach Everest base camp on horseback.
NHS in Wales promised £1m a year to transform pelvic health treatment
Wales’ health secretary Vaughan Gething has allocated £1 million a year to create new pelvic health care pathways so that women will receive physiotherapy or other conservative treatments before surgery is considered.
People with dementia have high risk of falling, NIHR-backed study reveals
A physio-led study has revealed alarming rates of falls and fractures requiring hospitalisation in people with dementia and the need for more proactive falls prevention for high risk groups.
NICE endorses physio’s resource on spondyloarthritis
A physiotherapist has adapted a poster about spondyloarthritis into an officially recognised resource which has been endorsed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
First contact practitioner funding announced in Northern Ireland
A significant investment in first contact practitioner roles in Northern Ireland is a ‘huge boost’ for patients and the NHS as a whole, says the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
