by Ian McMillan | Aug 3, 2023 | Older People
Walking slowly for 25 minutes a day may be enough to counter the detrimental physical effects of bedrest on older patients in hospital. That is the message from researchers who conducted a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, and whose findings appear in an...
by Ian McMillan | Aug 2, 2023 | On The Move
Marie Ó Mír has said she is passionate about physiotherapy and is ‘absolutely delighted’ to have taken over as chief executive of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists (ISCP). Her predecessor, Ruaidhri O’Connor, spent 17 years at the helm of the 3,000-strong...
by Ian McMillan | Aug 1, 2023 | On The Move
NULLPhysiotherapy students at the University of Winchester joined their occupational therapy peers at a sports masterclass delivered by Great Britain Paralympian David Smith. David, 32, who amassed gold medals in boccia at three Paralympic Games – a team...
by Ian McMillan | Jul 28, 2023 | Sports physiotherapy
Women in Football’s (WIF) most comprehensive survey of women working and volunteering in football has revealed that discrimination is rife in the industry. Though, for example, eight women in 10 (82 per cent) said they had experienced discrimination at work...
by Ian McMillan | Jul 28, 2023 | Service design
The recruitment and retention of physiotherapists in Ireland has reached ‘crisis level’, according to Marie Ó Mír, the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists’ (ISCP) chief executive. ‘Recruitment and retention of...
