by Ian McMillan | Jul 6, 2021 | On The Move
NULLAdvanced practitioner Claire Yerramasu is the lead clinician for NHS Lothian’s Midlothian community respiratory team (MCRT). The physiotherapist’s team is taking part in a trial to help patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) manage...
by Ian McMillan | Jul 2, 2021 | Rehabilitation
A Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection team found a rehabilitation gym at Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham, Kent, was so full of ‘clutter’ that it could not be cleaned properly. The stinging criticism of the way in which equipment was stored in...
by Ian McMillan | Jun 29, 2021 | Musculoskeletal
Physiotherapists and other appropriate clinicians should be offering three-month pelvic floor muscle training courses to as many as 140,000 women a year, according to a draft guideline. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) released a draft...
by Ian McMillan | Jun 28, 2021 | Oncology & Palliative Care
Most physiotherapists who work in the cancer field in Australia feel they were poorly prepared to enter the speciality. That is the conclusion of a paper written by a team led by physiotherapist Amy Dennett, from the Eastern Health and School of Allied Health, Human...
by Ian McMillan | Jun 25, 2021 | Rehabilitation
More than 600,000 physiotherapists around the world are being encouraged play their part in making World PT Day on 8 September a success. World Physiotherapy, the global body that represents more than 660,000 physiotherapists from member organisations in 125...
