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Children with
epilepsy
Get it
done
Devo Manc
One physio’s
specialist role
A CPD guide
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Frontline
Front
3 June 2015
Volume 21
Issue 10
What it means for you
T H E P H Y S I OT H E R A P Y M AG A Z I N E FO R C S P M E M B E R S
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Contents
News
News in pictures
6
Billions for NHS in England not enough, says CSP
8
3
Frontline • 3 June 2015
8
Research needed on longer working, says physio 10
Glasgow physios help smokers stub out habit
10
Band 7 physio numbers set to rise in Scotland
12
Physio helps touch rugby players stay fit
14
Features
Rehab for orthopaedic trauma patients
24
Treating young people with epilepsy
28
10
Regulars
Comment: your emails and views
32
4
In focus: devolution in England 16
published by
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Physio findings: social media
for sports physiotherapists
18
Views & opinions:
WCPT congress, parental leave
20
CPD: summing up leadership
32
In review: books about touch,
rugby and mental health
35
Networks & networking:
what’s going on locally and at
CSP-linked professional groups
37
Courses & conferences:
your guide to better practice
50
Recruitment: latest jobs
58
3 minutes: Anna Lowe on
founding a social enterprise
66
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magazine from the CSP, sent direct
to every member 21 times a year
29/05/2015 14:36
Comment
Think, plan, act
– and relax!
Incredibly, we’re already in June, the longest
day looms, and half of 2015 has gone.
Many of you will be looking forward to
a summer holiday. This year, I’m taking
an ‘austerity break’. Rather than jetting
off to southern Europe, I’m walking along
the Thames Path in stages, starting at the
Thames Barrier in Greenwich last Christmas
Eve. The next leg is Maidenhead to
Pangbourne (not even half way yet).
Wish me luck with reaching the river’s
source before this Christmas Eve.
‘In the hustle and bustle, it’s
easy to lose sight of our goals.’
As we reach the mid-way point in
Frontline’s annual cycle, the final CPD
article in a four-part series on leadership
might well be worth a look (page 32).
In the hustle and bustle of our daily
lives, with a ‘must do now’ mentality, it’s
all too easy to lose sight of longer-term
goals. Embarking on a project, particularly
if it’s about changing behaviour, is always
a challenge. Having clear, identifiable
objectives helps.
But sometimes the journey is as
important as the goal – if not more so.
On my Thames journey, I hadn’t
anticipated so many unexpected
pleasures. Spotting a ramshackle
houseboat or a sprawling mansion with
its own cruiser. Seeing the M25 and M4
from a new perspective: underneath!
So, step off the treadmill of life for half
an hour. Take a break and enjoy reading
about your colleagues’ work in this issue
of Frontline. I’m sure you’ll find plenty of
inspiration. Why not tell us which article
fired you up – or made you angry?
Lynn Eaton
managing editor Frontline and head
of CSP member communications
eatonl@csp.org.uk
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Different strokes
The News in pictures feature in the 20 May issue reported that the
number of people in their 40s and 50s who are having strokes is ‘soaring’.
Readers might be interested to hear a recent edition of the More or Less
programme on Radio 4 titled ‘Strokes, teachers, confused computers’
(broadcast on 15 May but available on the BBC iPlayer).
This questions whether the incidence of people having strokes is going
up. The headline is based on a Stroke Association report on the increase in
the number of hospital admissions following a stroke. However, according
to Tony Rudd from King’s College London and the national clinical director
for stroke, population-based studies in London and Oxford suggest that
the overall incidence of stroke is, in fact, going down for all age-groups.
He suggests that the increase hospital admissions is due to changes in
practice, with more hospital admissions for mini-strokes and an increased
awareness of symptoms, through public campaigns, meaning that more
people are seeking hospital care.
According to Professor Rudd, there is a need to be robust in how data is
used. For physiotherapists, I think it is important that we look behind the
headlines and don’t necessarily take these at face value.
■ Jane Hislop, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
Seven days ups and downs
As a member of the NHS who works
unsocial hours and on-call, I fully agree
with the online comments posted by CSP
assistant director Peter Finch in response
to the article about Suzanne Rastrick
(page 16, 6 May).
As someone who has been involved
in partnership with my trust to develop
seven-day services I can only echo
the sentiments of Mr Finch. I agree
with Suzanne Rastrick: engaging with
practitioners and physiotherapists is
important.
It is essential to ensure that a service
development is led by everyone.
However, it is also essential that
these service developments are funded
appropriately to ensure the best outcome
for patients and staff. An approach to
seven-day services where trusts move
to these patterns without consultation
or funding is not in the best interests of
anyone and sets them up to fail.
■ Jill Barker, chair CSP industrial
relations committee
Shifting sands?
All the seven-day services I have
encountered rely on volunteers to bolster
the core staff. I am an 8a who only gets
band 7 pay for overtime and pays 40
You’ve added...
A flurry of activity from
members greeted a
news item titled ‘HCPC
“reluctantly” agrees
renewal registration
fee increase of 12.5 per
cent.’ One said:
■ ‘Dentists have just had
a 64 per cent increase in
their annual registration
fee to £890 pounds per
year from 2016.’
Another noted:
■ ‘It’s so insulting using
terms like “reluctantly”
and “compelled”,
have they shown any
evidence that they have
not been able to make
any efficiency savings
like we all have in the
NHS? Just bung up the
fees ...’
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per cent tax on what I earn at
weekends. So without enhanced
pay it is simply not worth me
working extra hours.
It’s not that I don’t need the
money it’s just that I wouldn’t
really be getting any after
accounting for my travel time,
petrol, wear and tear on my vehicle
and paying the trust to park my
car. I believe goodwill is already
becoming thin on the ground as
I see it harder and harder to cover
weekend shifts even with the
pay on offer.
■ Victoria Thomas
Dead right
Your articles on working with
patients who are dying (page
23, 6 May and page 22, 20 May)
were very insightful and I was
delighted to see this important
area of practice given so much
space in Frontline.
Readers might be interested to
know that Samantha Powell and
I carried out some research in
relation to students’ experiences
of patient death on placement.
This is the reference: Powell
S and Toms J (2014) Passing
away: an exploratory study
into physiotherapy students’
experiences of patient death
whilst on clinical placement.
International Journal of Practicebased Learning in Health and
Social Care 2(1), 108-21
■ Jane Toms, Coventry
University
Thanks, Georgie
Many thanks to Georgie Oldfield
for staging an inspirational event
on 26 April. It was titled Chronic
pain, to manage, suppress or
cure. See www.sirpauk.com
■ Sue Willer
Got something to say?
A third member said:
■ ‘If the government
does not want to fund the
Professional Standards
Authority, does this mean
they do not care about the
standards of professionals
treating the public?’
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Responding to the Three
minutes feature on
Professor Alison Chambers
in the 20 May issue,
Physio_83 said:
■ ‘Really enjoyed reading
this article and found it
very motivational.’
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Plantar fasciitis
An anonymous member’s questions
about plantar fasciitis treatment
pathways in early March had
prompted 14 responses by late May.
The member starting the discussion
asked: ‘Does anyone have existing
pathways for PF? What treatments
do physios offer?’ Ssarah took some
of the later posts to task, noting
■ ice does nothing more than numb
the pain if the patient is lucky. Heat
is much more beneficial in relieving
pain plus it may encourage local
circulation
■ acupuncture – again temporary pain
relief
■ stretches – why would you stretch
something that is already excessively
long and unsupportive?
qqq474
Blurred boundaries with OT
Laura Willington raised some dilemmas
about working with an occupational
therapy (OT) team that seemed to
have better staffing resources that
the physiotherapy one. She asked
whether she was being overly-sensitive
when her colleagues conducted
treatments that might traditionally
fall under the physio’s remit. After two
members responded by saying blurred
boundaries and joint working reflected
good multidisciplinary care, the
following comment was made: ‘I’ve
since reflected on this and I agree it’s
a case of sharing our knowledge and
expertise with each other which will
only enhance patient care.’
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People with
depression may
be almost three times
more likely to develop
Parkinson’s, according
to major research.
Source: The Daily
Telegraph
http://bit.ly/1Krukcu
One Briton in three
is living with chronic
back pain, a study shows.
They rely on painkillers
even though a simple stroll
can provide more relief.
Source: Daily Express
http://bit.ly/1FieTQl
People who play
action video games
on a regular basis could
face an increased risk of
developing neurological
and psychiatric disorders, a
study suggests.
Source: The Guardian
http://bit.ly/1KruFvF
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the images just follow
the shortcut codes
Regular
exercise
in old age has as
powerful an effect on
life expectancy as giving up
smoking, researchers say.
Source: BBC
http://bbc.in/1FPOYTO
Martin Warrillow is
recovering from a
stroke with the help of his
therapist Emily Smedly, who
uses a technique called Be
Active, developed by South
African physiotherapist
Douglas Heel.
Source: Derby Telegraph
http://bit.ly/1JWGegz
Four people in
five with multiple
sclerosis are misdiagnosed,
with many being told
incorrectly that they
have a trapped nerve.
Source: The Guardian
http://bit.ly/1FERx9U
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29/05/2015 13:42
NewsDigest
£8bn extra for NHS will
‘just about keep the lights on’
Karen Middleton: the government must not seek
to introduce seven-day services ‘on the cheap’
NICE guidance on challenging behaviour
The National Institute for Health and
Care Excellence has published guidance
on managing challenging behaviour in
people with learning disabilities. It outlines
interventions and preventive measures for
carers and families carers.
These include environmental changes,
and psychosocial and pharmacological
interventions.
Visit: www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng11
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The government’s promise of
an extra £8 billion a year for the
NHS in England by 2020 is only
enough to ‘keep the lights on’,
said CSP chief executive Karen
Middleton.
The funding commitment was
set out in the Queen’s speech at
the state opening of parliament
on 27 May, along with a pledge
for a ‘truly’ seven-day NHS.
Ms Middleton warned that the
government must not seek to
set up seven-day services ‘on the
cheap’ by stretching five days of
resources over seven or cutting
unsocial hours pay.
‘It must be resourced
appropriately and we will defend
members’ terms and conditions
to ensure any new services are
good for patients, but also fair to
those delivering them,’ she said.
The Queen’s speech included
a bill to curb industrial action by
union members. The trade union
bill will introduce a 50 per cent
voting threshold for union ballot
turnouts. In public services, such
as the NHS, there will be an
additional requirement that 40
per cent of those entitled to vote
must vote in favour of industrial
action.
Commenting on the bill, Ms
Middleton said: ‘We will also
stand against the proposed
attack on members’ democratic
rights to defend their terms
and conditions, a move that
will actually worsen industrial
relations.’
She called on the government
to commit to modernising the
balloting process through online
voting, as well as respecting the
decisions of the independent
NHS Pay Review Body, set up as
a mechanism to reduce conflict.
■ Gill Hitchcock
Highland physios warn st
A Scottish health board is championing
a physio-led campaign that
encourages NHS staff to spend less
time sitting down.
Occupational health physios
Lesley Marshall and Michelle Smith
created the Beware of the chair
campaign in 2014, which is now part
of NHS Highland’s official health and
wellbeing strategy.
The physios, from Raigmore
Hospital in Inverness, have developed
a 20-minute group presentation and
a series of posters, leaflets and stickers
that promote less sedentary behaviour.
Ms Marshall said: ‘We are trying
to empower people to change their
lifestyles. We would like to change the
culture so that it becomes acceptable
if, for example, standing is included as
an item on the agenda for meetings.
‘We want to make people healthier
and we know that if we have fewer
employees with musculoskeletal
problems we will have fewer off sick.’
■ Robert Millett
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Charity wants more
fracture liaison services
The National Osteoporosis Society has
launched resources including an online
training course and 10 clinical standards to
help start fracture liaison services.
Members of the working group that
developed the resources for the charity
included Ruth ten Hove, CSP head of
practice and development.
‘Most fracture liaison services are run
by nurse practitioners in secondary care,
but there’s a real opportunity – and the
National Osteoporosis Society supports
this – to extend this to other health
professions,’ Ms ten Hove said.
The online training course is intended
to enable fracture prevention practitioners
to deliver excellent care to people with,
or at risk of, osteoporosis and fragility
fractures.
The 10 clinical standards address a
pathway from identification of the patient
through to assessment of future risk.
They include:
■ Core clinical data from patients will be
recorded on a database. Regular audit
and patient experience measures will
be performed.
■ The fracture liaison service should
engage in a regular peer-review process
of quality assurance.
Another resource is a toolkit on
implementing a fracture liaison service.
‘All the resources are useful because
they can help to make a strong case locally
for fracture liaison services and they also
take you through all the steps you need to
develop a service,’ Ms ten Hove said.
Vicki Goodwin, research officer for
Agile, the professional network for physios
working with older people, said: ‘Falls
and bone health are inextricably linked
and we can’t prevent fractures unless we
address both aspects,’ Physiotherapy staff
can help people to exercise and maintain
their bone health, she added.
■ Gill Hitchcock
More information
www.nos.org.uk/fls-resources
rn staff to beware of their chairs
The campaign’s
suggestions include
■ holding standing meetings
■ standing up three times
every hour
■ using standing desks
■ going for walks at lunchtime
■ standing up when on the
phone, having a coffee or
eating lunch
Happy 21st,
Rachel
She may only be 20 years old but
support worker Rachel Barrow’s
career path has already taken off.
Working for a Southportbased medico-legal firm, Ms
Barrow (pictured below) visits
patients with neurological
difficulties and musculoskeletal
issues at home in the north
west. She turns 21 on 11 June.
Ms Barrow’s work journey
appears with 20 other support
workers in a ‘Talking wall’ on
the CSP website at www.
csp.org.uk/associates
CSP associates member
officer Catherine Smith said:
‘The CSP is proud to celebrate 21
years of associate membership.
As part of this celebration
our wall demonstrates how
belonging to the CSP can help
careers flourish. Like a wall, the
CSP provides a durable, secure
environment. Over the years
our members have evolved
with us and we value them
all – past, present and future.
‘21 years is a remarkable
milestone and the CSP would
like to congratulate Rachel
on celebrating her
21st alongside
ours. Happy
21st, Rachel
and all our
associate
members.’
■ Gary
Henson
29/05/2015 14:58
NewsDigest
Rod Leon
CSP slams new
NI minister on pay
Fiona Hall:
physios expect
work to 70
CSP calls for research
into working longer
Trade unions need to
campaign for proper
research into the impact of
working longer on women
and disabled people in
particular, according to
physiotherapist Fiona Hall.
The increased state
pension age means that
employees are obliged to
work into their late 60s or
even longer before they can
afford to retire, she told
the TUC disabled workers’
conference in London on
21 May.
Speaking on a CSP
motion that was passed
unanimously, she said most
of her younger colleagues
expected to work until
they were 70. Ms Hall
said physiotherapy was
physically exacting. Those
working in paediatrics,
or with older people or
patients who were obese
were concerned that they
may not be fit for work in
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their late 60s.
‘Many physios incur
injuries, including high rates
among those working with
musculoskeletal outpatients,
in neurological rehab and
in elderly care,’ she said.
‘Most continue to work, but
are more likely to need to
retire early.
‘I am an active member
of a group of visually
impaired physios, and
some of our members
have degenerative eye
conditions which may mean
they will find it increasingly
difficult to stay in full-time
employment as they enter
their 60s and 70s.’
The CSP motion called
on unions to campaign for
research into the effects of
working longer on disabled
people and women. It said
pension payments should be
inflation-proofed and that
there should be no further
rises in the state pension age.
Claire Ronald, the CSP’s senior
negotiating officer in Northern
Ireland, said she is disappointed that
the new health minister is spreading
a ‘myth’ that pay increments are the
same as a pay increase.
Simon Hamilton, the Democratic
Unionist Party member for Strangford
and former finance and personnel
minister, was appointed to the health
role after the general election. He
said he wants to find an ‘affordable
solution’ to NHS pay issues.
But according to Ms Ronald, the
new minister appears to be saying
that incremental pay progression and
a one per cent non-consolidated pay
increase are equivalent rewards.
She had deep concerns that
Northern Ireland was the only part
of the UK not to have made a pay
offer for the current financial year.
‘There have been some
meetings with the trade unions and
department officials, but to date the
department has not made any offer
or been clear on the pay envelope
unions would be negotiating within,’
she said.
‘The CSP has not yet balloted its
members for industrial action, but is
encouraging all members to ensure
their membership profile is updated.
■ Gill Hitchcock
Glasgow physios tea m
smoking cessation s er
sessions to patients with chronic
A physio-led respiratory team is to
obstructive pulmonary disease
expand its reach across Glasgow in
(COPD).
a six-month project that will help
Set to start this summer, the
housebound patients stop smoking.
project will be evaluated using
The multidisciplinary
feedback from participants
community respiratory
and charting how many
team is based at the
of them quit smoking.
city’s Possilpark
Respiratory
Health and Care
of patients at risk
physiotherapist
Centre, part of NHS
of admission were
Marianne Milligan
Greater Glasgow
seen within a
is team leader for
and Clyde.
day of being
the service. She told
Members
referred
Frontline: ‘We see endwill link up with
stage COPD patients who
Glasgow Community
tend to be housebound. As
Health Partnership’s health
a result, they aren’t able to access
improvement team. They will offer
a lot of services. ‘
home-based smoking cessation
94%
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Community services contract returns
to the NHS from private sector
year, it said that it would not bid again for
Physios providing community services
the services when the contract expires in
in Suffolk will become NHS staff again
October.
in the autumn, following the announcement
The deal, which provides adult
of a deal to replace a private
community services, specialist
provider with a consortium of
children’s services, and
NHS bodies.
Serco
community hospitals across all
West Suffolk NHS Trust,
announced a
of Suffolk apart from Waveney,
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust,
serves more than 600,000
and Norfolk Community
people.
Health and Care NHS Trust
loss on the
have jointly been awarded
More money will be available
contract last
preferred bidder status to run
for
the
one-year contract, which
year
community health services in
could be extended for a further year,
Suffolk from 1 October.
but the awarding clinical commissioning
The services were previously provided
groups would not reveal the exact level of
by private firm Serco, but after announcing a
funding. Serco’s three-year contract, awarded
£13.7 million loss on the contract last
in 2012, was for £140 million.
£13.7m
‘But if they need support with
smoking cessation we will now be
able to introduce them to the health
improvement team who will provide
them with a specialist service at home.’
According to a spokesperson for
the service, since it was set up in 2013,
the respiratory team has seen 550
patients and drastically cut hospital
admission rates.
More than nine patients in 10 at risk
of admission were seen within a day of
being referred, the spokesperson said.
Initially operating in north west
Glasgow, the service is now being rolled
out city-wide, supported by the Scottish
government’s Integrated care fund.
■ Robert Millett
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Charity highlights work
issues for paralysed people
Pilot to target
housebound
smokers
Ian Francis/Alamy
ea m up with
n s ervice
Commissioners also said they did not
anticipate any job losses when the contracts
were transferred.
CSP senior negotiating officer Neil Lark
said members currently working for Serco
could expect to be transferred straight back
to the NHS on 1 October.
‘It has been a very difficult contract for our
members and they will be reassured about
moving back into the NHS family,’ he said.
‘As we feared, the policy of outsourcing
mainstream NHS services to large
multinational companies isn’t working.
‘The lesson from this episode is that
quality NHS care needs to be properly
resourced and funded.’
■ Graham Clews
Spinal cord injury charity Back Up
is calling for increased support for
paralysed people to return to work
or find employment. The charity
conducted a UK-wide survey of 279
people with spinal cord injury. One
in three respondents said they had
not received any support to return
to work and 44 per cent said they
were not encouraged to consider
work as an option while they were
in hospital following their injury.
For more information visit
www.backuptrust.org.uk
29/05/2015 14:37
NewsDigest
Scotland to have more band 7 p
The Scottish government has accepted
influencing policy at a national level.
proposals by opposition members of
‘We look forward to further discussions
the Scottish parliament (MSPs) to
with the government on how the skills and
reverse the decline in the number of
leadership of senior clinicians can be enhanced
band 7 physiotherapists in
in Scottish health boards,’ he said.
Scotland.
An amendment to a government
In 2010
Kenryck Lloydmotion introduced by Jenny
there were
Jones, the CSP’s
Marra, shadow cabinet secretary
public affairs and
for health, had called on the
policy manager
Scottish government
for Scotland,
to reverse the
whole-time
By the
described this as
decline in
equivalent band 7s
end of 2014,
a fantastic result
the number
in Scotland
their number
for the society in
of band
had declined to
7 posts.
Referring
MSP Jenny Marra called on the
to
data
Scottish government to reverse
the decline in band 7 posts
from the
731
Awards round-up
Physios win
‘Dragons’ Den’
funding
Physiotherapists have beaten
off competition at a Dragons’
Den style event to win money
to improve their service.
They made a business case
to employ two band 4 therapy
support workers at the City
Hospital site of Nottingham
University Hospitals trust.
The aim is to promote early
rehabilitation for patients who
have had critical care.
After the initial 20 bids from
various clinical teams were
whittled down to a shortlist of
six, the physios put their bid,
costing £62,000, to a panel of
senior managers and local GPs.
Physio team winners (left to
right): Cath McLoughlin, Eleanor
Douglas and Rebecca Elliott
Eleanor Douglas, a lecturer/
practitioner physiotherapist, led
the bid. She said the funding
would help colleagues meet
National Institute for Health and
Care Excellence and Intensive
Care Society rehab guidelines,
as well as improving joint
working between physios and
occupational therapists.
The team’s goals are to cut
hospital stays of
more than 10 days
by one day, and
stays of more than
30 days by four.
Funds have been
provided for one
year but the team
hopes the initiative
will be extended
once the evidence
has been reviewed.
The award went to
Northumbria Healthcare
NHS Trust’s hip quality
improvement programme
for delivering better care for
people with broken hips in
Northumberland and North
Tyneside.
Diane Williams, a clinical
specialist physiotherapist in
orthopaedics, helped to set up
the programme in 2010. By
Steve Porter
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Hip team
wins
BMJ award
A hip fracture
programme that cut
mortality rates over
the past five years has
won the British Medical
Journal’s 2015 patient
safety award.
Members of Northumbria trust’s awardwinning team included physio Marie
Constable (front, second from left)
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7 physios Scotland’s AHPs get
CSP, she said that in 2010 there were
731 whole-time equivalent band 7s
in Scotland, but by the end of 2014
their number had declined to 652.
During the debate on allied health
professions, Cara Hilton, Labour
MSP for Dunfermline, said that of
the people aged over 75 admitted
to hospital, 86 per cent were there
as a result of unintentional injuries,
many of which resulted from falls.
‘The CSP highlights the falls
prevention economic model that
it has developed to support health
boards in identifying how they
can best protect people from
falls,’ she said.
■ Gill Hitchcock
£3m to boost recovery
Scotland’s allied health
on 19 May, when she praised
professionals (AHPs) will get
the contribution AHPs make
£3 million to deliver a
to Scotland’s NHS.
programme designed to find
Among other things, AHPs
new ways of helping people who
helped to treat more
are recovering from illness or
than 400,000 patients for
injury to stay in their own homes.
musculoskeletal (MSK) problems
Three AHP improvement
in community settings every year.
advisers will be appointed
Shadow health minister Jenny
to the three-year active and
Marra welcomed the £3 million
Maureen Watt said that
independent living programme,
fund. But she called for an audit
all too often AHPs are the
with a remit of making sure
of Scotland’s national delivery
unsung heroes of the NHS
that best practice examples
plan for AHPs, in particular
are adopted across Scotland.
of self-referral as a primary
Maureen Watt, the public health minister,
access route and waiting times for MSK care.
■ Gill Hitchcock
announced the fund to the Scottish parliament
Steve Porter
Pain clinic
wins
business
award
Richard Stace, pictured
second from left,
collects his award
2015 the 30-day mortality rate
for hip fracture patients had
dropped from 14.3 per cent to
eight per cent.
Ms Williams said: ‘Although
I was on the steering group
and I’m the team lead, I could
not do this without all the
staff who work with me and all
the people who contribute at
weekends as well.’
Specialist Pain
Physio Clinics took
the mental health
and wellbeing prize
at the 2015 Surrey
business awards in
Woking. Richard
Stace, specialist
pain physiotherapist, is based
at the company’s New Malden
Diagnostic Centre. He said that
winning the award has created
a platform from where he could
continue to raise awareness of
chronic pain. ‘Despite pain’s
complexity, there is a great deal
that we can do to overcome the
problems,’ he said. ‘Modern pain
science ... gives us better ways in
which we can think about pain
and provide the basis for action.’
Outpatient physio
service picks up
WOW! award
37 physiotherapists, has
reduced routine waiting times
for musculoskeletal outpatient
physiotherapy appointments
from 18 weeks to four.
The service was shortlisted for
the Pride in our team category
of the trust’s annual staff
achievement WOW! awards, in
which patients can nominate
services or individuals.
A physiotherapy service in Surrey
has won a WOW! award following
votes from impressed patients.
The outpatient physiotherapy
team at Ashford
and St Peter’s
NHS Trust
received the
award after
cutting waiting
times and
exceeding
patients’
expectations.
Since 2013
the team,
which includes
Team members at the awards ceremony.
(Left to right) Jesal Patel, Sharon Pepper,
Stacia Murray, Michelle Barrett, Lucy Pilati,
Dan Groves and Andrea Duggan
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NewsDigest
Physios’ programmes
cut touch rugby injuries
Fitness programmes designed by physios for the
England touch rugby players who competed at
the 2015 world cup in Australia proved to be a
success. The event ran from 24 April to 4 May.
Cari Thorpe, the physio who acted as the
squad’s head of medical services, said fewer
injuries were reported as a result.
Ms Thorpe is a physiotherapy lecturer at
Manchester Metropolitan University. She
introduced the programmes following concerns
about the number of non-contact injuries during
Cari Thorpe,
the squad’s
medical chief
It was a much harder sport than
I imagined and we spent the
next four years identifying why
players were getting injuries
Cari Thorpe
the last world cup, held in Edinburgh in 2011.
‘When I went to my first world cup I thought
there would be very few injuries because it is a
non-contact sport,’ Ms Thorpe said.
‘But it was a much harder sport than I imagined,
and we spent the next four years identifying why
players were getting injuries.’
Touch rugby is unusual because players run
Claire Lord, Cheryl
Honeyman, Elizabeth
McLachlan and Tanni
Grey-Thompson
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backwards for significant periods when they
are defending. They also have to bend down
repeatedly for restarts, resulting in hamstring
problems, and they can play a number of
matches in one day.
Ms Thorpe and the other two squad physios,
Emma Knott and Gareth Marlow, worked closely
with sports scientists from the University of Chester
to assess match demands, identify appropriate
warm-up strategies, and implement sport-specific
conditioning programmes for players.
The programmes bore fruit at the six-day event,
held in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales.
‘We had a number of collision injuries, but
no other injuries that kept players out of games,’
she said.
The England squad finished joint third overall.
■ Graham Clews
Physios produce scoliosis journey DVD
Two physios have produced
a DVD that aims to help
young people with scoliosis
understand their pathway
of care.
Elizabeth McLachlan,
senior specialist paediatric
physio, and Claire Lord,
senior rotational physio,
work at James Cook
University Hospital in
Middlesbrough, North
Yorkshire.
The pair collaborated
with the team’s paediatric
nurse, Cheryl Honeyman,
to produce the DVD. It
led to them receiving the
overall winner award at
the trust’s Celebration of
Continuous Improvement
Awards 2015.
Baroness Tanni GreyThompson presented
the award.
To view the film visit:
http://southtees.nhs.uk/
services/orthopaedics/
paediatric-spinal
■ Robert Millett
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Devolution
E
ngland looks set for a
devolution revolution. Barely
has the ink dried on the
agreement to a shift of power
from Whitehall to Manchester
– ‘devo Manc’ as it has been
called – than the newly-elected government has
announced legislative change opening the door
for other English cities to run their own NHS,
social care and other public services.
George Osborne, the chancellor of the
exchequer, says he wants ‘a revolution in the
way we govern England’. He chose to make his
first speech after the election in Manchester,
when he spoke about holding up the city’s
trailblazing model of local power to the rest of
the country as an example of what is possible.
But what will it mean for physiotherapy? Is
it a threat? Or an opportunity for members?
Combined effort
In February NHS England and Greater
Manchester’s 12 NHS clinical commissioning
groups, 15 NHS providers and 10 local
authorities agreed to work towards fully devolved
commissioning powers for primary care and all
specialised services by 1 April 2016. Health and
social care funds – a combined sum of £6 billion
– will be brought together into a single budget.
‘If it’s done right, this will have a huge,
‘By fully integrating health and social care we
positive impact on people’s health, their daily
can focus on preventing illness and promoting
lives, and how they are able to access health
wellbeing across all age groups,’ says Cliff Morris,
and social care.’
the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s
But Ms Hayward-Giles admits: ‘There could
health lead.
be negatives in all of this if it’s done badly.’
Sue Hayward-Giles, the CSP’s assistant
Budget allocation is one concern. Where
director, believes the creation of new models of
health budgets are already devolved, for
care in Manchester will bring opportunities for
example to foundation trusts, the outcomes
clinicians to influence and innovate, in particular
are not always successful, she says.
around the integration of health and social care.
And despite NHS England’s claim that
Her key message for physio staff is to ‘engage
the ‘historic’ agreement does not require
early’ and be part of any developments.
any reorganisation of the NHS or its
The proposed approach should
principles, there will be unintended
be simpler to understand, could
consequences. Established
Health
unlock savings through a single
cultures that exist in health and
and social care
budget, and will gear services
in social care may still remain
funds amounting to
around people’s needs, says
in place. And the whole
Ms Hayward-Giles.
experiment could easily
become a political football.
But devo Manc will rely
A citizen
will be brought together
on structures yet to be put in
perspective
into a single
place, making it hard to judge
‘People don’t want to be
budget
the likely impact at this early
bothered by jumping across
stage. Every indication is that things
organisational barriers – by having
will be moving very fast from now on.
to contact their GP, physiotherapy
Chris Ham, chief executive of the King’s Fund,
department then social services, repeating
wants clarity on how any overspending of NHS
the same information each time. That’s the
budgets will be handled, including the scope
perspective that we should look to address
for local authorities to switch funding from the
these changes from,’ she says..
We know about
Scottish devolution.
Now Manchester
is talking of going
it alone – what
does it mean?
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£6bn
Coming soon:
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NHS to other services.
Meanwhile Andy Burnham, shadow health
secretary for England, asks whether this will
result in another reorganisation for Greater
Manchester’s NHS, wasting time and money;
and whether the city will still be stuck with
the Conservative’s competition agenda
after devolution.
The relationship between devolved providers
and national regulators is also unclear. There
is also the potential for a disparity in service
provision from one part of the country to
another, further entrenching existing postcode
lotteries of care. While Ms Hayward-Giles
does not believe that national standards will
be compromised, she says that how they are
translated for the local health economy will
need to be thought through.
Impact on CSP members
All this comes as members are already
exhausted by the day-to-day challenge of
working in an ever-changing NHS.
CSP senior negotiating officer Karen
O’Dowd works with members across Greater
Manchester.
Asked whether the terms and conditions
of physiotherapy staff could be affected,
she replies: ‘We are led to believe that the
employers will remain the same, with the
NHS employing the health workers and the
local authority the social care side. From the
‘If it’s done right, this will
have a huge, positive
impact on people’s health,
their daily lives and
how they are able to access
health and social care.’
Sue Hayward-Giles
information we have received to date, we hope
that terms and conditions, including pensions,
are not going to be affected.’
Ms Hayward-Giles, who is a leading the CSP’s
project group on devolution, warns: ‘If they start
messing around with employment matters, with
terms and conditions, we will get bogged down
and lose the potential to improve services.’
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Tired of change
Rachel Newton, the CSP’s head of public affairs
and policy development for England, is also
involved in the project group. She recognises
that uncertainty can feel like a threat, and the
financial constraints don’t bode well.
‘Upheaval is inevitable, because if it doesn’t
lead to some change then it will fail in what it
has set out to do,’ she says. ‘What we’ve got is
a local authority sector which has had massive
cuts with more on the way; a financially
challenged NHS which has already been through
massive reorganisation, and a workforce which
is tired of change.’
On a more positive note, devolution could be
a way of planning and commissioning services
in the round, without artificial divides: ‘It should
mean a shift away from silo working,’ she says.
‘In principle there is enormous potential to
improve service quality, but the devil is in the
detail of how it’s implemented.’
As the devolution agenda develops the
CSP will provide members with updates through
Frontline and other channels. ‘It’s key that
members are involved and keep in touch with
the CSP,’ says Ms Newton FL
How does devo
Manc affect you?
:
Members who are likely to
be affected by the proposed
changes should contact their
regional steward if it is about
NHS workplace terms and
conditions.
If you work outside the NHS
and have concerns, or if you wish
to provide any other feedback,
please contact the CSP enquiry
handling unit on 020 7306 6666
or ehu@csp.org.uk
Find out more at:
www.agma.gov.uk
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PhysioFindings
We look at newly
published studies
Sports physios tackle trolls an
Innocenti/Cultura/Science Photo Library
Social media can present
particular risks and
benefits to sports clinicians,
says an editorial in the
British Journal of Sports
Medicine, which can be
read in full online.
Using social media helps
sports clinicians stay in touch
with players, say Osman
Hassan Ahmed, of the
physiotherapy department
at Poole Hospital NHS
Trust, and colleagues.
This is especially useful
with amateur players, who
don’t have a professional
athlete’s everyday
Journal Findings
The June issue contains three systematic
reviews which summarise the current
evidence in musculoskeletal physiotherapists’
use of psychological interventions (www.
physiotherapyjournal.com/article/
S0031-9406(14)00110-2/fulltext),
physiotherapeutic interventions before
and after surgery for degenerative lumbar
conditions (www.physiotherapyjournal.com/
article/S0031-9406(14)00081-9/fulltext)
and the effects of ventilator versus manual
hyperinflation in adults receiving mechanical
ventilation (www.physiotherapyjournal.com/
article/S0031-9406(14)00090-X/fulltext)
these provide ‘patient-centred’ data which
capture the patient’s opinion on the impact
on their life, their condition and its treatment.
PROMs can be used both in the clinical
setting and for research purposes. Unlike
many outcome measures, they can provide
generic and condition-specific outcome
measures and can be gathered through
xxxx
traditional pen and paper questionnaires
or through electronic media. Some popular
examples are the EQ-5D (generic), the Neck
disability index (condition specific) and the
Patient specific function scale (individualised
instrument). The authors discuss how to
select an appropriate PROM, use it in clinical
practice and research settings, barriers
and using them for benchmarking.
Kyte DG et al. An introduction to patientreported outcome measures (PROMs) in
physiotherapy www.physiotherapyjournal.
com/article/S0031-9406(14)00113-8/fulltext
Using the right PROMs
in physiotherapy
Exercise programme for
patients with dementia
Physiotherapy journal editor Michele
Harms looks at its recent papers
New systematic reviews
An international group of authors discuss the
rise of patient-reported outcome measures
(PROMs) in physiotherapy. They argue that
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The exercise programme used in the
Dementia and physical activity (DAPA) study
is reported. This is a randomised controlled
access to their physio. A
multidisciplinary team of
clinicians can speedily solve
problems through private
discussions, using social
networks such as WhatsApp
and Twitter direct messages.
But sports clinicians
face particular challenges,
for example working with
teams as well as individuals.
‘Confidentiality must
always be respected,’ say
Dr Osman and colleagues,
advising clinicians to
follow the social media
guidance from their
professional bodies.
trial which targets cognition in people with
dementia, using an exercise programme.
The authors describe the rationale and
development behind the exercise intervention
which includes supervised exercise classes,
aerobic exercise, resistance exercise and
progressive unsupervised, independent
exercise. The authors recognise the problems
experienced by people with dementia,
including difficulties with communication
and poor memory. They include advice on
using aids to memory and communication,
setting goals which are important to the
participants and providing a fun atmosphere
to encourage adherence and enjoyment.
Brown D et al. Development of an exercise
intervention to improve cognition in
people with mild to moderate dementia:
Dementia And Physical Activity (DAPA)
Trial, registration ISRCTN32612072
www.physiotherapyjournal.com/article/
S0031-9406(15)00004-8/fulltext
Men suffer incontinence too
A group of researchers in Australia
looked at the prevalence and impact of
urinary incontinence on men with cystic
28/05/2015 15:42
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players on Facebook? Or
They warn against
reply to their tweets on
disclosing a player’s injury
Twitter? Or comment on their
status, or broadcasting
photos on Instagram?’ Dr
comments on refereeing or
Osman’s team ask.
coaching decisions.
‘It is difficult to
However, not
be prescriptive
all pitfalls are so
They warn
in responding
clearly marked.
to these
‘If players
questions.’
and staff in
disclosing a player’s
They offer
a squad are
injury status
a useful list of
often seen
tips, such as: stay
as parts of an
up to date with new
“extended family”,
media, get informed
due to the amount of
consent from any player
time they spend together,
whose image you share,
then is it acceptable for
and ignore trolls.
clinicians to befriend their
KTSDesign/Science Photo Library
against
Incontinence may
adversely affect
mental health
fibrosis. They undertook an observational
study of 80 men with cystic fibrosis and
compared them with a healthy, agematched group. The authors were keen
to establish the relationship between
incontinence and disease-specific factors
and with anxiety and depression. Using
the Hospital anxiety and depression
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‘In professional sports
with media, marketing
and communication
departments, liaise with
the experts to identify
methods to utilise social
media for wider public health
benefits and to minimise
risks of misinterpretation/
misrepresentation’ they add.
Ahmed OH et al. British
Journal of Sports Medicine
2015; doi:10.1136/
bjsports-2014-094395
CSP social media
guidance: www.csp.org.uk/
socialmediaguidance
■ Janet Wright
scale, they reported that men with cystic
fibrosis and urinary incontinence have
higher scores for anxiety and depression
than those without incontinence.
There was only a small (non-significant)
difference in the prevalence of urinary
incontinence in men with cystic fibrosis (15
per cent) when compared to controls (10
per cent). They recommend further study,
particularly in relation to the suggested
adverse effect on mental health. The
authors report that the mechanisms
involved are still unclear and may differ
from those reported in women.
Burge AT et al. Prevalence and impact of
urinary incontinence in men with cystic fibrosis
www.physiotherapyjournal.com/article/
S0031-9406(14)00111-4/fulltext
More information
These reports are from the June 2015 issue
of Physiotherapy Volume 101 (2). CSP
members have free access to the digital
version via the CSP website. Go to www.
csp.org.uk/journal to create your account
Comments
and
conclusions
• Children who have received
certain treatments for cancer,
such as cranial radiation,
are more likely than other
children to become obese.
Wilson CL et al. Cancer 2015;
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/
cncr.29153
• Becoming less active
after retirement reduces life
expectancy, whereas even
low levels of activity lead to
longer life, researchers told
the EuroPRevent conference
in Lisbon. They found that
the proven benefit of physical
activity for the general
population holds good for
older people too. However,
few older people manage the
recommended 30 minutes five
times a week. So researchers
recommend starting with at
least 15 minutes a day.
Hupin D et al. www.escardio.
org/The-ESC/Press-Office/
Press-releases/Last-5-years/
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and team challenges
28/05/2015 15:42
Views&Opinions
Worldly wise
L
ast month’s WCPT conference in Singapore
attracted more than 3,500 physiotherapists
and 2,800 abstracts submissions from
around the world. As the largest physiotherapy
conference, it offered much more than I expected.
The event offered opportunities to engage
with others, share information and develop
contacts in abundance.
Being able to chat and spend time with peers
form all over the world was inspiring. It included
speaking to Australian colleagues about how to
empower physios before they are able to change
patients’ behavior, through to hearing from the
Philippines how Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 had
affected physiotherapy provision.
Although physio in the UK is still considered
cutting edge, it made me realise the importance
of thinking beyond UK boundaries, and that there
is still so much to learn from others.
I was also impressed by the number of
Stuart Palma gives a personal reflection on a ttend
World Confederation for Physical Therapy (W CPT)
physiotherapists who went from the UK, some
of whom I had been meaning to catch up with
for months or years – typical that it took 13
hours’ flying time and 6,736 miles to make this
happen!
Session formats included keynotes,
symposiums, platforms, ‘rapid fives’, debates,
discussions and posters. I submitted and had
two abstracts (co-authored) accepted for the
conference. It was great to see Sue HaywardGiles, the CSP’s assistant director of practice
development, deliver a presentation on economic
modelling so well using the five-minute format.
Despite the constraints, Sue engaged the
audience and there was a lot of interest around
the work. On the final day, I presented a poster on
physiotherapists’ understanding of public health.
These poster ‘walkway’ sessions were a great way
to encourage discussion between delegates.
A personal learning highlight was the
A rounded view
T
he 21st century has
seen an emphasis
on inter-professional
and collaborative working in
the health and social care
professions. One response
has been the introduction of
inter-professional learning
in universities for these
professions. When I was first
employed as a lecturer in a
local university, friends and
colleagues were intrigued – how
could a physiotherapist
contribute to a
range of pathways
that included
radiography,
occupational
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public health panel discussion. I was keen to
emphasise the research the CSP had done in this
area. Ensuring that we empower the public is
essential, but we should not forget that we also
need to empower ourselves in this somewhat
misunderstood area.
Constructively challenging the panel led to
a round of applause and a plethora of future
opportunities, including an invitation to the
WCPT health promotion network session.
Setting myself an aim of asking a question at
every session I attended proved to be a useful
way of creating networking and engagement
opportunities. Advocacy and advancing practice
were other key conference themes.
The UK profession is at the cutting edge – a
momentum that we must continue. As incoming
WCPT president Emma Stokes, said the profession
to be ‘responsive, imaginative and courageous’.
Writing this column a week after the congress
José Gibbs looks at a physiotherapist’s co ntrib
to the education of other healthcare prof essio
therapy, nursing, midwifery,
mental health nursing, social
work and even ophthalmic
dispensing? With retirement
In a busy imaging
department it is
easy to forget that
you are dealing with
more than a ‘knee’
or a ‘shoulder’
imminent it seems timely to
reflect on my contribution to the
education of several hundred
undergraduates.
Skills gained working in a
large multidisciplinary team
on an trauma unit for older
people have proved invaluable
in collaborative practice
modules when facilitating
discussions on team-working,
communication between
professionals, stereotyping
and person-centred care.
Teaching anatomy and
physiology to radiography
students using anatomical
models to bring 2D pictures
and radiographic images ‘alive’
gave me the opportunity to
encourage them to think about
the ‘person’ – how did the
injury happen, what impact
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viewpoint
on a ttending his first
y (W CPT) event
The recent changes to parental leave
rights are explained by Saraka Keating
ended, I can’t decide whether
I’m still jet-lagged or suffering from
post-conference blues. The event
was an eye opener, offering more
learning, sharing and engagement
opportunities than I had expected.
For me, social media were a driving
force, helping me to share learning
and spread enthusiasm and energy.
The next chance to be part of
it will be European region WCPT event
in Liverpool next year. It’s in my diary.
See www.liverpool2016.com
Stuart Palma
is a CSP professional
adviser
Twitter: @SP_Physio
Email: palmas@
csp.org.uk
’s co ntribution
prof essions
would it have on their everyday
lives? To physiotherapists this
might seem an obvious thought
process, but in a busy imaging
department it’s easy to forget
that you are dealing with more
than a ‘knee’ or a ‘shoulder’.
Encouraging students to
understand the implications
of poor mobility or injury and
linking this to the resulting
image, hopefully contributed to
improved patient-centred care.
Tutors teaching academic
reading, writing and
referencing skills do not need
to share students’ professional
backgrounds. Leading seminars
and journal clubs to encourage
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critical analysis not only
helped students to develop
academically but also
contributed to my knowledge
of other professions.
This last stage in my
physiotherapy career has
been extremely rewarding
and I hope I have encouraged
students to look beyond
their own profession when
contributing to patient care.
Perhaps it is time to move
even further by having interprofessional placements.
José Gibbs is a senior
lecturer at Canterbury
Christ Church University
A new system of shared parental leave (SPL) in
England, Scotland and Wales applies to parents
with babies born on or after 5 April 2015, and to
adoptions.
Under the new system, parents will be able to
choose how they share the care of their child in
the first year after birth. While employed mothers
will still be entitled to 52 weeks’ maternity leave,
working parents will be able to opt to share 50 out
of 52 weeks of statutory maternity leave and 37 out
of 39 weeks of statutory maternity pay. Mothers will
retain two weeks’ mandatory maternity leave and
fathers will also have a separate entitlement to two
weeks of statutory paternity leave.
Shared parental leave can either be taken by
each parent consecutively, or by both parents
concurrently, as long as the combined amount of
leave does not exceed the amount which is jointly
available to the couple. Additional paternity leave
and additional paternity pay will be abolished (since
fathers will be expected to take the new shared
parental leave instead).
To be eligible for SPL, you must have 26 weeks’
continuous service at the end of the 15th week
before the expected week of childbirth or the
notified week of adoption, and still be employed in
the week before SPL is due to start.
Statutory shared parental leave pay will apply
for 39 of the 52 weeks (reduced by any element of
statutory maternity pay received by the mother).
The first six weeks will be paid at 90 per cent of the
average weekly earnings, before tax, of the parent
who is on leave.
The regulations are complex and lengthy, and
employers will be seeking legal advice in the early
days. Members should seek advice from their CSP
steward or senior negotiating officer if you are
experiencing difficulty getting a request for SPL
agreed.
Saraka Keating is a CSP senior negotiating officer
More information
CSP shared parental leave guide
www.csp.org.uk/node/877320
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Rehabilitation
A fractured
network?
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The major trauma network is saving lives. But
are orthopaedic trauma patients getting the
rehab they need? Robert Millett finds out
25
S
ince 2012 seriously injured people in
England have been taken immediately
to one of 25 major trauma centres
(MTCs) around the country. Unlike
district hospitals these centres can
provide a comprehensive level of
specialised care, which seriously injured patients often
need. And, as a result, survival rates are rising.
The trauma centres are part of the national trauma
network, which consists of 22 regional networks. Each
network contains one MTC, which delivers emergency and
specialist acute treatments, and local trauma units that
offer further support. People with major trauma
Since 2012
receive prompt treatment from an emergency
team. They are then seen by a multidisciplinary
team, including surgeons, doctors, nurses and
physiotherapists.
Patients stay at the trauma centre
more patients are
while their condition is acute before being
surviving major
transferred to one of the network’s trauma
trauma each
units, which provide ongoing care and
year
rehabilitation.
Last year NHS England’s chief executive Simon
Stevens applauded the national trauma network as ‘a
major NHS success story’. He cited an independent audit,
commissioned by NHS England and produced by the Trauma
Audit and Research Network, as evidence of the initiative’s
positive impact.
Currently each year about 3,000 people reach hospital
alive but subsequently die of their injuries. But the audit
showed that, following the introduction of the network in
April 2012, about 600 more patients in England
are surviving major trauma each year.
Yet despite its success, there is
much more still to do, argues
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Rehabilitation
Emotional wellbeing
Mrs Claydon has a special interest in rehab for patients with
complex orthopaedic trauma. ‘I believe the impact of fractures
on function and emotional wellbeing is underestimated,’ she
says. ‘There can be a social attitude of “Oh, it’s only a broken
bone, it will mend”. But complex fractures can take months,
or even years to heal. And during this time patients often
have rehab restrictions, such as weight-bearing restrictions or
immobilisation.’
In addition, they can face complications such as multiple
surgical procedures, wound or bone infections, a loss of range
and power, altered body image and non-union or mal-union
of a bone. An unintended by-product of the trauma network is
that the rehab pathway for people with complex fractures has
become more disjointed, says Mrs Claydon.
‘Traditionally if you had a complex fracture you might
have been seen at your local hospital and then you got your
physio locally,’ she explains. ‘But now you are taken to an MTC.
And when you move to a local hospital the level of detail the
physios have about you is a lot less, because there is no direct
link between the consultant and the physios.’
Patients with complex orthopaedic problems account for
half of the admissions to major trauma, she says. But despite
this there is a lack of research in the field, and little evidence to
guide good clinical practice.
In addition, many patients have short hospital stays, as
they can usually manage at home while their fractures heal.
For instance, at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS trust the
average length of stay is five days, although fracture-healing
times can vary from three weeks to several months. This means
that most orthopaedic rehab takes place in the community
or in outpatient services. And this emphasis on post-discharge
rehab has contributed to a lack of understanding about the
patient group and their needs.
‘After leaving hospital, fracture patients are usually followed
BSIP SA/Alamy
senior research physiotherapist Jacqueline Claydon.
Mrs Claydon, an active member of the National Institute
for Health Research’s musculoskeletal trauma research group,
works as orthopaedic physio team lead at Newcastle upon
Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust. She says there are inequalities in the
provision of rehab across the regional networks.
According to the National Institute for Health and Clinical
Excellence, she says, rehab is repeatedly the worst performing
element of the trauma care pathway and must be improved.
‘The networks have done amazing things for mortality and
quality of treatment in the acute phase,’ says Mrs Claydon.
‘But rehabilitation remains criticised for poor performance.’
She says one of the reasons for this is that the networks
have regionalised acute care, with multidisciplinary expertise
becoming concentrated within MTCs. Meanwhile, the
approach to rehabilitation in community and outpatient
settings has not received the same focus and remains far less
uniform.
‘In our region we send out referrals to 24 different rehab
hubs, who each further distribute referrals to local teams,’ says
Mrs Claydon. ‘In all there are over 50 physio sites involved in
the rehab of our patients. And this thin distribution reduces the
opportunity for clinicians to gain experience and develop the
skills they need to treat more complex injuries.’
Action is needed to improve rehabilitation across the
networks, she says.
Patient experience
Harry Jones, not his real name, was 63
and working in a warehouse when he
was injured. He fell from a height and
experienced a serious ankle fracture and a
vertebral wedge fracture.
After surgery he made good progress
and was ready to leave hospital after
seven days. A rehab prescription was
completed, which identified that he
would need help with mobility and
independence.
Two months later he returned to the
fracture clinic, where an X-ray revealed
he was developing osteopenia. Following
a consultation he was advised to remain
non-weight bearing until he saw his local
physiotherapist. However, Mr Jones had
problems accessing local physiotherapy
because of poor communication
between the different trusts involved,
and the difficulties left him feeling
depressed.
Luckily, in addition to his fracture
clinic follow-up, he was also assessed
at the pilot trauma rehab clinic.
His consultation included a review
of his rehab prescription and Mrs
Claydon helped him to access the
local physiotherapy service, by
communicating with all the relevant
departments. She also provided him with
exercises and gave guidance about how to
help normalise the effects of trauma. And
together they set rehabilitation goals.
Mr Jones was discharged from
orthopaedics after eight months and
his fractures have now healed. He is still
attending physio and hopes to return to
work soon, on lighter duties.
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Research project
‘Complex fractures
can take months, or
even years to heal.
And during this time
patients often have
rehab restrictions,
such as weightbearing restrictions
or immobilisation.‘
Jacqueline Claydon
up by physiotherapists who have variable trauma experience.
And no specialist multidisciplinary services are available, so
very little is known about the problems patients face with
recovery and rehab after complex orthopaedic trauma.’ To
combat this lack of knowledge Mrs Claydon developed studies
to improve the quality of orthopaedic rehab interventions. In
2013 she started a pilot service at the Royal Victoria Infirmary
in Newcastle, to improve the care of people with complex
orthopaedic injuries.
Pilot study
The specialist trauma rehab clinic was embedded within
the hospital’s fracture clinic and funded by the trust’s local
clinical research network. During an eight-month pilot patients
were invited to attend a consultation if they had received a
completed rehabilitation prescription in the past 12 months.
Mrs Claydon explains that major trauma is defined by an
injury severity score (ISS) of above 16. A rehab prescription
is meant to be completed for all trauma patients with an ISS
greater than eight. The NHS Clinical Advisory Group for major
trauma services developed the rehab prescription to help
clinicians identify patient needs, and it was included in the best
practice tariff for major trauma in 2012.
It allows clinicians to record and refer to a patient’s rehab
plan as they move from one setting to another, and it is meant
to be reviewed at regular intervals and receive multidisciplinary
input. Mrs Claydon says the tool has helped raise awareness of
the importance of integrating rehab services across the trauma
network. ‘But we also need to better understand the rehab
population, in order to develop and commission appropriate
services.’ fl
More information
NHS England www.england.nhs.uk
The Trauma Audit and Research Network www.tarn.ac.uk
To help achieve her goal of improving trauma rehab,
Mrs Claydon conducted a qualitative research project
that collected data from 150 patients who attended
the trauma rehab clinic. Patients were provided
with a traditional physiotherapy assessment, with a
subjective and clinical examination of all injuries, and a
multidisciplinary screening.
The consultations considered pain management,
environmental issues, the patient’s emotional wellbeing,
functional status, issues around returning to work and
rehabilitation goals. Staff also reassessed each patient’s
rehab prescription three to 12 months after injury. ‘At
the end of each session I was able to give advice, start
physiotherapy treatment or refer the patient on for
multidisciplinary input as necessary,’ says Mrs Claydon.
The clinic received positive feedback from patients
involved in the pilot. One referred to receiving the ‘best
explanation of injuries and what to expect’ and another
that they were ‘treated like a person, not a number’. Some
said it was the first time that anyone had set rehabilitation
goals with them.
Mrs Claydon believes the pilot also provided the trust
with a greater understating of rehab needs. For instance,
data from the study show that the primary rehabiliitation
needs of complex orthopaedic patients were pain,
mobility and independence with daily activities. But by
the time of their review consultations these were less of
an issue for most patients, whereas mood problems and
driving difficulties were increasingly reported.
The study also revealed that many people with complex
trauma fractures do not receive adequate rehabilitation
in community and outpatient settings, says Mrs Claydon.
‘Physiotherapists play a lead role in addressing the most
frequent rehabilitation needs, but many patients also
need access to other multidisciplinary professionals, such
as health psychologists.’
As a result the trust is exploring how best to resource
the multidisciplinary needs of patients and looking at
the best way of continuing the project. Meanwhile Mrs
Claydon is compiling data from the study, which she hopes
to publish in a clinical journal.
Collaboration is key, says Mrs Claydon, who is keen that
good clinical practice is shared. ‘There are many AHPs
within the major trauma network working in the community
and outpatient settings, and we must improve coordination
and communication, both within the MTCs and across
regions to improve patient care,’ says Mrs Claydon.
‘We need collaboration and support from everyone –
from consultants and AHPs on the ward, to community,
outpatients and intermediate care.’
Mrs Claydon is inviting physios to complete a survey
about patient rehab after multiple rib fractures
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Epilepsy
Working at Young
Epilepsy gives
Dinah Mabbut
(right) plenty of
scope for interaction
Robert Millett meets
a physiotherapist
at a day and
residential school
and college in
Surrey for young
people with epilepsy
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Jack (surname
withheld) takes part in
rebound therapy with
Dinah Mabbut and
Linda Leadbetter
B
and the college accepts students aged 19 to 25.
eing at school can be challenging
At present, there are 77 students at the school and
at the best of times. But imagine
120 at the college. There are only 23 day students
having to contend with the added
at the school and 26 at the college, so most students
complication that you might, at
live on campus during term-time and return home
any moment, have a seizure. For
for the holidays.
many young people with epilepsy
Band 7 specialist physiotherapist Dinah Mabbutt
this possibility is ever-present. The NHS estimates that
has worked at the charity since 2010. She is one
more than 600,000 people in the UK have epilepsy,
of five part-time physiotherapists based on
of whom 112,000 are aged under 25.
the campus, along with two physio
The unpredictable nature of the
The NHS
technicians. ‘The physios work across
condition can have a severe impact
estimates that
the site and we rotate between areas
on young people’s education
there are
as and when it suits the service and
and their physical, mental and
112,000
the students,’ says Mrs Mabbutt.
social development. But since
The charity aims to improve the
1904 a UK charity has been
quality of life for young people with
working to address this problem,
young people with
epilepsy and other neurological
by providing young people with
epilepsy in
conditions, she explains.
epilepsy with a safe and stable
the UK
People with epilepsy experience
learning environment. Young Epilepsy,
recurring seizures. The condition arises
previously known as the National Centre
from abnormal electrical discharges in the
for Young People with Epilepsy, is based in
brain that create sudden changes in sensation,
Lingfield, Surrey. The charity’s 60-acre site includes
behaviour or consciousness. These changes can
St Piers school, a college, residential houses, research
result in more than 40 different types of seizure –
facilities and a specialist medical centre, equipped
ranging from someone simply going ‘blank’ for a
with an assessment and rehabilitation unit.
few seconds to losing consciousness and convulsing.
Pupils aged from five to 19 attend St Piers school
the initiative
28/05/2015 15:38
Epilepsy
‘Many of the
students wear
helmets and
we can pad
surfaces and
do whatever
we can to
make the
environment
as safe as
possible.’
Dinah Mabbutt
‘Quite a few of our students have “drop seizures”
where they fall to the ground, and those can be
alarming,’ says Mrs Mabbutt. The students’ related
conditions include attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder, acquired brain injuries, autism spectrum
disorders, behavioural difficulties and moderate to
severe learning difficulties.
‘Alongside all of those are a range of other
physical difficulties which may be part of the same
condition or associated. Some people temporarily
lose mobility after a seizure,’ says Mrs Mabbutt.
Seizures can affect a young person’s muscle tone,
behaviour, alertness and confidence – all of which
can lead to fluctuations in physical performance.
Young people can be referred to the school by
their parents or guardians, education authorities,
social care representatives, clinical commissioning
groups or medical professionals. A multidisciplinary
team, including physios, reviews all the referrals
and free assessment visits may then be arranged.
This allows the team to evaluate a young person’s
needs and decide if the school or college can
arrange appropriate provision. Based on this an
offer of a placement may be made.
If a local authority or a health commissioner
makes the referral then funding for the placement
will already be in place. But when a parent or
guardian makes a referral the process can take
longer, as the relevant authorities must then
agree that the placement is appropriate and the
option makes the best use of public funds.
The role of physiotherapy
‘One of the great things about working here is the
variety that the physio role encompasses,’ says
Mrs Mabbutt. Colleagues support children and
young people on-site by helping them to regain
or improve skills. They also provide rehab to those
who may have undergone surgery or sustained
injuries while having a seizure. ‘Every student
has their own programme that’s tailored to their
needs,’ says Mrs Mabbutt. ‘And having all the
therapies on site is a huge benefit as we can be
flexible with our timings.’
The treatments provided include rebound
therapy, aquatic therapy, horse riding, core
stability groups, relaxation sessions and individual
sessions. The physios are also involved in the
provision and monitoring of equipment, such as
specialist seating, wheelchairs, standing frames,
walking aids, sleep systems, bikes and sensory
dynamic orthosis [Lycra garments that provide
sensory feedback, as well as postural support]. In
addition they are involved in care plans, organising
programmes for the staff to carry out with
students and planning meetings.
‘At present plans are being finalised for two
exciting projects: the new school that will open
in spring 2016, and a newly designed therapy
centre in the college,’ says Mrs Mabbutt. ‘So we
have been involved in the planning of the therapy
rooms, the equipment, and making sure there
is appropriate provision, such as tracking for the
non-weight bearing students.’ The wide range
of tasks the physios are involved in is part of the
holistic approach that has been key to the charity’s
success, says Mrs Mabbutt.
‘Working here it is imperative to liaise with other
professionals – and the multidisciplinary ethos is
fantastic,’ she says. ‘On site we have registrars,
a medical team, educational staff, care staff,
psychologists, play therapists, speech and language
therapists, occupational therapists and physios.
So it really is multidisciplinary in the best sense of
the word.’
Rehab to promote independence
People with epilepsy can be encouraged to use
wheelchairs if this reduces the risk of falling and
injuring themselves when a seizure occurs. As a
result, when children and young people arrive at
Young Epilepsy the physios sometimes find that
their walking and balance has been compromised.
‘Because those around them are wary of
seizures they have been encouraged to stay in their
wheelchairs,’ explains Mrs Mabbutt.
In such cases the children’s motor development
may have been affected and they may lack
the confidence to move around unaided. The
physios work to promote mobility and increase
independence. ‘There are always risks but
we discuss the options with parents and take
preventive measures,’ says Mrs Mabbutt. ‘Many
of the students wear helmets and we can pad
surfaces and do whatever we can to make the
environment as safe as possible.’
As with any role Mrs Mabbutt says there can
be hurdles to overcome. Many students have
behavioural issues or are unable to cooperate
or follow instructions, making delivering rehab a
challenge. In addition, the fluctuating nature of
epilepsy means that rehab gains and goals shift.
But she adds that a key benefit of working for
the charity is the accessibility of students and staff.
‘The students are fantastic, and having the privilege
of getting to know and work with them is amazing.’
In addition, she says there is a lot of receptiveness
to physiotherapy at the charity – from students,
parents and other staff.
‘At a recent annual review a parent said to me:
“I just want to say thank you – if only I’d known
what physio could do I would have pushed for my
child to have it earlier”.’ fl
More information
www.youngepilepsy.org.uk
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CPDguide
Making it hap
W
e started this series in the
4 February issue with a
poem titled The leader
and a simple message.
Leaders are made by
necessity, a sense of urgency and desire from within.
They don’t stand on the sidelines: they
see a need and act.
Let’s go back to the first article in the series, where
you were invited to identify changes you wanted to
bring about or a goal you wanted to achieve. This
article focuses on making this happen.
In the second and third articles (4 March and
5 May) we explored getting to know yourself and
others – how you, and they, think, feel, and behave
in order to communicate effectively and develop
alliances. The third article ended with some exercises
that introduced the idea of analysing and examining
the values, behaviours, norms, assumptions of the
teams and organisations around you. The aim was
to identify potential barriers and issues. This is where
we’ll pick up ...
Think
If you are looking to bring about any cultural
change, such as people’s behaviour or values, it is
worth doing some in-depth thinking. Planning for all
eventualities is known as a cultural audit.
Start by creating a set of questions (what
questions you use will depend on your context).
Those below are provided to give you a flavour
of the type of questions to ask
n what’s the vision?
n what values drive the organisation?
n how are decisions made?
n what is the management style?
n how risk averse is the organisation?
n what are the structures (physical,
technological, processes) like?
n what is the communication style?
n what do stakeholders (your patients,
management, other colleagues) think?
n what external factors influence the organisation,
such as financial constraints and competition?
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Has this series moved you to action?
We’d love to hear from you. Drop us a line at
learning&development@csp.org.uk
appen
In the fourth and final article in a series
on leadership, CSP adviser Nina Paterson
sums up some of the key messages
attributes and skills gained from
the first three articles to motivate
CPD activity
Whether we’re talking service
and inspire others, but let them be
transformation, refocusing your
involved; better yet, let them own
business, or making a change to
This activity is
the change themselves. When
the procedures that your team
straightforward. Go back
you’ve achieved your goal, share
adhere to, you’ll need to plan.
to the beginning to what
the success with them too.
Many models are available.
you wanted to achieve.
n Keep watch over the whole
If you work for the NHS, you’ll
Use the principles
plan, as well as the smaller chunks.
have templates to support you to
outlined in the article
Amend your timelines accordingly,
deliver projects. They work just as
and take some time to
know when you are ahead, and
well for smaller-scale activities: all
plan your project. And
when things are slipping. When
that really differs is the scale of
finally, what are you
you hit a barrier, your earlier
the exercise.
waiting for? Good luck!
contingency planning will help.
n What do you want to achieve?
n Communicate! If you alter
We covered this in the first
your schedule, tell everyone.
article. This is your ‘scope’. Use
If you have someone championing your cause,
this to define what success will look like. You may
keep them in the loop.
find that the scope changes over time for good
reason. If so, redefine it, ensure that this is agreed
And this is where we finish; full circle back from
by all involved then communicate this change of
where we started. If you are looking to bring about a
direction to everyone that needs to know. In the
change in culture, such as behavioural change, you’ll
first and second articles in the series we discussed
need to be prepared for others to disagree. Be in it
the benefits of motivation and communication,
for the long haul: change doesn’t happen overnight.
but defining the aim will also help you to focus.
Create some space in your own head, work with
n Write down your plan, using any tool that works
others and build alliances.
for you. There are plenty to choose from: mind
And, importantly, go right back to the first set of
maps, spreadsheets, Gantt charts, action plans,
questions, asking ‘why does this matter?’ Hold on to
project planning templates, white boards,
these questions to motivate yourself. fl
flip-charts). Break down your planning into
smaller chunks.
n Return to your earlier ‘thinking stage’ to draw out
If this series has sparked your interest you
any risks/identify issues and think about how to
might like to explore some of the topics
resolve them or build in contingencies
listed below:
nYou’ll need to think about how these activities
policy to influence
n self-awareness
fit together. Put them in sequential order and be
and persuade
n political awareness
clear about which activities are linked. This will
n change
n understanding
help you manage delays and, if other people are
management
health & social care
involved, you’ll be able to tell them when they’ll
n project
environments
be needed.
management
nmaking a case
n resilience
(using data, and
act
And now it’s time to act, to carry out your plan.
You’ll find a wealth of resources available
n Share the load. Let others play a part. Use the
including books, journal articles, conferences
and courses.
plan
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35
InReview
Featured book
Touch (2nd edition)
Tiffany Field
The blurb on the cover of this
book offered an enticing mix
of research and evidence from
practice that would describe
the biological and physiological
effects of touch, and help me
unpack how touch promotes
human development and
communication.
The book begins by reflecting
on situations in contemporary
society where touch is missing,
before presenting chapters
that describe the practices and
biological and physiological
processes of touch to promote
human development and
interactions. The chapter on
touch therapies presents a useful,
though primarily descriptive,
overview of the different touch
techniques associated with
Eastern and Western approaches
to health and wellbeing. The final
chapter of the book returns to
the arguments running through
its opening chapter to highlight
the benefits of touch – as a
sensory (and sensual) experience
in its own right and
as a therapeutic tool.
The pages are littered with
citations to research about
the use of touch, but the tone
and style adopted is largely
uncritical of the findings. And
although I am sympathetic to
the arguments about the value
of touch running through the
text (and can evidence that
from my practice as a paediatric
physiotherapist), the book left
me feeling disappointed. Its
focus on individual biology/
physiology and descriptive
approach seemed to silence
the role played by society in
shaping our experience and
practice of touch – as people
and as physiotherapists.
If you are looking for a
book to help you explore how
touch is experienced and used
by individuals and societies
in a given time and place, I
would signpost you towards
alternative, more critical
authors such as Constance
Classen or Erin Manning. If you
are looking for something that
describes the biological and
physiological effects of touch
in a way that is easy to read
and digest, you might want to
add this book to your personal
reading list.
Gwyn Owen,
CSP professional adviser
Thrive: the power
of psychological
therapy
Working in public
health: an introduction
to careers in
public health
Richard Layard and
David M Clark
Fiona Sim and Jenny
Wright (eds)
Two leading experts show
how evidence-based
psychological treatments
can bring hope to people
with mental health
problems, along with
wider economic benefits.
Tackling rugby:
what every
parent should
know about injuries
Allyson M Pollock
Written by a professor
of public health research
and policy at Queen Mary,
University of London,
this book aims to set
out the ‘true risks’ to
children who play rugby
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Suffering narratives
of older people
Mary Beth Quaranta
This book, subtitled
a phenomenological
approach to serious illness,
chronic pain, recovery and
maternal care, ‘builds on
knowledge about suffering
to help guide ethical
action in preventing and
relieving chronic pain and
improving systems of care’.
The authors, from
the London School of
Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine and Solutions
for Public Health, look at
public health work in a
range of settings.
www.physiotherapy
exercises.com/
The World Conferedation
for Physical Therapy has
entered into a professional
partnership with
Physiotherapyexercises.
com – a web-based
service run by physical
therapists that enables
colleagues around the
world to generate exercise
programmes for their
patients.
The website provides
access to more than
1,000 exercises for people
with different injuries
and disabilities.
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English networks news
English regional
networks
News from the CSP English
regional networks, branches
and country boards.
Find out more at
www.csp.org.uk/nations-regions
The regional networks bring together a
cross section of members to inform CSP
policy, vision and strategy as part of the
governance structures. They influence in
their localities and take on developments
and project work in the regions.
Physiotherapy Works
Recent events were just the start. There are
several ways you can stay involved:
Hear Sue Rees’s inspirational talk at:
• Use CPD resources at:
www.bit.ly/1bPC1ha
• Use your elevator pitch:
www.csp.org.uk/elevatorpitch
• Make a pledge:
www.csp.org.uk/pledgephysioworks
• Plan your activity for Older People’s Day
on 1 October:
http://olderpeoplesday.co.uk/
Cost of falls
Every £1 spent on physiotherapy saves
£1.50 across the falls pathway.
• See how much your local CCG could save
with an effective falls service:
www.csp.org.uk/costoffalls
• Understand more about the tool by
attending a webinar
(member-only)
Use the tool to persuade colleagues,
managers and decision makers of the need
for excellent falls services.
The 10 English regional networks organise
regional forums four times a year. All
are welcome and encouraged to attend
including, qualified members, associates,
students and retired members.
As well as access to study days and
conferences, getting involved with your
regional network is a good way to link up
with others, learn about opportunities and
challenges locally and be part of the wider
physiotherapy profession. Access your
regional network web pages at:
www.csp.org.uk/nations-regions
Workout at Work Day 12 June
• If you would like to promote your event
to your local media, contact: pressoffice@
csp.org.uk
• Remember to tweet pictures on the day
using #workoutatwork
• See our live blog of the day at:
www.csp.org.uk/workoutatwork
Full details at: www.csp.org.uk/news-events/
events/workout-work-day-2015
East of England
Clinical regional conference and AGM
The fractured neck of femur pathway –
Falls prevention, acute surgical phase and
rehabilitation
Date: Saturday 13 June
Time: 11am-3pm
Place: Physiotherapy Dept, Addenbrookes
Hospital, Cambridge.
Information at: www.csp.org.uk/eastengland
Twitter: @Physioeast
Contact: Chair, Carl Hancock, email:
eastofenglandchair@csp.org.uk
East Midlands
Cost of falls and sharing good practice day
Date: Saturday 4 July
Time: 10am-2.30pm
Place: London Road Community Hospital,
London Road, Derby DE1 2QY
The event is free to CSP members and
includes lunch and refreshments.
Agenda includes:
• An introduction to the East Midlands
regional network
• Dean Metz, falls specialist physiotherapist,
South Tyneside NHSFT
• Current practice at Derby Falls Clinic
• Falls prevention economic model –
demonstration and workshop.
We will promote and support you in
implementing the new CSP cost of falls
model and to share best practice across
the region.
Find more information and book a place at:
http://www.csp.org.uk/network-events/
physiotherapy-works-cost-falls-sharinggood-practice-day-4-july-1000am-230pm
Twitter: @CSPEastMidlands
Contact: Chair, Lucy Cocker, email:
eastmidlandschair@csp.org.uk
Web: www.csp.org.uk/east-midlands
London
Regional forum
Date: Monday 15 June
Time: 4pm-7pm
Place: CSP London Office, Council room
WC1R 4ED
All welcome to attend and get involved, find
out more at: www.csp.org.uk/london
Twitter: @CSPLondon
Contact: Chair, Carole McCarthy, email:
londonchair@csp.org.uk
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North East
Regional forum
Date: Thursday 11 June
Time: 3pm-5pm
Place: Durham County Cricket Club, County
Ground Riverside, Chester-le-Street, County
Durham DH3 3QR
out more at: www.csp.org.uk/northeast
Twitter: @CSPNorthEast
Contact: Chair, Jill Kent, email:
northeastchair@csp.org.uk
North West
Regional forum
Details to be posted at: www.csp.org.uk/
northwest
Twitter: @northwestcsp
Contact: Chair, Jo Lishman, email:
northwestchair@csp.org.uk
South East Coast
Regional forum
Date: Thursday 11 June
Time: 10am-1pm
Place: Room tba University of Brighton,
Darley Road University Campus, Eastbourne
BN20 7UR
CPD topic for discussion – values based
interviewing. All welcome to attend and get
involved, find out more at: www.csp.org.uk/
southeastcosast
Twitter: @CSPSouthEast
Contact: Chair, Helen Balcombe, email:
southeastcoastchair@csp.org.uk
South West
Report: Forum and AGM on 18 March in
Exeter
The S West team with Adam Zawadzki, far left
This was attended by a good representation
of members from across the region and
specialities, including representatives from
higher education institutions. We were also
pleased to welcome Andy Ballard, senior
negotiating officer for the South West, who
was on hand to discuss the recent pay deal
and other aspects of union work.
A CPD component on leadership was presented
by Heather Hunter and Hannah Willoughby.
Discussion included:
• CSP and local priorities
• Workout at Work day
• The NHS five year forward view
• CSP Physiotherapy Works update and
resources
• Ways to get involved with the South West
regional network
• Council report by Heather Hunter.
Our AGM included a report on a very
successful year highlights were:
• CPD components included in all our
forums
• A fantastic Physiotherapy Works event in
December with over 130 attendees.
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problem came in the form of a partnership
with Helen Owen, a final year student at
Coventry University. Helen contacted me to
discuss a Workout at Work day initiative and
immediately her professionalism, enthusiasm
and drive shone through. I discovered she
was also skilled in social media; running a
successful Coventry University student blog
and regularly tweeting.
Jane Toms
We were also pleased to elect some new
members to our core team including:
• Shan Aguilar-Stone – vice-chair
• Catherine Stancombe and Kathleen Reilly
– to share secretary role with existing core
team member Chris Foster
• Adam Zawadzki, previously interim chair,
was elected as chair.
Thanks to all for getting involved with the
regional network!
Report by Adam Zawadzki.
Twitter: @CSPsouthwest
Contact: Chair, Adam Zawadski, email:
southwestchair@csp.org.uk
Web: www.csp.org.uk/southwest
West Midlands
Twitter stats soared with students as partners
Jane Toms, West Midlands communication
lead, reports:
I am communications lead for the West
Midlands and I really enjoy my role. However
over the last year a significant problem
emerged. When it came to social media
- ‘SoMe’ - I was out of my depth. I could
see it was the future of communication
but it was So NOT Me! How could I be
communications lead?
Well, as Karen Middleton reminds us, physios
are great problem solvers. The solution to my
Helen Owen
I asked Helen to join me at the next West
Midlands forum on the 16 March when,
coincidently, we had arranged for Gerard
Greene to speak to us on SoMe. Gerard’s
talk was inspirational, encouraging us to get
involved and suggesting how to do so. Helen
tweeted and blogged about the meeting and,
I am delighted to say, agreed to be our SoMe
lead.
Our Twitter stats have soared as a result
of Helen’s work. In April we appeared
18,400 times on people’s feeds. A fantastic
improvement compared to February when
appearances numbered 28! Our tweets
are being spread further and seen by more
people. We are gaining more followers with
every week that goes by.
Helen has been a tonic and the re-energising
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West Midlands in a wider sense too. As a
core team we are all more committed to
SoMe and can see the benefit to our overall
aim of facilitating communication across the
region and with the CSP.
•
Moving forward we are asking people to:
• Follow @WestMidlandsCSP on twitter
• Tweet @WestMidlandsCSP sharing what
you are doing and anything useful
• Encourage work colleagues to do the same.
•
An extra bonus in the West Midlands is that,
as a result of more SoMe engagement,
we have been contacted by students from
across the region who are keen to get
involved. We are looking forward to more
partnerships with them and the value/
energy they bring; a clear case of a problem
that was really an opportunity.
Twitter: @JaneToms1
The CSP Social Media guidance advises on
setting up an account on Twitter:
• Visit www.twitter.com and fill in the ‘Sign
up’ form with your name, email address
and password
• You’ll be asked to choose your account
name – the one that begins with the
•
•
@ symbol, like @thecsp – and agree to
Twitter’s terms of service
Twitter will ask about your interests and
offer you some suggested accounts to follow
Before you can start posting, you’ll have
to confirm your account by clicking on
a link in an email that Twitter sends to the
address that you’ve just provided
Edit your profile to set up your photo,
biography, location and website address
Click on the cog icon to access your full
settings, including notifications and privacy.
Full details at: http://www.csp.org.uk/
publications/social-media-guidance
Regional forum
Date: Monday 8 June
Time: 10am-1pm
Place: Sport and Exercise Sciences Room, G86
Edgbaston University, Birmingham, B15 2TT.
out more at www.csp.org.uk/westmidlands
Twitter: @WestMidlandsCSP
Contact: Chairs, Sheila Stringer and Sam
Townsend, email: westmidlandschair@csp.
org.uk
EXPERT
REPRESENTATION tenmillion
Yorkshire and the Humber
Injection use in physiotherapy – theory to reality
Date: Wednesday 10 June
Time: 5pm
Place: Hallmark Hotel, Ferriby High Road, North
Ferriby, East Riding of Yorkshire HU14 3LG
This joint presentation will include an
overview of:
• injections in MSK
• Botox injections in neuro
• research and ethical issues.
Speakers:
• Angela Clough, PhD, MSc, (Co-chair of the
Y&H Network)
• Graham Morgan, MCSP
• Adrian Robertson, MPhil, Grad Dip Phys.
Refreshments included. Please indicate
any special dietary requirements. This is a
free event with limited places so booking is
essential. Reserve a place with Stephanie
Portier at: s.j.portier@shu.ac.uk or tel: 0114
225 5691. Information at: www.csp.org.uk/
yorksandhumber
Twitter: @CSP YorksHumber
Contact: Chairs, Angela Clough and Jean
Heseltine, email: yorksandhumberchair@
csp.org.uk
UP to ONLINE CLINICAL
for me at work from
the CSP’s network of trade
union officers and stewards.
Strength in numbers.
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of protection through
professional and public liability insurance for me.
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SUPPORT WORKER
PEER SUPPORT THAT IS
EASY-TO-ACCESS
through iCSP discussion forums,
professional and regional networks.
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East Kent branch
Study day – Tissue repair and electrotherapy
Date: 4 July
Place: Postgraduate Centre, Kent and
Canterbury Hospital, Ethelbert Road, Canterbury
Speaker: Prof Tim Watson
Cost: £60
Contact: Email: clarephysio@gmail.com for
application forms
Tutor: Ann Holland Senior Bobath Tutor
Date: Saturday 23 May 8.30am, 9am
registration, course will finish at 5pm
Place: Sussex Rehabilitation Centre
The Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath
RH16 4EX
Cost: ACPIN members £40, non- ACPIN
members £65
Contact: sussex@acpin.net
Macclesfield branch
Evening lecture – Litigation and missed upper
limb injuries
Speaker: Mr Martin Holt, consultant shoulder
and elbow surgeon
Date: 23 June
Time: 7.30pm
Place: Macclesfield District General Hospital
Contact: Email: siobhan@siobhanwhite.net
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in
Neurology (ACPIN) - Oxford
Observational gait analysis for neurological
patients
Aim: To explore observational gait analysis
as a tool to clinical practice with reference to
kinematic and kinetic features of gait.
Tutor: Ben Ellis
Date: 27 June
Time: 10am-4pm
Place: Chiltern MS Centre, Aylesbury HP22
5LE
Cost: £35 ACPIN members £50 Non members
Contact: Email: oxfordacpin@googlemail.com
for programme and application form.
Future dates:
• 2-15 June – quarterly English regional
network forums
• 16 June – English network forum for
regional council representatives or their
alternates
• 17 June – CSP council meeting.
Professional networks news
Professional
networks
Courses and events from
CSP recognised professional
networks. Share your events
here free of charge.
Send an email to
networkads@csp.org.uk
Neurology (ACPIN) - Sussex
Locomotion – A study day for senior
physiotherapists
(course participants should have completed
the BBTA basic modules and/or a basic three
week course)
Neurology (ACPIN) - Surrey and Borders
Networking evening and lecture:
Future-proofing neuro physiotherapy and
implications of the five year forward view
Date: Monday 13 July
Speaker: Dr Hayden Kirk, consultant
physiotherapist and clinical director, Adult
Services, Southampton
Place: Holy Cross Hospital, Haslemere, Surrey
GU27 1NQ
Cost: ACPIN members free, non ACPIN
members £4
This is also your opportunity to meet up with
other members, give us ideas for future events
and showcase your service development and
research posters. Free nibbles and drinks. Free
parking. No need to book in advance
Contact: Email: surrey@acpin.net
Neurology (ACPIN) - Yorkshire
Functional rehabilitation of the upper limb:
with a focus on proximal strength and activity
Presenter: Helen Lindfield BBTA
Date: Friday 19 June 3pm-7pm
Saturday 20 June 9am-4pm
Place: Clinical Skills Suite (Level 7), Portland
Building, City Campus, Leeds Beckett
University LS1 3LE (For Sat Nav use LS1 3HB)
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Cost: £90 for ACPIN members £115 for nonACPIN members – to include refreshments
(but not lunch). Places limited to 20, due to
the practical nature of the course.
Course pre-requisites: Basic Bobath essential.
Contact: For further information contact
Dawn Knibbs at: yorkshire@acpin.net
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists
in Occupational Health and Ergonomics
(ACPOHE)
ACPOHE is the CSP professional network
for physiotherapists working in occupational
health and ergonomics. Registered members
of ACPOHE are physiotherapists who have
demonstrated specialist competency in
the fields of occupational health or
ergonomics.
Introduction to occupational health
Dates: 23-24-25 September
Place: Birmingham
Cost: £455 members, £515 non-members
Changing health behaviours: Using a cognitive
behavioural approach to achieve better
outcomes
Date: 6-7 October
Place: Birmingham
Office workstation ergonomics (DSE) level 2
Date: 6-7 November
Place: Haywards Heath
ACPOHE course being hosted by BMI:
Office workstation ergonomics (DSE) level 2
Date: 3-4 October
Place: BMI Shirley Oaks Hospital, Surrey
Contact: Information and booking at: http://
www.acpohe.org.uk/events
Chartered Physiotherapists Working With
Older People (AGILE)
Regional study days for 2015
Soft-touch trigger point treatment with the
older person
Speaker: Ed Wilson BA (Hons) MCSP, HCPC
Registered, MCTA, CMP
Content: These one-day interactive study days
provided through both lectures and practical
sessions are designed to:
• enhance a physiotherapist’s understanding
of pain management, with the use of
trigger points to relieve pain in the older
person
• enable the physiotherapist to develop
clinical reasoning through interactive
discussions using case examples and
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pathology and in frail older people
• provide an excellent alternative technique
for needle-phobic patients presenting with
trigger points, plus no aggressive
techniques are used.
Dates for remaining regions:
13 June – AGILE (Scotland), Ninewells in
Dundee. Organiser/contact Fiona MacLeod at:
fiona.a.macLeod@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Cost: £60 AGILE members. Places are limited so
applications will initially only be considered for
current AGILE members.
Functional fitness MOT for the older person
with Bob Laventure
Date: 12 September
Place: Port Talbot
Contact: Molly Mallari at: molly.mallari@wales.
nhs.uk
Date: 21 November
Place: Dumfries
Contact: Katie Begg at: katie.begg@nhs.net
Full details on particular AGILE course via
organiser or on AGILE website at http://agile.
csp.org.uk/network-events
Cost: The cost per delegate of the event:
Functional fitness MOT for the older person is
£50 AGILE members; £65 non-members
Contact: http://agile.csp.org.uk/network-events
Acupuncture Association of Chartered
Physiotherapists (AACP)
AACP Basic acupuncture foundation courses
This course is designed to offer participants with
a level of knowledge, skill and understanding
that will allow them to practise acupuncture
in a safe and appropriate manner, in a clinical
setting.
Cost: £495 One year’s full membership of the
AACP with many benefits
To book: Contact Lucy Wilsher on tel: 01733
390007 or email: sec@aacp.uk.com
Dates: 13/14 June, 4/5 July and 15/16 August
Place: Liverpool
Dates: 18/19/25/26 July and 5/6 September
Place: Essex
AACP grants
AACP have a number of grants available for
AACP members. For more information please
contact Mindy Cairns, AACP research advisor,
at: research@aacp.uk.com or see the AACP
website: www.aacp.org.uk
AACP CPD courses:
Contact: Lucy Wilsher on tel: 01733 390007 or
email: sec@aacp.uk.com
Back, neck and upper limb
Date: 27 June
Place: Liverpool
Tutor: Jon Hobbs
Back and lower limb
Date: 28 June
Place: Liverpool
Tutor: Jon Hobbs.
Physio First
If you are in private practice then Physio First
is the professional network for you
Key membership benefits:
• access to support and advice - available to
assist members in all aspects of private
practice including legal and business advice
• access to a vibrant growing LinkedIn forum –
where key live market information is shared
• representation with major private health
insurers and intermediary companies facilitating access the latest information on a
changing competitive market place
• access to In Touch - our quarterly journal
containing useful clinical, professional and
business management information
• access to discounted equipment servicing
and practice consumables - available through
Patterson Medical
Can you afford not to be a member of
Physio First? Join us now and play a part in
championing evidence-based cost-effective
private physiotherapy in the changing
healthcare marketplace.
Contact: www.physiofirst.org.uk
Tel: 01604 684960 Email: minerva@physiofirst.
org.uk
Sports and Exercise Medicine (ACPSEM)
Membership
For just £55 per annum full members enjoy
the benefits of a strong network of sports
physios, three sports journals online, a
structured CPD pathway supported by a
suite of evidence-based training courses in
taping, soft tissue and rehabilitation and
discounts with more than 20 companies.
Biennial conference 2015
‘The young athlete’
Place: Brighton
Date: 9-10 October
Topics include; adolescent spine, hip
disorders, S&C, profiling and screening,
injury prevention, concussion, sudden cardiac
death, and clinical masterclasses.
Costs: £220 for two days if a member, full
price list on website.
Current taping techniques for sport
This course includes k-tape and dynamic
tape techniques in addition to all the
essential athletic taping techniques with rigid
and elastic tapes.
Date: 21-22 August
Place: Gateshead College
Date: 21-22 November
Place: London
Evening lecture series
Place and date: London monthly, other
regions vary
Cost: £5-£10
Current soft tissue techniques for sport
Dates: Part 1: 3-4 October. Part 2: 31
October- 1 November
Place: Belfast
Dates: Part 1: 1-2 August. Part 2: 24-25
October
Place: London
Cost: £200-£260
Clinical reasoning in exercise and performance
rehabilitation
Place: Scotland and London are the next
venues, dates tbc soon
Tutors: from Lynn Booth, Phil Glasgow, Nicki
Phillips, Caryl Becker, Tim Sharp
Dates: Part 1: 4-5 July. Part 2: 12-13
September
Place: Motherwell
Dates: Part 1: 26-27 September. Part 2: 5-6
December
Place: London
Cost: £200-260
Follow us: @physiosinsport
Contact: Full details and bookings via:
physiosinsport.org
All courses may be paid for by instalments by
contacting: admin@physiosinsport.org
Reflex Therapy (ACPIRT)
ACPIRT Reflex therapy 3rd foundation course
Four weekends over six months. An exciting
opportunity for physiotherapists and
healthcare professionals to be inspired! A
course that will change how you treat your
patients. Learn to treat the body through
reflex points on the feet with a modality of
treatment akin to reflexology. Reflex therapy
can be used for a wide variety of patients
and integrated within your own healthcare
setting. A comprehensive training led by
experienced tutors providing the skills for safe
and effective practice, endorsed with the CSP
quality mark.
Dates: 26-27 September,
31 October-1 November, 28-29 November.
March 2016 tbc
Place: Hope Bowdler Village Hall, Hope
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Bowdler, nr Church Stretton, Shrewsbury,
Shropshire
Cost: £1,200
Contact: For further information, please email:
info.acpirtfoundationcourse@gmail.com
British Association of Hand Therapy (BAHT)
Upcoming BAHT validated courses – see:
www.hand-therapy.co.uk for full details.
Level I courses:
Place: Nottingham
Date: 6-8 July
Level II courses:
Work related upper limb disorders
Date: 30 September to 2 October
Place: Kent
Fractures
Date: 25-27 November
Place: London
Optimising soft tissue function
Date: 13-15 May 2016
Place: Northwood
Level III courses:
Contemporary practices in injection
therapy
Date: Starts 19 October
Place: University of Nottingham.
Research
Temporomandibular Disorders (ACPTMD)
A one day course on the physiotherapy
management of temporomandibular disorders
(TMD)
Tutor: Philip Bateman
Place: Leicester General Hospital
Date: Saturday, 27 June
Cost: £125
Course reviews the anatomy of the
temporomandibular joint, assesses the
masticatory system, and reviews the
physiotherapy management of TMD.
Contact: Cathy Gordon at: cathy.gordon@
stockport.nhs.uk for further information and an
application form.
Pelvic, Obstetric, Gynaecological
Physiotherapy (POGP) (formerly the
Women’s Health)
Physiotherapy assessment and management
of pregnancy-related musculoskeletal
conditions
Date: 12-14 June
Place: Doncaster, Yorkshire
Cost: £275 POGP member/affiliate, £345 nonmember
Understanding pelvic organ prolapse –
assessment and conservative management
Date: 18 July
Place: Cardiff, Wales
Physiotherapy assessment and management
of female urinary dysfunction (CSP-endorsed)
Date: 24-26 July
Place: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Physiotherapy assessment and management of
pregnancy-related musculoskeletal conditions
Date: 9-11 October
Place: Craigavon, Northern Ireland
Contact: To request a copy of the information
pack for any of the above courses please email:
pogpcourses@yahoo.com
For further details of the POGP short course
programme please visit the POGP website at:
http://pogp.csp.org.uk/courses-events
Pelvic Obstetric and Gynecological
Physiotherapy (POGP) annual conference
and exhibition 2015
Place: The Majestic Hotel, Harrogate >
• For new researchers - How to do research,
get funding, get ethics approval
• Access help from experts - Networking
and support
• Research policy and priorities
• Careers and training
• Making the best use of research Dissemination and impact.
Kick start your research!
Check out the new web pages
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Date: Friday 25 and Saturday 26 September
Speakers: Welcoming renowned international
speaker, researcher and pelvic physiotherapist
from the Netherlands, Dr Marijke Slieker-ten
Hove. Also including a host of excellent speakers
covering a diverse range of topics relevant to
the pelvic physiotherapist: sexual dysfunction,
pelvic pain, prescribing, prolapse, ano-rectal
dysfunction, urological and gynaecological
surgery updates and much much more!
Cost: £345 for the two day conference, dinner
and accommodation.
Contact: Email: phyllis.tait@fitwise.co.uk
Booking: https://www.eventsforce.net/
pogp2015
Follow us on Twitter: #POGP15
Check out the pogp.csp.org.uk website
for information on bursaries and funding
opportunities.
Orthopaedic Medicine and Injection Therapy
(ACPOMIT)
ACPOMIT Annual conference and AGM
Date: 13 June
Place: The Hilton Hotel, Milton Keynes.
Following on from last year’s successful
conference ACPOMIT is pleased to be able to
offer an exciting array of speakers including
consultant neurophysiologist Dr Jeremy Bland
discussing his work on a whole pathway
approach for carpal tunnel syndrome, Dr
Graeme Wilkes discussing risk management
in injection therapy and specific sessions on
abdominal assessment, current research and
thinking for the rotator cuff and foot/ankle
biomechanics, and treatment all by nationally
recognised leaders in their field.
Cost: Members: £105, non-members: £145
(including one year’s free membership with
access to the website for learning/development
and the injection therapy audit tool)
Contact: For more details see: www.acpomit.
co.uk or contact: info@acpomit.co.uk
Association of Orthopaedic Chartered
Physiotherapists (AOCP)
Do you work in a trauma and orthopaedics
setting and are looking for new experiences
and ways to contribute and develop your
CPD? Have you considered joining our AOCP
executive committee?
Our executive committee members contribute
to national initiatives and projects such as:
• The National Joint Review
• NICE guidelines eg complex fractures and
arthroplasty
• Trauma networks
• Editing orthopaedic texts
• Providing expert opinions for the CSP
eg media enquiries.
• Sitting on the Neuro-MSK alliance
• Physiotherapy UK.
Due to long-standing members of our
committee stepping down, we have places for
new members to join the AOCP executive.
Contact: For more information about this
great opportunity, please contact the AOCP
chair, Rachel Martin, at: rachel.martin@poole.
nhs.uk
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists for
People with Learning Disabilities (ACPPLD) –
Northern Region
Train the trainers – Promoting excellence in
24-hour postural care
Place: Northern Football Club, McCracken Park,
Great North Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3
2DT
Date: Tuesday 16 June, 9.15am-4.45pm
Cost: £40 for members, £50 for nonmembers. Lunch is not provided, only hot
drinks are included.
Speaker: Jill Fisher MCSP Grad Dip Phys,
Accredited trainer, Edexel Level 3 PTLLS,
specialist physiotherapist neurology and chair
of the Voluntary Physiotherapists Care Skills
Group
Learning outcomes:
1. Develop improved knowledge and skills in
being able to effectively deliver training for
groups and individuals.
2. Understand the essential components of
postural management for people with mild
or moderate problems, to protect body shape
and promote good health and wellbeing.
3. Develop skills and knowledge to effectively
train others to assist those in their care to
remain as safely active as they are able and
would like to be.
4. Understand the professional and legal
framework in which training is given.
Contact: To book your place please call
Cathy Dale on tel: 01670 394260 or email:
cathy.dale@ntw.nhs.uk Closing date for
applicants is Friday 29 May. Applicants
should be aware that places for this study
day are limited to 24 people on a first come
basis. If there is enough interest another
study day will be organised on another date.
Please wear comfortable clothing suitable
for practical and bring a laptop with you if
convenient (USB sticks provided).
Chartered Physiotherapists in Massage and
Soft Tissue Therapy (CPMSTT)
Fundamentals and clinical application of
massage and soft tissue therapy courses
Dates and places:
Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June, Stirling,
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 June, Crystal Palace.
Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 June, Wigan
Cost: £220. Student or unemployed members
£160
Tutor: Bob Bramah
The course is open to physiotherapists,
assistants and students who wish to
• revise and develop expertise in massage
and soft tissue therapy
• build on the fundamentals of massage,
current research, clinical effectiveness and
evidence-based practice
• learn adaptations for specific effect including
release of myofascia and trigger points
• develop expertise in manual therapy.
Participants have the opportunity to learn
practical skills from specialist physiotherapist
with emphasis on care of the patient; self care
of the physiotherapist and palpation skills
applied in realistic conditions.
Contact: To book contact Bob Bramah email:
cpmasttcourse@googlemail.com or call tel:
07968 307717.
Therapeutic Riding (ACPTR)
Introduction to therapeutic riding
A study day for physiotherapists and
occupational therapists who are interested in
assisting disabled riders and RDA groups or
for those therapists who are already working
with riders but wish to update their skills. This
study day will provide a useful foundation for
those who want to do the ACPTR Hippotherapy
course.
Date: Sunday 17 May
Place: Barrow Farm, Highwood, Chelmsford,
Essex CM1 3QR
Programme: the day will consist of
theory and practical sessions and cover an
introduction to:
• the movements of a horse and its effect
on a rider
• the normal riding position
• the benefits of riding
• mounting and dismounting
• assisting riders
• scope of practice and opportunities for
practice.
Cost: ACPTR members £30,
non-members £50
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Contact: Please contact course organiser,
Louise Barrett, email: reach.hippotherapy@
gmail.com for further details and an
application form.
Chartered Physiotherapists in International
Health and Development (ADAPT)
ADAPT London hosts their first event:
Physiotherapists in emergencies
Cheese and wine evening
Are you interested in how physiotherapists are
responding to the Nepal earthquake?
Join us for a series of quick fire presentations
covering a range of emergency response
scenarios followed by a question and answer
session and a chance to network.
Date: Wednesday 10 June
Place: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Cost: £5 members, £10 non members
To book: http://adapt.csp.org.uk for more
information and to purchase tickets
All proceeds will be going to organisations
working in the Nepal earthquake rehabilitation
response.
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists for
People with Learning Disabilities (ACPPLD) –
Midlands
Annual learning event hosted by the ACPPLD
Midlands team
Place: Telford/Ironbridge
Date: 14-16 September
Cost: Price varies depending on days/night
attended – please see full application form on
website for details.
Contact: Full information is on the ACPPLD
website: www.acppld.csp.org.uk
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists
Interested in Vestibular Rehabilitation
(ACPIVR)
ACPIVR london regional group training event
– BPPV: Assessment and treatment
Date: Saturday 11 July
Time: 9am -1pm
This regional event is designed for
physiotherapists with an interest in vestibular
rehabilitation. It will include lecture and
practical sessions to cover the assessment
and management of patients with benign
paroxysmal positional vertigo. Participants
will learn appropriate treatment procedures
for the most common form of BPPV affecting
the posterior canal for both canalithiasis and
cupulolithiasis. There will also be reference to
treatment for horizontal and anterior canal
variants.
Level: All levels
Place: National Hospital for Neurology and
Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London
WC1N 3BG
Cost: ACPIVR members £10, non-members
£25 (NOT including membership)
Contact: To register a place please visit: http://
acpivr.eventbrite.co.uk
Association of Paediatric Chartered
Physiotherapists (APCP)
APCP East Anglia region study day
The paediatric hip - Conditions and
management
Date: Friday, 10 July. 9am-5pm
Place: University of East Anglia, Norwich
Cost: £50 APCP members/£90 non-members
Contact: For further information/to book your
place, visit: apcp.csp.org.uk/courses-events
or email: courses@apcp.org.uk
British Association of Bobath Trained
Therapists (BABTT)
Cerebral palsy through adolescence/young
adulthood
A study day and education day hosted by the
British Association of Bobath Trained Therapists
(BABTT)
Date: Friday 9 October
Place: Bobath Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland
A therapeutic perspective on key changes in
adolescence
The study day will be led by Christine Barber,
director of clinical services, Bobath Centre,
London
Cost: £60 Open to all BABTT members
Contact: Booking forms can be requested by
emailing Lynzi at: BABTT88@gmail.com
Date: Saturday 10 October
Place: Bobath Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland
Coming of age with cerebral palsy:
Challenges and opportunities
Content: This education day will explore a
wide range of topics that affect young people
with CP as they enter adolescence and move
into adulthood. This will include orthopaedic
changes and management, psychological
wellbeing, sexuality and supporting
independence.
Cost: £80 non-BABTT members; £60 BABTT
members. Open to any professional involved
in the management of people who have
cerebral palsy. Please note that spaces will be
limited.
Contact: Booking forms can be requested by
emailing Lynzi at: BABTT88@gmail.com
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Energy Medicine (ACPEM)
Have you trained in craniosacral therapy?
If so we would love you to join our friendly
and supportive sub group of ACPEM, the
craniosacral therapy group.
Our next study day is: ‘Are we credible or just
incredible?!’
Speaker: Nicola Brough RCST, BCST, MPhil.
This will be a day of theory and practical
learning, looking at current CST literature,
Nicola’s published paper and her research so
far on a therapy specific outcome measure for
craniosacral therapy.
Date: Saturday, 3 October, registration and
light breakfast 9am. Course 9.30am to 5pm
Place: Chedworth Village Hall, Gloucestershire
GL54 4NQ
Cost: ACPEM members £60, non members
£75, food included
Contact: sueteague1@hotmail.com
Other groups news
CSP Black minority ethnic (BME)
members network
Black, minority ethnic BME network meeting
Date: 4 June
Time: 11am-4pm
Place: CSP, London
Cost: Free to members
A detailed agenda will be published in the
coming weeks. To register, go to: https://www.
surveymonkey.com/r/BME_4_June_2015
Contact: For further information, contact Gill
Feldman at: feldmang@csp.org.uk
Info exchange
Precautions and equipment post-hip
replacement
We are currently undertaking a national survey
of physiotherapy practices on the use of postoperative equipment and hip precaution advice
following a primary total hip replacement.
If you see this group of patients either before
and/or after their operations, we would be most
interested in hearing about your practices and
attitudes toward the provision of these and
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If you are interested in completing this
survey or would like any further information to
access the survey please contact me, Dr Toby
Smith, University of East Anglia, Norwich, on
email: toby.smith@uea.ac.uk or tel: 01603
593087.
Army School of Physiotherapy
Former students from the Army School of
Physiotherapy are gathering information
in order to write a book about the school at
both Netley and Woolwich. The project is also
looking at the development of physiotherapy
in the army. If you attended the Army School
of Physiotherapy or have worked as a civilian
in a British military hospital and would like to
contribute to this project please contact Len
Asplin at: asp.net_rhh@btinternet.com
What is your opinion of your role in obesity
prevention in the UK?
Are you a qualified physiotherapist who is
currently working or has previously worked
in the UK? Are you interested in taking part
in a qualitative study designed to develop a
greater understanding of physiotherapists’
perception of their role in obesity prevention
in the UK?
This is an electronic survey based study,
which could increase the awareness and
focus placed on obesity prevention among
physiotherapists in the UK. The valuable
findings of this study could play a key role in
the reduction and prevention of obesity in
the UK, increasing both quality and duration
of life.
Many thanks for taking your time to read
this information. If you are willing to take
part please contact the researcher: Robert
Hunter (MSc physiotherapy (pre-registration)
student), email: r.hunter3939@student.
leedsbeckett.ac.uk
Did you know what to expect when you
qualified?
Are you a Band 5 physiotherapist (or
equivalent)? Have you been working for 0-1
years? If so, are you interested in taking
part in qualitative research to discuss your
experiences in your first job?
Interviews and focus groups will take place
in the London area so if you are living there, or
are willing to travel, and fit the criteria above,
please contact us via our project supervisor
Jacqueline Potter, email: j.potter@uel.ac.uk
Information will be provided on receipt.
Examination of rehabilitation needs
screening approaches in forensic
settings
We are exploring current approaches
and future opportunities in screening for
rehabilitation needs in forensic populations
(prisons, secure settings and community).
We would like to hear from AHPs, nurses,
doctors and associated colleagues about
how you screen for rehabilitation needs, if
there are any tools you use, and about your
experiences of the screening process.
We have a particular focus on:
• physical health
• mental health
• learning disability
• developmental needs.
If you have information you can share with
us or for more details about our project, please
email: FV-UHB.rehabscreening@nhs. net
Please let us know also if you would be
willing to complete our short survey and we
will send this to you by email.
With thanks, Donald McLean,
physiotherapist, team co-ordinator, Reach
Forth Valley, Stirling Community Hospital,
Stirling.
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Charity news / events
London Marathon
By running the recent London marathon
therapy support worker Curtis Langley has
raised over £5,500 for the Hope House
Children’s Hospice and the Bone Cancer
Unit Appeal at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt
Orthopaedic Hospital in Gobowen.
Curtis, who works at the hospital said: ‘I am
keen to give something back to my work place,
as well as raising funds to donate neonatal
equipment for Hope House Children’s Hospice.
‘The reason for donating the neonatal
equipment is more personal as in 2014 a
physio department colleague and very close
friend, at 35 weeks, lost her baby boy, Zackery,
which was a devastating time for Gemma,
Oscar and family.
‘I approached Gemma to ask if I could
raise money in memory of Zackery, in which
she decided that Hope House would be the
best place for the money to go, because of all
the support they have given her over the last
eight months.’
Curtis completed the London marathon on 26
April in 3 hours 53 minutes, compared with 4
hours 18 last year.
He was due to do the Mt Everest marathon
this month but that has been cancelled after
the recent earthquake in Nepal.
‘But I will be signing up to other runs to try
and make up for not completing that one.‘
Retirement groups’ news/events
Glasgow Retirement Group
Are there any retired physios in Glasgow
who either meet up regularly or is there an
established group? Sue Gray is looking to be
part of a group or start up one in Glasgow so if
you can help please do contact her by email at:
physio_sdg@hotmail.com
Retired Physiotherapists South West of
England Group
You, your partner and friends are warmly
invited to a summer outing to Knightshayes on
Wednesday 10 June. Meet at 12 noon at the
entrance for 12.30pm lunch.
After a buy your own lunch in the restaurant,
there will be time to see the house and gardens,
with buy your own afternoon tea, if required,
before you leave. The cost is £7.80 per head for
non National Trust members, free for members.
Even if you have been before, new areas of
the house have been opened up, the vegetable
garden is now in full production and the formal
gardens are stunning.
Contact: For more information please call Rachel
Jackson on tel: 01392 841334 or Elaine Curtis
on tel: 01548 521391.
If you are retiring/approaching retirement,
why not join the CSPRA? Please contact the CSP
enquiry handling unit: enquiries@csp.org.uk
tel: 020 7306 6666. Should you wish to discuss
this first with a committee member contact Chris
Foster, email: chris@nagdragon.eclipse.co.uk
or Lyn Ankcorn, secretary, at: ankcornl@csp.org.uk
We would be pleased to hear from you.
Reunions
Are you setting up
a reunion, have an
info request, or want
to contact previous
colleagues?
Send an email to
Yorkshire and Humber retirement group
We next meet in September for a theatre
matinee and lunch, which will be in Leeds,
Harrogate or Bradford. Contact Judith Saunders
at: judith6072@hotmail.co.uk
All CSP members are entitled to
use this section free of charge.
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Retirement Association (CSPRA)
Newsletter
We have had some excellent contributions;
could you write something about your
retirement you would like to share with other
members? The newsletter will be sent out
electronically to members with email; and
posted to those without this facility. Back
numbers can be found on iCSPRA. Please send
your articles to me, Lyn Ankcorn, editor, email:
ankcornl@csp.org.uk tel: 07798 525822. Postal
address: 23 Swarthmore Road, Selly Oak,
Birmingham B29 4NQ.
Judith Saunders, local groups co-ordinator, is
keen to offer help to anyone wishing to start a
new group in your area. New groups are being
formed – look at Frontline Networks&networking
pages. Her contact email is: judith6072@
hotmail.co.uk Judith recently helped start a
Western Australia group.
Guy’s Hospital Physiotherapists Association
Our reunion this year is on 3 October from 12pm4pm in the Robens Suite, Guy’s Hospital. Tickets
are £33 to include a sit-down buffet lunch, tea
and coffee.
If you would like to come please contact
Liz Page at email: lizpages@aol.com tel:
01892 521635 or Maxine Buchele at email:
buchele42@btinternet.com
Cheques made out to GHPA, please send to:
Liz Pages, Flat 3, 63 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge
Wells, Kent TN4 8BG.
All welcome.
Maxine Buchele, Hon. Sec. GHPA.
Sheffield Polytechnic 1982- 985
In summer 2015 it is the grand total of 30 years
since we qualified! To mark the occasion and
because we would like to catch up with as many
people as possible, we are arranging a reunion
which will be on 3 October in the north Leeds >
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area. Please contact Jane Schofield and Gill
Reader-Peate at: janedidi@hotmail.co.uk and at:
cpeate@btinternet.com for further details.
Do spread the word, the more the merrier!
Guy’s Hospital School of Physiotherapy Sets C
and D 1982-1985
This summer we have been qualified for 30
years! Are you interested in a reunion later in
the year? If so it would be great to hear from
you. Please contact either Nicola Burnett (nee
Longley) at: nicolaburnett@nhs.net or Sheila
Doughty (nee Hunt) at: sheila.doughty@nhs.net
It would be good to hear from as many people
as possible and hopefully set a date and place
to meet.
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Woodlands,
Birmingham 1982-85
It is 30 years since we qualified! A get together
is being planned for Saturday 14 November in
north Oxfordshire. Please get in touch for more
details. Email: clare.curnow@tesco.net
I look forward to hearing from you.
Nottingham School of Physiotherapy 19921995 – 20 year reunion
Anyone interested in catching up after our
last reunion 10 years ago? I am organising a
weekend in Nottingham for the weekend 4 July.
Please contact Rob Leckie on tel: 07580 721187
or email: robandalexleckie@hotmail.com
Middlesex Hospital Hydrotherapy – Summer/
autumn 1961 – reunion
Looking to contact: Lorna Gerrard, Bridget
Knott and Tessa Shepherd who did the 6/12
hydrotherapy course at the Middlesex Hospital
in the summer/autumn 1961. Elizabeth
Henderson nee Grieve would like to catch up!
Contact: liz@braidhurst.co.uk
Braidhurst Cottage, Kirk Brae, Shandon,
Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute G84 8NP.
Tel: 01436 820 256 or: 07900 692928.
St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington Set F 19751978
In September it will be 40 years since we all first
met and started our training. I’d like to organise
a reunion, possibly in September. If you are
interested please contact Susan Mitchell (nee
James) at: susanmitchell1911@gmail.com
Grampian School of Physiotherapy 1987-1990
This year it will be 25 years since we graduated
and we made history by being the last students
to do so! Let’s celebrate by getting together
this summer. Please contact Susan Fraser
(nee Johnston) and/or Ruth Paterson (nee
Henderson) if you are keen to come along and
catch up. Email: susanmfraser@btinternet.com
or: ruthiepaterson@yahoo.co.uk
The London Hospital 1986-1990
It will be 25 years since we qualified and we
are hoping to arrange a reunion on Saturday
26 September, probably in St Catherine’s Dock
or similar area, more details to follow. Please
pass on to anyone you are in contact with.
It will be great to catch up with you all. Please
contact Kathryn Davies on: kath.ashglade@
hotmail.co.uk or Karen Hawkins (Barker) on:
ladybarkerhawkins@googlemail.com
University of Birmingham School of
Physiotherapy 2002-2005
Can you believe it’s nearly 10 years since we
qualified? Would you like to come to a get
together this summer? It would be wonderful
to catch up and see where life has taken us all.
Date and venue to be announced (somewhere
local to the university). It would be great to
track as many of us down as possible, so please
spread the word and get in touch. Please
contact Lauren Southern (nee Falvey) on email:
falvey_lauren@hotmail.com
Coventry School of Physiotherapy 1965 Set
Ann, Liz, Pauline, Kathy and Sue are meeting to
celebrate 50 years of first meeting. We would
love anyone from our set to join us for lunch in
Birmingham on Wednesday 29 July, time and
venue to be decided. Please contact Sue Foster
on tel: 01530 810026 or email: suefoster33@
btinternet.com
Withington Hospital School of Physiotherapy
autumn 1972 - autumn 1975
Reunion for everyone in our set or fellow
students who remember us to celebrate 40
years since qualifying. We plan to meet up
Saturday 12 September in central Manchester
to eat drink and be merry. Please contact
us to plan the venue bookings etc. Contact
Margaret McGarry, nee Lynch, tel: 07812
728235, email: margaretmcgarry@yahoo.
co.uk Val Smith, nee Matthews, tel: 07946
363597, email: val_102@hotmail.com
Anne Dewhurst, nee Cooper, tel: 07828
181969, email: woodcottage@totalise.co.uk
Cardiff School of Physiotherapy 1992-1995
Can you believe it that we have been qualified
20 years this year! If you are interested in
meeting to celebrate in Cardiff on Saturday
20 June (either lunchtime or evening
depending on what suits the majority, venue
to be confirmed) can you get in touch either
with Claire Butterworth (nee Haddock) at:
butters43@hotmail.co.uk or Sian Knott at:
harriessian@googlemail.com We look forward
to hearing from you and hopefully catching
up soon.
Pinderfields Remedial Gymnastics set 19781981
Is there anybody out there from the
Pinderfields College of Remedial Gymnastics
graduation year of 1981? Chris Norris,
Glenn Hunter, Nigel Tarratt, Elaine Glass,
Anne Edmondson, Steve Baxter, etc. A few
of us were thinking about a get-together
before we all pop our clogs. Please get in
touch with your thoughts or any information
as to everyone’s whereabouts. Contact
Dr Mark Pinnington on tel: 07813 652606
(mobile), 01928 590450 (home), email:
m.a.pinnington@liverpool.ac.uk
Pinderfields Hospital/Huddersfield Uni
Reunion 1997-2000
15 year reunion – It will be 15 years next year
that we qualified and were let loose on the
world. To celebrate I am organising a meet
up/meal out/ few drinks in Wakefield. This
will be held on 4 July, meet at the college
pub then food at Mex Cantina. We have 24
of us already it would be great if we could
track everybody down. So please get in touch!
Thanks. Email Kate Mooney (nee Adams) at:
k_mooney@hotmail.co.uk
Prince of Wales POW F Set (aptly named!)
1965
Our 50th anniversary (golden!) Anyone
interested in a reunion? We already have
a few who would like to meet up. Open to
suggestions on day and venue.
Please contact Elly on tel: 01548 521391
or email: eratthehaybarn@uwclub.net
Kings College Hospital 1966-69 October set
I am hoping to organise a reunion so please
could you contact me by email with your
thoughts and ideas so that we can decide
when and where to hold it. If you know of
anyone of our set who doesn’t read Frontline
could you please let them know. Hopefully we
can aim for 2016 when it will be 50 years since
we started our training! Thanks, Carolyn Beavis
(nee Gray), email: carolyn@beavisnet.co.uk
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This year is 40 years since we started our
training, so a group of us are organising a
reunion in September. If you have not heard
through our contact list and would like to
know more then please contact Suzanne
Jones at: jones-s82@sky.com for the details
Woodlands (Royal Orthopaedic Hospital)
School of Physiotherapy, Birmingham
Set 49
It is 35 years since we qualified! Would you
be interested in meeting up with Janet, Tessa,
Elaine, Annette and Lynn? If so, please contact
Lynn Clark (Deeley) via: trevor@trevorclark.net
West Middlesex Hospital School of
Physiotherapy 1975-1978
Reunion? I have now contact with 14
students/physiotherapist from our set, but
some are still ‘missing’. Are you ‘one of us’,
or do you know someone who graduated from
West Middlesex 1978? Of so, please contact
Lars Andersen on email: la-and@online.no
School of Physiotherapy, Withington
Hospital Manchester 1973
Lenia from Nicosia, Cyprus would like to
get in touch with friends from the school
of physiotherapy, Withington Hospital
Manchester 1973 intake.
Email: elenidracopoulou@gmail.com
St Mary’s Paddington Class 1971-1974
Anyone out there from class 1971-1974
who would love to meet and catch up?
Contact by emailing: lesrust@gmail.com
St Mary’s Hospital, School of Physiotherapy
1982-1985
It will be 30 next years summer since we
qualified, so well overdue for a get together!
If you would be interested in a reunion next
summer please email me, Diane Samuels (nee
Collyer) at: dianesam@sky.com or Denise
Watson (nee Collins) at: denisemwatson@
btopenworld.com Once we know how many
are interested and where everyone is based
we can decide the best place to meet.
Bath School of Physiotherapy (BSOP)
reunion
Ex-students and members of staff of the
former BSOP are invited to join our closed
Facebook group, where a reunion is being
organised, together with memories and
photographs being shared.
JOIN UP!
CSP Equality and
Diversity Networks
welcome members of
the CSP who are disabled,
from black minority ethnic
(BME) groups, or are
lesbian, gay, bisexual
or transgender (LGBT)
Queen Elizabeth School of Physiotherapy
1966-1969 September set
Anyone interested in meeting up after 45
years this year since we qualified?
Some of us are still in contact. Please
email Janet Whittaker (nee Warner) at:
rodgerwhittaker@btinternet.com or Sheila
Wood (nee Staite) at: woodsheila@btinternet.
com Please mail us to arrange a catch up!
Bristol UWE 20-year reunion 1992-1995
Anyone interested in meeting in Bristol for a
20 reunion in spring 2015? I have set up a
group Facebook page called ‘Bristol Physio
reunion 1992-5’. Please join and share in the
discussion of choosing a venue and date, or
you can contact me on: janine_browne@
hotmail.com
Wolverhampton School of Physiotherapy
Class (including staff) of 1987-1990
25 years (really?) since we qualified. If you
are interested in a reunion in the summer,
2015, please email Carolyn McQuliian at:
carolynmcqu@tiscali.co.uk Perhaps a
venue in Wolverhampton or Birmingham
areas. Any other ideas welcome.
Sheffield Polytechnic 1978-1981
We have now fixed a date, the weekend of
Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September 2015;
this will be a combination of tea, cakes and
walks in the Longshaw Estate in Derbyshire,
and Saturday evening meal, and B&B in the
Fox House Inn nearby. Please join us if you
can. Let me know if you are planning to come
and I will circulate more details nearer to the
day. Nikki Adams (originally Bramson) email:
n.adams@adamsneurophysio.org.uk
tel: 01924 782149.
2015 is our 35 year anniversary since
qualifying. Jane Nicklin and Wendy Hendrie
(nee Dickerson) are hoping to organise a
reunion in London, time and place to be
decided. Please contact us if you are interested
in joining us. It would be great if we could
track everyone down so please let people
from our year group know if you are
still in touch. Jane and Wendy can be contacted
at: mscentrenorwich.wendyhendrie@gmail.com
and: jane.nicklin21@btinternet.com
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www.csp.org.uk/
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or email:
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Northern Ireland School of Physiotherapy Belfast 50th anniversary reunion
We have continued to meet since our reunion
and are now planning the 50th reunion of our
qualification in 1964, which will take place
at a suitable date in 2017! We hope to have
another luncheon party this spring so if any other
physiotherapists would like to attend please get
in touch with me at: jarcherphysio@aol.com
Newcastle Polytechnic 1978-1981
It is a very, very long time since we qualified
at Newcastle Polytechnic in 1981 (32 years).
Before we all decide to retire how about
meeting up? If you are interested, contact
Sally Wilson (nee Gillespie) via email:
sally.wilson@ntw.nhs.uk
Teesside Polytechnic 1985-1988
It’s 25 years since we qualified. If you are
interested in meeting up to celebrate contact
Christine McGlone (nee Wallace) on tel: 0191
387 5804, or email: christine_mcglone@sky.
com Look forward to hearing from everyone.
West London School of Physiotherapy
John M B Long would like to hear from exstudents who were there in the 1950s.
Email: jmblongahotmail.com
Salford School of Physiotherapy,
Hope Hospital 1974-1977
It’s a long time since we left Salford. If you are
interested in a reunion or just a catch up by
email, please get in touch with Jane Heyer at:
janeheyer@rocketmail.com
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary 1963-1966
Anyone out there still working? Fancy meeting
up? Email me on: madelinesg14@tiscali.co.uk
or tel: 01992 586659.
Withington Hospital School of
Physiotherapy Spring 1971-1974
It is 40 years since we qualified and it would
be lovely to catch up with the rest of the set
and find out what others have been doing.
If anyone else would like to try to meet up
sometime later this year, please get in touch
with either myself, Anne Downes, at: anne@
worstead.co.uk or Morwith Minter (nee Davies)
on tel: 01225 866594.
Are you setting up
a reunion, have an
info request, or want
to contact previous
colleagues?
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Courses&conferences
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ACUPUNCTURE:
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The 50 most useful acupuncture
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Theory, dosage, safety,
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Cost: £200. Course Leader:
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Manual therapy
INTRODUCTION
TO MYOFASCIAL
RELEASE (PART 1)
WITH JOHN ANNAN
THE SHOULDER:
Steps to Successful
Treatment
Southampton (6th-7th June)
Where: Salford Royal Hospital,
Stott Lane, Salford
West Sussex (12th-13th Sept)
Hemel Hempstead
(7th-8th Nov)
London (12th-13th Dec)
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HIP PAIN EVENING
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hip2015 or call 0208-787-5963
Advertise in
Frontline
When: 18th July 2015
Get in touch
with Media Shed
When: 7th November 2015
Where: Lander Medical Practice,
Truro Health Park, Infirmary Hill,
Truro
cspads@
media-shed.co.uk
Aims: Presenting current
literature regarding:Dynamic stability of shoulder
complex and explore application
to clinical assessment and
treatment.
Pathophysiology of common
shoulder conditions and describe
impact on dynamic stabilisers.
Miscellaneous
Demonstrate key:- Assessment
tools to explore function of
dynamic stabilisers of shoulder
as a basis for treatment
planning.Treatment approaches
based on current evidence to
address movement dysfunction
in shoulder complex.
Back by popular
demand The
London Multidisciplinary Team
Tracheostomy
Study Days
Contact: Irene Wellman,
iw@welbeing-cpd.co.uk,
01375 893820
When: Tuesday 14th July
2015 - MDT Fundamentals of
Tracheostomy Care
Wednesday 15th July 2015
- MDT Advanced Skills for
Tracheostomy Care
MOVEMENT SYSTEM
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Introduction to Concepts
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Warrington (1st-2nd Aug)
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Tutor: Nancy Bloom – Shirley
Sahrmann’s right hand woman!
Visit www.physiouk.co.uk/
bloom2015
or call 0208-787-5963
Where: Northwick Park
Hospital, North West London
Cost: £100 per day (or £175
for both days)
Course includes: Tutorials,
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Courses&conferences
Miscellaneous
Need to develop your
professional expertise?
Are you looking to advance your professional practice in a stimulating
environment with like-minded people? Coventry University has a range
of clinically relevant and evidence informed modules that may be of
interest to you starting in the Autumn:
• Injection Therapy – Neurological and Musculoskeletal
• Developing Expertise in Therapy Professionals
• The Principles of Neuro-rehabilitation
• Neuromusculoskeletal - Upper and Lower Quadrants
These well-established modules, consistently receive excellent student
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expertise and enhance your career pathway. Modules can be taken as
stand-alone courses or incorporated into a full postgraduate programme,
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• PgCert Neurological Rehabilitation
For more information please contact
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Miscellaneous
Become a Pilates
Instructor With APPI
Advance your
physiotherapy
skills
Cardio Respiratory
• Breathlessness 17 June
• Healthcare Assistants Training Day 30 June
• Caring for Complex Respiratory Patients in the
Community 30 September
• Acute Chronic Respiratory Assessment 14 September
• COPD 11 November
• Asthma 9 December
Pain Management
• Psychological Therapies for Pain Management
(4 day accredited course) commences 7 July
Includes: Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy and Mindfulness for Patients with Pain.
Matwork
Level One – The Foundation
The APPI curriculum is designed by Physiotherapists
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behind
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specifically
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Learn the unique approach to teaching APPI
Pilates in a group setting.
Matwork Level Three – Intermediate/Adv
Learn the intermediate and advanced repertoire
of APPI Pilates movements. Review case studies,
design and discuss treatment plans.
Tai Chi for Arthritis
2 day course
1st & 2nd July
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 10 July
For dates, courses and locations visit our website
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Courses&networking
Neurology
LSVT BIG
When: 17-18 March, 2016
Where: Derby
The LSVT BIG Training and
Certification Workshop is a
two-day program designed to
train physical and occupational
therapy professionals and
students in an intensive
whole body amplitude-based
training protocol for individuals
with Parkinson disease. The
fundamental treatment
principles and rationale, key
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outcomes, details of treatment
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Contact: For full details and
price structure www.ncore.org.uk
Sports medicine
Orthopaedics and
rheumatology
Addenbrooke’s
Hospital 8th
Annual Trauma
& Orthopaedic
Conference for
Physiotherapists
When: Monday 21st September
2015
Where: Addenbrooke’s Hospital,
Cambridge
An ideal opportunity for CPD,
to upgrade your skills and
learn about current surgical
and therapeutic management
of trauma and orthopaedic
patients in an acute setting. A
wide variety of topics will be
covered by well-known and
experienced consultants and
Allied Health Professionals.
Cost per person: £95 (including
coffee & lunch)
Pain management
Women’s health
Kinetic Control:
Myofascial Trigger
Point Therapy
When: 19-20 October, 2015
Advanced Clinical
Skills for Women’s
Health Practitioners
with Michelle Lyons
Where: Derby
When: 19 & 20 September 2015
Learn to understand the current
evidence/theories regarding the
physiology of MTPs
Where: Royal United Hospital,
Bath, BA1 3NG
Learn to palpate and understand
the difference between
myofascial trigger points and
other tender points
Understand how movement and
stability dysfunction can play
a role in the development of
myofascial trigger points
Learn to make a clinical
diagnosis of myofascial trigger
points as a contributing source
of pain. Cost: £300
Contact: For full details
www.ncore.org.uk
The Adult Hip: A 1-day hands on
workshop
Norfolk (5th July)
• Advanced assessment skills for
female pelvic floor dysfunction
(external and internal
techniques)
• Manual therapy techniques for
pelvic myofascial dysfunction
• Specific pelvic health
diagnoses - endometriosis,
vulvodynia, IC/PBS
Last date for registration is 1st of
September 2015.
WORK WITH
PHYSICALLY ACTIVE
PATIENTS WITH
ANTERIOR HIP AND
GROIN PAIN?
• In depth anatomy review
of the female pelvis:
understanding form
and function
• Pudendal neuralgia vs
pudendal nerve entrapment
Register before 15th July for £10
discount.
Sports medicine
New date added due to popular
demand! The course will include
the following:
• Chronic pelvic pain:
understanding MSK causes
Physiotherapy Students £65 per
person
Contact: For further details
speak to Anuj, June or
Shelley on 01223 216104
/ 01223 216989 / 01223
216773 For registration
email: physioeducation@
addenbrookes.nhs.uk
Delegate Costs:
£210 (early
bird offer available)
• Female sexual function
and dysfunction
Sports medicine
EVIDENCE
BASED INJURY
PREVENTION IN
RUNNERS
Bridging the Gap Between
Rehab and Performance
Participants should have prior
experience performing internal
vaginal examinations.
Cost includes lunch on both
days and refreshments. Please
contact the course organiser for
further information.
Contact : Vanessa Rubery Email:
vanessarubery@nhs.net Tel:
01225 824292
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Have your contribution to improving public health recognised
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Winners will receive £500 and the opportunity to display their
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Deadline for submission is 26th June 2015.
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Recruitment
www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs
PHYSIOTHERAPIST
DISABILITY ANALYST
£32,000 - £38,000 + benefits
Physiotherapy Lecturers
Health assessment and medical reporting positions from local
offices and regional headquarters.
School of Healthcare Sciences
Offices: Northern Ireland, Scotland, North and South of England
The School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University is seeking to appoint
Lecturers in:
PHYSIOTHERAPIST
FUNCTIONAL ASSESSOR
• Physiotherapy – Respiratory and Neurological
The School provides a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate
education that directly improves health outcomes and healthcare for patients
and families. This includes courses and research in Midwifery; Nursing
(Adult, Child and Mental Health); Occupational Therapy; Physiotherapy;
Clinical Photography; Perioperative Practice; and, Radiography (diagnostic
and therapy). Please see our website: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/
healthcare-sciences
£38,000 - £44,500 + benefits
Health assessment and medical reporting positions from
local offices.
Offices: Across the UK (GB only)
These are full time positions of 35 hours per week and are ongoing.
Applications from individuals interested in a job share or part time position
will also be considered.
Our clients provide independent health assessment and medical
reporting services to the Department for Work and Pensions
(DWP). We are recruiting experienced Physiotherapists for
positions nationwide.
Informal enquiries about the post may be directed to Gail Williams, Dean
and Head of School (Tel: 029 2091 7733 or email williamsga6@cardiff.ac.uk)
or Martin West, Associate Dean and Deputy Head of School
(Tel: 029 2068 7679 or email WestMK@cardiff.ac.uk).
If you’re an HCPC registered Physiotherapist with at least 2 years’
post-registration experience we would like to hear from you.
To work for an employer that values and promotes equality of opportunity
and apply to this post please go to: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/ and
search for vacancy number 3411BR.
To apply, please email your CV to jobs@sjbmedical.com
or for further information please call 020 7832 1980.
Reference: FRONTLINE
Close date: Monday, 22 June 2015.
Sheffield
(Full time, 37.5hrs)
£39,000-£47,000 (negotiable)
Leading Sheffield hospital
Extensive range of inpatient and
outpatient services
MSK/orthopaedics exp desirable
UK and management exp req’d
HCPC registered
Great benefits and career opps
Well established service
Great team to manage!
Phone Emily on 01304 200 314 or
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Recruitment
Hampshire, Southampton and Portsmouth
Physiotherapists
Bands 5, 6 and 7
Would you like to be part of a large, dynamic,
integrated children’s therapy service?
Since 1 May 2014 Solent have been the providers of Occupational Therapy,
Physiotherapy and Speech & Language Therapy to children and young people
0-19 years across the county of Hampshire including the cities of Southampton
and Portsmouth.
We have developed an integrated model of working with Therapy teams
increasingly working together to provide holistic models of care. In addition
excellent working relationships with early years, schools, health and social care
colleagues is allowing us to share our expertise more widely and create
innovative ways of working together to better meet the needs of both the child
and their family.
We have a telephone advice line, a Schools Therapy Resource Pack, provide INSET
training and receive excellent feedback from the Friends and Family Test.
We value our staff highly and offer full induction, clinical supervision and appraisal,
CPD opportunities and professional, clinical, managerial and peer support.
As a large team we have a continual turnover of staff and therefore have vacancies
throughout the year. We are currently actively recruiting and would love to hear
from you. We have part time and full time posts, fixed term and permanent. So
whatever your qualifications or experience we would love to hear from you.
If you would like an informal chat please call Pippa Cook, Children’s
Therapy Manager on 02380 716698
To view the job description and make a formal application please visit
www.jobs.nhs.uk and search under Band 5: 449-CS198, Band 6:
449-CS199 and Band 7: 449-CS197.
Closing date: 21 June 2015
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t: 020 7292 0730
e: info@piersmeadows.co.uk
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Private work available
GREAT OPPORTUNITY for a parttime/full-time, flexible musculoskeletal
physiotherapist and also a part-time
community physiotherapist to join a
friendly, busy clinic in London N14.
Would suit local person with excellent
clinical and interpersonal skills. In-house
CPD. Please send CV and covering letter
stating availability to: info@oakwoodphysio.
co.uk
WESTON SUPER MARE Part-time
opportunity for an independent manual
therapist possessing a positive and
enthusiastic approach towards patient
care, to join our team. Download the full
information pack from: www.amsphysio.
co.uk/careers
SELF-EMPLOYED MUSCULOSKELETAL
PHYSIOTHERAPIST REQUIRED to join
friendly practice in Basingstoke. Three years
post qualified. Acupuncture and sports
injuries experience desirable. Part-time post.
Please email CV to: enquiries@physiological.net
WOKINGHAM, BERKS – FULLTIME POST We require a passionate,
experienced ‘hands on’ musculoskeletal
physiotherapist to join an open minded,
friendly and enthusiastic Practice. No
weekend working. Excellent manual
and communication skills with a holistic
approach required to cover spinal/
musculoskeletal/sports injuries workload,
to include NHS. Must be well-motivated
and committed to CPD and have a real
belief in what they do. Professional
development is actively encouraged
with 1:1 training, supervision and peer
support. Excellent remuneration in an
employed position. Please call for more
details on tel: 0118 978 6149, or send
your CV to: cv@rdphysio.com to apply.
www.rdphysio.com
THE KENT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THERAPY
CENTRE IN CANTERBURY requires
experienced neurophysios for part-time
work. Our services are expanding following
the opening of our new purpose built centre.
We provide a variety of therapies to our MS
members from our state of the art treatment
rooms, gym and hydrotherapy pool. The
centre also has a dedicated physiotherapy
wing which is integral to the support offered
to our members. You will work alongside
other experienced neurophysios already
in post with access to support and CPD
opportunities. Excellent rates and flexible
hours. Please contact the support manager
on tel: 01227 200795.
CAMBERLEY, SURREY Part-time
musculoskeletal physio. An established
and well regarded practice with large
primary care contract. Friendly team in well
appointed clinic. Five plus years experience
essential. Email: avenue.physio@btconnect.
com or tel: 01276 508408.
PONTEFRACT, WEST YORKSHIRE
Great opportunity to join an expanding
physiotherapy clinic on part-time, selfemployed basis. Flexible hours. Mixed
caseload. Small, friendly practice. Immediate
interview. CVs to: chrissie.mowbray@yahoo.
co.uk tel: 07716 219091.
BERKHAMSTED, HERTFORDSHIRE
Experienced musculoskeletal
physiotherapist required to work parttime in a thriving private practice.
Preferably Monday and/or Thursday,
daytime and/ or evening. Call Liz
Hopwood, Advanced Physiotherapy
and Sports Injury Clinic, on tel: 07721
324966.
CHELMSFORD, ESSEX Farrell Physiotherapy
is looking for an experienced and
enthusiastic physiotherapist to join their
team. The successful applicant will be
required to work in a part-time capacity
(two evenings and or Saturday) in the
clinics in the Chelmsford region (Essex)
on a self-employed basis. Applicants
must be able to build and manage a
musculoskeletal caseload. Referrals will
come from GP’s, consultants, medicolegal companies and from clients directly.
Excellent communication skills are required
to deliver high levels of customer service
along with excellent manual therapy skills
and the ability to work well in a team or as
an individual. We will encourage and support
continuing professional development for
the successful applicant. Please send CVs
to: infofarrellphysiotherapy@gmail.com or
contact tel: 01245 615051.
BRADFORD, PHYSIO AND PILATES
C-Physio are recruiting physiotherapists
and Pilates instructors for daytime, evening
and weekend work. You would join a team
of enthusiastic, motivated physiotherapists
with a hands-on approach and strong
rehabilitation skills. Our range of Pilates
classes and self-funders provide variety
and interest throughout the week. Contact
David on tel: 07968 436201 or email CV to:
info@c-physio.co.uk
GLASGOW CITY CENTRE Part-time selfemployed musculoskeletal physiotherapist
required. Daytime/evening work available.
Minimum of three years of musculoskeletal
experience required. Excellent rates of pay.
Enquiries to: physio@theips.co.uk To apply,
please send CV and covering letter.
WHALLEY PHYSIOTHERAPY ARE A
DYNAMIC EAST LANCASHIRE CLINIC
looking to add two part-time enthusiastic,
self-employed physiotherapists to our
team. You will need a keen interest in
manual therapy, a minimum five years
post-qualification experience, be a team
player whilst remaining self-motivated
and a sense of humour. We have a broad
caseload from private physiotherapy, sports
injuries, insurance referrals, OH work and
also consultant/GP referrals. Our practice
was purpose built and features a rehab
gym, onsite parking and WiFi. The team
are friendly, active and always looking to
develop ourselves. Hours available: two to
three days, evenings and Saturdays. Email
your CV to: rebecca@whalleyphysiotherapy.
co.uk or call tel: 01254 823183.
MILTON KEYNES The Redway School,
Farmborough, Netherfield, Milton Keynes
MK6 4HG. Tel: 01980 206400 www.
theredway.net Part-time experienced
physiotherapist required For further details
information please contact Emma Lovelock
at: emma.lovelock@theredway.net Visits to
the school are welcomed.
WILTSHIRE Full-time salaried
musculoskeletal physio required for
an established practice. All levels of
experience considered. You will benefit
from a structured and challenging in
service training programme, excellent
remuneration, generous external
training budget and a fantastic group
of people to share your working life
with. If this sounds like the job for
you, either call Amanda on tel: 07813
846748 for an informal chat or send your
CV and covering letter to: amanda@
jameshattphysio.co.uk
FULL-TIME PHYSIOTHERAPISTS
REQUIRED for our busy and renowned
clinics in Bournemouth with wide experience
in treating musculoskeletal and sports
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related injuries. We mainly serve sports
persons like footballers, runners and
golfers. We not only aim at solving the
injury at earliest but also prevention of it
at primary stage. Working days will be five
days per week. Part-time hours may also be
considered. For any further questions please
contact Kevin on tel: 01202 720300 or send
an email to: info@bodyinmotion.co.uk
DEAL, KENT Permanent position for a
part-time self-employed physiotherapist
working in an established team of physios
and osteopaths. The practice has been
established for 28 years and has good
working relationships with local GPs. A
mixture of private and NHS patients are
cared for and good manual skills would
be an advantage. Hours and days are
negotiable. Apply with CV and covering
letter to: stepcmf@aol.com
SOUTH BEDS CLINICS require fulltime musculoskeletal physiotherapists
to work in a multidisciplinary team. Pay
and benefits upon interview. CVs to:
accounts@woodsideclinic.co.uk
CIMT JUNIOR THERAPIST –
MANCHESTER AND/OR LIVERPOOL
Full-time employed junior physiotherapist
required to assist with constraint
induced movement therapy for children
and adults. Unique opportunity to be
involved with intensive evidence-based
programmes that achieve meaningful
results. Opportunity to also develop
skills with wider caseloads in neuro and
musculoskeletal with training and support
from experienced team. For more info,
job description and person specification
please visit: www.cimt.co.uk/careers or
call Karen on tel: 0330 223 0077.
CIMT SENIOR THERAPIST –
MANCHESTER AND/OR LIVERPOOL
Full-time employed Band 6 equivalent
neurological physiotherapist required
to deliver constraint induced movement
therapy for children and adults in
Manchester and Liverpool. Unique
opportunity to deliver intensive evidencebased programmes that achieve
meaningful results, with a rapidly
expanding team. Passion for evidencebased neurological rehabilitation
essential. For more info, job description
and person specification please visit:
www.cimt.co.uk/careers or call Karen on
tel: 0330 223 0077.
FULL-TIME/PART-TIME
MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIO REQUIRED
for our expanding sports injury clinic
chain. The therapist must be able to work
independently, with preferably needling and
Pilates training. Shifts include evenings and
weekends. CV with two references to: gill@
physioedge.co.uk
SOUTH WALES Part-time self-employed
physios needed immediately. We are
offering an exciting opportunity for
enthusiastic musculoskeletal physios to join
our rapidly expanding team. Holiday cover
required in all clinics, but permanent work is
on offer in our Port Talbot clinic. Daytime/
evening work available. Excellent rate of
pay. We are looking for physios with a range
of experience - Band 5 applicants welcome
and will receive close mentorship from
very experienced clinicians. Please email
enquiries/CVs to: physio@theips.co.uk
FULL-TIME MUSCULOSKELETAL
PHYSIOTHERAPIST REQUIRED to join our
busy private practice in Hertford. Applicants
must be a minimum three years qualified
(degree level), acupuncture qualified is
preferred. Salary negotiable depending on
experience. All enquiries and CVs to: info@
barnesphysiohertford.co.uk
GLENROTHES/CUPAR Experienced
musculoskeletal physiotherapist required
for extended leave cover from August to
January, possibly longer. Tuesday evenings/
Wednesday mornings preferable, six to seven
hours per week, varies. Rate negotiable. Send
CV to: enquiries@ferndalephysio.co.uk or call
tel: 01337 858433.
WITNEY, OXFORDSHIRE Parttime self-employed musculoskeletal
physiotherapist required to join thriving
multidisciplinary private practice in
Oxfordshire. Approx. 12 hours per week
with potential for increase, ideally
including evenings. Please send CV
and covering letter to: michelle@
witneyphysio.com
HIGHLY SPECIALIST PHYSIOTHERAPIST
£32,971 - £34,990 per annum. SeeAbility,
Heather House in Tadley, Hampshire
offers a unique opportunity for a senior
physiotherapist (Band 7) to oversee and
deliver holistic physiotherapy support to
individuals with Juvenile Batten Disease
and other complex neurological disabilities
with associated visual impairment. We
are looking for a motivated and dynamic
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individual with a minimum of three years
post qualification experience. Specifically
experience in neuro disability, hydrotherapy
and postural support, with sound IT
skills and a multidisciplinary approach.
Responsibilities include leading the
physiotherapy team, line management of
the physiotherapy assistants and clinical
support to the Band 6 physiotherapist based
on site. This job offers a great opportunity
to work in a dynamic team with good
resources, developing specialist knowledge
in Juvenile Battens Disease and other
complex disabilities. Training is provided.
To apply please visit our website: www.
seeability.org/jobs or contact Sarah Kenrick
on tel: 01189 817 772.
PART-TIME – BANSTEAD SURREY Excellent
opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated
physiotherapist to join an established,
successful and friendly private practice. At
present we have a vacancy on a Wednesday
evening. Acupuncture desirable, but not
essential. Applicant must be HCPC and CSP
registered with at least four years experience
in outpatient setting. To apply, send your
CV with a covering letter to: lindsay@
bansteadphysioandtherapies.com
AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY EXISTS
IN HONG KONG An exciting East meets
West city! PhysioMotion is a dynamic
physiotherapy and Pilates studio. We are
looking for a high caliber, self-motivating
and enthusiastic physiotherapist to
join our team. Minimum three years
experience. Strong manual skills essential.
Good team player and a strong focus on
learning. Attractive remuneration with
continuing CPD offered. Please forward
applications with CVs and expected
salary to: physiomotion@gmail.com
Website: www.physiomotion.com.hk
CHORLEY, LANCASHIRE An opportunity
to join expanding physiotherapy clinic
with team ethos. Part-time experienced
musculoskeletal physiotherapist required
for evening and daytime work. Minimum
four years qualified. Please email full CV to:
info@a6physio.co.uk or tel: 01257 230140.
NORTH EAST, MUSCULOSKELETAL
JUNIOR PHYSIO OPPORTUNITY Full-time
junior role, full training and CPD included with
clinical educator allocated. Join successful
team of six other physios. For further
information and to apply, please send CV and
cover letter to: sammy@paulgoughphysio.com
or call tel: 01429 866771.
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PRESTON EAST, LANCASHIRE Requires
a part-time (self-employed/employed)
physiotherapist to work in its wellestablished private clinic. A minimum of five
years musculoskeletal experience required
and capable of managing a mixed private
and NHS work load. Hours and salary are
negotiable. We offer excellent support from
experienced staff in a friendly clinic. Please
contact: Lee or Victoria Barker on tel: 01772
653501 or: 07988723438 or email: mail@
alderbankphysio.co.uk with CV attached.
SENIOR PHYSIOTHERAPIST –
MANCHESTER RehabWorks have
an exciting opportunity for a senior
physiotherapist to join our friendly team
in our Manchester centre. The successful
candidate will have the opportunity to
experience case management, acute
physiotherapy, functional restoration
programmes and preventative training
programmes. In return you will
received comprehensive training and
development. Excellent rates of pay plus
enhanced benefits! For more information
please contact: hr@rehabworks.co.uk
Website: www.rehabworks.co.uk
SENIOR PHYSIOTHERAPIST –
SWINDON (Honda Factory) RehabWorks
have an opportunity for a senior
physiotherapist based within the Honda
factory in Swindon. The successful
candidate will receive a competitive
salary, excellent benefits in a supportive
and friendly environment. This is a fulltime position working on a shift rota
system. For more information please
contact: hr@rehabworks.co.uk Website:
www.rehabworks.co.uk
YORK, NORTH YORKSHIRE Musculoskeletal
physiotherapist(s) required. Private practice
Monday to Friday including possibly some
early morning/early evening work – full and
part-time applicants considered. Ideally,
two years musculoskeletal experience. CSP
and HCPC registration essential. Must be
currently registered for work in the UK.
For the right candidate, opportunities for
career progression and involvement in the
development of our practice may exist. For
full details email: annette@highthornphysio.
demon.co.uk
FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY for an
energetic, self-motivated physiotherapist
to join our team within a multidisciplinary
wellbeing centre in the City of London.
Flexible part-time role with scope to
increase. Prefer applicants with experience
working within similar clinical environment
and be registered with major health
insurance companies. Must be minimum five
years qualified. Please send CV and covering
letter to: shelley@healthresponse.co.uk
JUNIOR MUSCULOSKELETAL/NEURO
PHYSIOTHERAPIST, LIVERPOOL
Exciting opportunity for a Band 5 to
become part of our Liverpool team. Fulltime, employed rotational position with
great benefits working across inpatient,
outpatient and community settings. To
find out how you could join our growing
team of dynamic therapists visit: www.
physio.co.uk/careers or call tel: 0330 088
7800.
PILATES TRAINED PHYSIOTHERAPISTS
– SOLIHULL Specialist Pilates clinic
requires enthusiastic, self-employed, Pilates
trained physiotherapists to run classes
and individual sessions. Reformer training
highly desirable. Evening and daytime hours
available. Studio available to rent weekends.
Please contact Zoe at: mz@physio2pilates.
co.uk
PART-TIME PHYSIOTHERAPIST REQUIRED
for friendly clinic in Newbury Park, Essex.
Great opportunity for the right person.
Needs to be able to work independently.
Email: ashleyspivack@palmsphysio.co.uk
INDEPENDENT SALES
REPRESENTATIVE for a cool and cutting
edge high-tech company, with clinical
experience in the physiotherapy market.
We are looking for a highly motivated
sales person, who loves technological
innovations and is interested in selling
professional rehabilitation systems to
physiotherapy practices, hospitals and
health and fitness centres. You will be
talking to physiotherapists, head of
departments, personal trainers, clinical
managers, and sports coaches. You
will be backed by an entrepreneurial
management team and be provided
with intensive product training to ensure
your success. This is a rare opportunity
to forge a career in the new digital
health industry! The job is 100% field
work in London and its surroundings.
Requirements: physiotherapy degree;
experience with selling services; affinity
with physiotherapy clinics, and health
and fitness clubs; ability to travel
regularly; car owner. Compensation: a
monthly retainer fee; commission based
fees. Please send resume to: ronit@
biogaming.com
CHELTENHAM CLINIC requires two parttime, self-employed physiotherapists at
friendly well-established practice. Hours
to suit with scope to increase hours as
necessary. Successful applicants should
have at least five years experience and be
capable of managing their own workload.
Please email your CV to: enquiries@
cheltenhamphysiotherapy.co.uk
PHYSIOTHERAPIST WANTED John
Cox Health and Physiotherapy Practice,
based in Upton, West Yorkshire requires
a physiotherapist to work alongside an
already established physiotherapist,
in its well-established friendly clinic for
insurance and private work. Hours to suit.
Good rates of pay. Please send your CV
and covering letter to: Jackie Cox John
Cox Health and Physiotherapy Practice,
Upton, West Yorkshire WF9 1HR. For
more details tel: 01977 644 888 email:
johncoxtherapy@btconnect.com Closing
date: 3 July.
NEUROLOGICAL PHYSIOTHERAPIST The
MS Therapy Centre is a charity run, private
organisation based in Wolverhampton.
The client group is adult neurological,
predominantly MS. We have a wide age
range of clients so the work is very dynamic
and constantly evolving. The ideal candidate
will be available between the hours of 9am
and 4pm initially. However, the need for
flexible working will be required to meet
patient’s needs. Experience is required with
lone working, however, you may be working
alongside another physiotherapist within the
team. Please email your CV and a covering
letter to: susan@mscentre.co.uk
Equipment for sale
ALL TYPES OF SECONDHAND AND NEW
ULTRASOUNDS,ELECTROTHERAPY,LASERS
,COUCHES ETC With warranty. View at
www.trimbio.co.uk or call Trimbio on tel:
01403 261564.
Equipment wanted
ALL TYPES OF ULTRASOUNDS,
ELECTROTHERAPY, LASERS, COUCHES ETC
BOUGHT FOR CASH Call Trimbio on
tel: 01403 261564 www.trimbio.co.uk
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SECONDHAND ELECTROTHERAPY
BOUGHT AND SOLD Ultrasounds
Interferential Combinations etc. Call RWR
services on tel: 0845 257 8925. Email:
richard@rwrservices.co.uk
Web: www.rwrservices.co.uk
Service and repair
ALL TYPES OF ELECTROTHERAPY,
COUCHES AND PHYSIOTHERAPY
PRODUCTS SERVICED AND REPAIRED
Call Trimbio on tel: 01403 261564
www.trimbio.co.uk
FORMER SHREWSBURY MEDICAL
ENGINEER Offering repairs and servicing
of your electrotherapy equipment.
Call RWR services on tel: 0845 257 8925.
Email: richard@rwrservices.co.uk
Web: www.rwrservices.co.uk
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Anna Lowe
What does public health mean to you?
Essentially it’s about organising services to
deliver preventive care. There are lots of different
definitions of public health but the key components
are that it is informed by health analysis and
it is preventive (either prevents occurrence or
recurrence). It is applied to a defined population
and aims to reduce disparities in healthcare.
There is a misconception that public health
means working with healthy populations to prevent
ill-health; this type of public health work is termed
primary prevention. Physiotherapists are more
commonly involved in secondary prevention where
the focus is on early diagnosis and management
to prevent long-term health problems – such as the
early management of musculoskeletal disorders.
Anna Lowe has put her commitment
to improving the public’s health into
effect by creating a social enterprise
We are also frequently involved in tertiary
prevention, which aims to limit the impact of
ongoing health conditions by preventing further
complications. An example of this would be a
physical activity programme after stroke. It’s
important to remember that many areas of
physiotherapy practice are not public health, even
though they improve the health of many members
of the public. Individualised, clinical care is a huge
part of what we do and we shouldn’t feel pressure
to try to make services fit a public health mould.
Is there a growing role for physio staff?
Yes. The policy drivers are clear: preventive care is a
major priority and I think we all have a part to play.
As a profession we need to identify areas of existing
preventive practice that fit a public health approach
and use them to showcase our contribution. At
a team or department level, we can familiarise
ourselves with local public health priorities and
think about how services can contribute to
improving public health and to reducing
health inequalities. At an individual
level, we can tweak what we do, so
that, in addition to addressing a
patient’s presenting complaint, we
also capitalise on the opportunity
to improve that person’s general
health.
Ultimately, public health is
about using finite resources to
the greatest effect. It is essential
that we collect data to demonstrate
that our preventive interventions
(primary, secondary or tertiary) are
effective. It’s a numbers game at the end of the
day and we won’t get a look in unless we can show
the difference that we make.
Can students get involved?
Physical inactivity is a major public health
issue and physiotherapists are extremely
well-placed to promote physical
activity, especially to people with
long-term conditions. Despite
this, many physiotherapists lack
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confidence in their exercise prescription skills. At
Sheffield Hallam University we have worked with
Skills Active to embed the level 2 fitness instructor
and the level 3 exercise referral award into our
undergraduate programme. The process needs
further development but the early feedback has
been great.
By integrating these industry awards we aim
to equip physiotherapists to work flexibly across
health, social and leisure sectors. I see us leading
multi-professional teams that enable patients with
long-term conditions to access the right support at
the right time.
Tell about your wider work
A friend and I set up a social enterprise called
Active Together, which offers physiotherapyled exercise sessions for people with long-term
neurological conditions. We are aware that
the ongoing needs of people with long-term
conditions vary and cannot always be met by
the NHS. We wanted to give people a supported
and safe way of maintaining their activity levels
through the ups and downs of managing a
long-term condition. Partners and carers are
encouraged to join in too which helps adherence
and makes the classes fun. We’ve had great
feedback about the psychosocial impact as well
as the functional benefits. It’s a good way for
me to keep in touch with clinical practice and
operating as a third sector organisation has been
really interesting. I also write a blog and tweet as
a way of sharing public health information with
other allied health professionals.
How do you look after your health?
I love my bikes and I spend a lot of time on and
off-road around the Peak District. I’m also looking
forward to a summer holiday: mountain biking in
the Alps with lovely family and friends, kids, bikes,
cheese, wine – 65 days to go and counting! FL
Anna Lowe is a senior lecturer in physiotherapy
at Sheffield Hallam University
Twitter: @annalowephysio
Blog: www.physioforward.blogspot.co.uk
28/05/2015 15:36
Direct elections
to CSP Committees
The CSP is calling for nominations to
fill vacancies on all its main committees:
Industrial Relations Committee
• Two qualified members from England, one each from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Associates Committee
• Six Associate members
Research and Development Committee
• One clinical researcher
Education Committee
• One member engaged in post-qualifying education
• One clinical educator
Regulatory Board
• One qualified member
Professional Awards Committee
• One CSP Fellow.
All qualified member nominees must be full practising CSP members and be registered
with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
The deadline for receipt of completed nomination forms
for these elections is Friday 12 June 2015 at 4pm.
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Direct election to the Society’s main committees is a real opportunity for members and associates to
help to develop policy for the whole profession in a time of rapid change. It also gives you an excellent
opportunity to expand your networks and represent the views of your colleagues. The committees’ terms
of reference and nomination forms can be found at http://www.csp.org.uk/about-csp/our-structure/
governance/committee-elections together with details of who to contact for further information
(you will need to log into the website to see the full details).
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