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Veterans mark Older People’s Day with sports events
Forces veterans in Scotland competed in a range of sports activities, including javelin throwing, an indoor version of curling and cycling on static bikes, to mark Older People’s Day on 1 October.
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Physio helps lead amputee football team to Euro success
Physiotherapist Charlie Wilton helped the England team excel at the European amputee football championship in Turkey.
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CSP: stop overlooking quality rehabilitation in the community
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) says that fragmented health and social care can have serious consequences for patients.
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Hampshire physio clinic raises funds for defibrillator
Physiotherapists in Hampshire have installed an automated external defibrillator on the outside of their clinic after raising more than £1,000 to pay for the device.
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Ipswich physios receive commendation awards for non-stop care of critically ill baby
Two senior paediatric physios have received awards after helping to support the round-the-clock care of a baby with respiratory problems.
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Physio professor wins award for online self-management physio service
A physiotherapy professor from Glasgow has won £5,000 and on-going business support to help her develop an online service for people with neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory and orthopaedic conditions.
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National award recognises NHS stroke care partnership
Partnership working between commissioners and providers to improve NHS stroke care in Suffolk has been recognised with an award supported by NHS England.
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NHS Wales awards Torfaen falls initiative
Torfaen’s falls service is the only one in Aneurin Bevan University Health Board to run exercise classes in which other organisations offer advice, said physiotherapist Karen Minton.
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London NHS trusts launch ‘back school’ as new care pathway
Two London trusts are launching a 90-minute education session for people with low back pain, as part of a new care pathway to meet the latest clinical guidelines.
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World’s longest-running pelvic floor dysfunction research set for next phase
Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) said its researchers are preparing the next phase of the longest postnatal pelvic floor dysfunction research project ever.