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.
ACPSEM conference: Aspects of screening young athletes considered
When screening children and young athletes you must establish exactly why this is necessary – and not measure young people just for the sake of it, Amanda Johnson told delegates.
ACPSEM conference: Hot topic of concussion is going to get hotter, sports physios hear
The treatment of concussion is one of the most controversial topics in sports medicine, Jonathan Hanson told the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports and Exercise Medicine (ACPSEM) conference on young athletes in Brighton.
