NHS needs AHP workforce data, CSP’s Steve Tolan says
The NHS lacks the ability to maximise the expertise of physiotherapists because of poor data about workforce and quality of services, the CSP’s head of practice Steve Tolan said.
NHS Wales will analyse national stroke and neuro data, says Vaughan Gething
Wales is to become the first UK country to collect and analyse national data about stroke and neurological services, health secretary Vaughan Gething has claimed.
Physiotherapists in Northern Ireland held events, gave talks and engaged in something new and surprising for this year’s Lymphoedema Awareness Week on 5-11 March.
New ACPIN president calls for neuro physiotherapists to gain greater recognition
Physiotherapists have never had so much power to change the lives of people with neurological conditions, but they also need to be in a position to influence policy.
Telephone assessment physios in Cambridge promote self-management
A telephone assessment service in Cambridgeshire is helping more than half of its physiotherapy patients to self-manage their conditions, according to recent audit results.
ACPIN conference: Carers key to successful constraint therapy
Constraint induced movement therapy for brain-injured patients is enhanced by the close involvement of carers, and the use of home diaries to record progress.
ACPIN conference: Physios should treat more neurological conditions
Neurological physios should consider working with a wider range of conditions, according to the outgoing president of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists Interested in Neurology (ACPIN).
