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Physios should have a greater role in supporting mesh implant patients, enquiry finds
The role of Scotland’s physiotherapists in supporting transvaginal mesh implant patients who experience complications needs clarification, according to an interim report.
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Physio 15: Physios can improve public health by influencing behaviour and promoting physical activity
Physiotherapists are ideally placed to change the health behaviour of patients and should be taking the lead on physical activity as a targeted intervention.
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Physios and AHP Federation receive public health and wellbeing awards
Physiotherapists were among the winners at the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) health and wellbeing awards 2015 in London today.
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Irish society of chartered physios announce annual conference
This year's Irish society of chartered physios conference will take place at Croke Park in Dublin on 6-7 November.
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Public Health England launches physical activity infographic
England’s chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies told a meeting of public health professionals that physiotherapists and others can play a key role in promoting physical activity.
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Physio 15: Students more worried about placement costs than introduction of loans
While English universities favour a shift from grants to loans for physio pre-registration courses, the bigger worry for student delegates at Physiotherapy UK is covering the cost of practice placements – whatever the future changes are to student finance.
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Physio 15: Poor funding for physio research hampers attempts to build evidence base
The challenges facing physio researchers came under the spotlight during a session on putting research into practice, held on the first day of Physiotherapy UK 2015.
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Physio 15: Cost of falls evidence is really on the money, says NHS England
Finding ways to attract the interest of influential non-health professionals was something physios, whether or not they worked in the NHS, had to do, said Suzanne Rastrick, the officer who represents physiotherapy and 11 other AHPs at NHS England.
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Physio 15: Politics is not a ‘dirty word’, delegates told
Proud NHS employees were feted as ‘heroes’ at the high-profile ceremony that opened the 2012 Olympics but went to ‘zero’ when the Francis report on mid Staffordshire came out 194 days later.
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Catherine Pope elected CSP chair of council
Physiotherapist Catherine Pope has been elected to a two-year term as chair of council at the CSP’s annual conference in Liverpool.