Surgeons doing more than 10 shoulder replacement operations on average a year achieve better results

by Ian McMillan | Jun 21, 2023 | Trauma & Orthopaedic

Patients treated by surgeons who perform more than 10 shoulder replacements in an average year are less likely to need a further operation or experience serious complications. They also have shorter stays in hospital when compared to their counterparts who were...

CSP seeks a new chief executive as the current one calls it ‘probably the best job in the world!’

by Ian McMillan | Jun 19, 2023 | On The Move

High-fliers are being invited to apply to become the next chief executive of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), whose incumbent – Karen Middleton – is scheduled to leave the post she took up in 2014 at the end of the year. The deadline for those...

Osman Hassan Ahmed sat on international expert panel that has updated concussion management guidance

by Ian McMillan | Jun 14, 2023 | Sports physiotherapy

Physiotherapist Osman Hassan Ahmed is one of 31 expert researchers and clinicians who have written a paper that unveils updated recommendations on caring for athletes who have, or who are at risk of, concussion. The consensus statement on concussion in...

Public may support using health technology to avoid hospital, but health divisions must not widen

by Ian McMillan | Jun 13, 2023 | Technology

Technological advances in healthcare must not widen divisions between the ‘healthy haves’ and ‘unhealthy ‘have nots’ in society, the chief executive of the NHS Confederation warned today (13 June). Matthew Taylor called for vigilance in...

In a Q&A, Kieran O’Sullivan discusses being a researcher, a teacher, a coach and a hands-on physio

by Ian McMillan | Jun 12, 2023 | Reflections

PhysioUpdate caught up with Limerick-based Kieran O’Sullivan, who is part of an international team of researchers that conducted the influential RESTORE trial, which has highlighted the benefits of offering a personalised care...