by Ian McMillan | Jun 22, 2022 | Reflections
Dr Jeremy Lewis’s passion for physiotherapy shines out in an exclusive Q&A with PhysioUpdate editor Ian A McMillan. Jeremy was born in New Zealand, graduated in Australia and has worked in the NHS for more than two decades. He combines filling a...
by Ian McMillan | Jun 22, 2022 | News
Health and social care trusts in Northern Ireland have been told to start working on plans to introduce seven-day services for people who have experienced a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) by next summer. That is one of the central messages contained in an action...
by Ian McMillan | Jun 21, 2022 | Older People
Physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals should consider incorporating a simple balance test into routine health checks conducted among older patients, according to an international team of researchers. Led by Claudio Gil Araujo from the Clinimex exercise...
by Ian McMillan | Jun 21, 2022 | Reflections
Suzanne Rastrick, the chief allied health professions (AHPs) officer for England, expressed her ‘pride’ via Twitter earlier today (21 June) in launching a five-year strategy for physiotherapy and the 13 other AHP professions. The gestation of the...
by Ian McMillan | Jun 20, 2022 | On The Move
NULLExperienced physiotherapists based in Scotland have until 1 July to apply to join the 18th cohort of the Digital Health and Care Leadership Programme (DLP), which starts on 14 September and ends on 30 May 2023. The programme, which is run in a virtual format,...