Physio and OT mobility team save NHS Grampian £3 million
A physiotherapist and an occupational therapist have helped NHS Grampian save nearly £3 million, by providing patients with mobility assessments within A&E.
New resource will help members engage in productive job planning
Physiotherapists and physiotherapy support workers should receive adequate time, support and access to IT resources when they take part in job planning activities.
NICE puts physio at the forefront of incontinence and prolapse care
Women with stress urinary incontinence should receive supervised pelvic floor muscle training for at least three months as first-line treatment, says the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
Primary care will need 6,000 more physios, say thinktanks
The NHS in England will need 6,000 more full-time equivalent physiotherapists to be working in general practice in a decade’s time, health experts predict.
Gabapentin and pregabalin to be reclassified as controlled drugs
Gabapentin and pregabalin will be reclassified from 1 April 2019, as Schedule 3 controlled drugs. Independent prescribers must review their practices before that date to ensure legal compliance.
Neurological physiotherapist and ultra-runner Colin Green recently completed one of the world’s most brutal races, a non-stop 268-mile race across the Pennine Way.
Stand-up physio targets stigma of female incontinence with new social enterprise
Pelvic health physio and stand-up comedian, Elaine Miller, is part of a new social enterprise that aims to tackle the stigma surrounding female incontinence.
