by Ian McMillan | Sep 12, 2023 | Oncology & Palliative Care
Olympic gold medallist Sally Gunnell Champion has joined Cancer Support UK as a Workplace Cancer Support Ambassador – and the charity is keen for physiotherapists to follow her lead. Sally said the training she received in order to become an ambassador was...
by Ian McMillan | Sep 11, 2023 | Awards
A Kent-based elbow crutch recycling scheme is one of four entries to be shortlisted in the Greener Allied Health Professions category of this year’s Chief Allied Health Professions Officer (CAHPO) Awards. Nominations for the presigious 2023 awards, which...
by Ian McMillan | Sep 11, 2023 | News
A combination of work stress, high workload, understaffing and other factors is driving health professionals from the NHS, according to an article published today (12 September) in the open access journal BMJ Open. The researcher team, who reached its conclusions...
by Ian McMillan | Aug 31, 2023 | Sports & Exercise
Physiotherapists at NHS Tayside have welcomed a bid to open up an adapted cycling programme to patients with conditions such as Parkinson’s and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In an initiative involving staff from NHS Tayside and Leisure and Culture...
by Ian McMillan | Aug 29, 2023 | Neurological
In an exclusive PhysioUpdate Q&A, physiotherapist Ellie Kinnear outlines the aims of a unique book that she and her colleagues wrote to highlight ways to improve the quality of life for people with neurological conditions in the community. Editor Ian A McMillan...
