by Ian McMillan | Jan 2, 2024 | Awards
Fiona Lindop, a specialist physiotherapist with University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation, was awarded an MBE for services to physiotherapy in the 2024 New Year’s Honours list. Now in her fourth decade at the trust, Fiona has had a ‘huge...
by Ian McMillan | Dec 21, 2023 | Older People
The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has voiced its ‘disappointment’ that long-awaited guidance on providing proactive care for frail people at home has been published by NHS England without the initiative receiving any extra funding. The guidance, titled...
by Ian McMillan | Dec 19, 2023 | Respiratory
Members of a paediatric physiotherapy team based at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge came up with a moving tribute as way of celebrating the progress of a young patient who had spent several months under their care. After a couple of practice...
by Ian McMillan | Dec 18, 2023 | Awards
The panel of judges responsible for naming the winners of a leading charity’s annual awards scheme were so impressed by two inspiring physiotherapists that they decided to give both of them the People’s Award. It was the first time the...
by Ian McMillan | Dec 15, 2023 | Respiratory
Smoking-related hospital admissions in England increased by nearly 5 per cent in 2022-23 in comparison to the previous year, but they remain lower than before the Covid-19 pandemic. More than 400,000 people were admitted to hospitals in England in the year 2021-22...
