Frontline magazine
1 July 2009 issue
Cover story
Features
- Party without Pain
If you love music festivals, then why not mix work and pleasure, with a bit of mud, says Janet Wright
Author: Janet Wright
- It’s a family affair
Involving partners in adopting healthy lifestyles works, says Louise Hunt.
Author: Louise Hunt
Focus
- A timely theme
Many of the topics on offer as part of the health, work and well-being programme at Congress chime with government health agendas.
Author: Louise Hunt
- Swine flu and you
With the World Health Organization’s declaration of a global flu pandemic, NHS trusts are planning for a predicted autumn outbreak of swine flu.
- Lighting up the darkness
With mental health an area of increasing relevance to physiotherapists, we look at two exhibitions focusing on the subject
News
- Research made easier
The CSP and the National Physiotherapy Research Network have collaborated to produce a pocket guide that aims to demystify research for physiotherapists and other health professionals.
Author: Gary Henson
- Weight training builds muscle in children with CP, study finds
A physiotherapist-led study has shown that children with cerebral palsy are able to increase muscle bulk through strength training, which it is hoped will help them to maintain function as they get older.
Author: Louise Hunt
- Physios and their patients faring badly in the wealth stakes
People on ‘middle’ earnings have been losing out sharply over the last 30 years compared with better-off professionals and the rich, says a report.
Author: Matthew Limb
- World wide web
Health and social care practitioners working in rehabilitation are being urged to share ideas and learning with colleagues worldwide through a new online network.
Author: Matthew Limb
- Funding for physio rehab research
A physiotherapist has been awarded funding for research into the effects of rehabilitation after critical illness through a new scheme.
Author: Gary Henson
- Pensions choice update
Special arrangements have been made for particular groups of staff as part of a pension scheme choice exercise in the NHS.
Author: Dolly Chadda
- AfC: more effective ways of working ‘yet to emerge’
An all-party committee of MPs has raised doubts over the effectiveness of the Agenda for Change pay modernisation scheme.
Author: Matthew Limb
- To stretch or not to stretch
Stretching before or after taking exercise will not reduce the overall risk of injury, new research has found.
Author: Graham Clews
- No ‘automatic default’ to outsourcing services
The Society has welcomed health minister Ann Keen’s assurance that health services should stay within the NHS wherever this provides the best value for patients.
- Physios rise to the challenge
Physiotherapists were well represented in the finals of the Allied Health Professional Leadership Challenge.
Author: Gary Henson
- Patients treated in gyms
Physiotherapists in East Dunbartonshire are taking their patients’ rehabilitation sessions out of the NHS clinic and into public leisure centres.
Author: Graham Clews
- CSP launches major new campaign
Almost two thirds of adults in the UK are risking their health by not getting enough exercise, according to a CSP survey.
Author: Louise Hunt
- Plans for survival guide to tackle financial threats
The CSP is to set up a working group in a bid to tackle the financial challenges likely to impact on members ahead of anticipated public sector funding cuts.
Author: Louise Hunt
