'PDSAFE' - a multi-dimensional model of falls-rehabilitation for people with Parkinson's. a mixed methods analysis of therapists' delivery and experience - Hulbert S, Chivers-Seymour K, Summers R, Lamb S, Goodwin V, Rochester L, Nieuwboer A, Rowsell A, Ewing S, Ashburn A, PDSAFE Collaborative group.
OBJECTIVE: To explore the clinical reasoning of physiotherapists using PDSAFE; according to disease severity and their experiences of treatment delivery in a large fall-prevention trial for people with Parkinson's (PwP).
DESIGN: A descriptive study of ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Government must grant NHS staff a wage rise by Christmas, say health unions
Health unions representing more than 1.3m workers across the UK have written to the Prime Minister calling for a pay rise for all NHS staff before Christmas.
The letter to Boris Johnson from all 14 health unions warns the second virus wave is already placing hospitals under immense strain.
It says staff are “stressed, burned out and fearful” and that asking them to carry on regardless is “increasingly unrealistic”.
The letter adds: “Once more NHS staff will be relied upon to protect and care for us all. But health workers are exhausted, with many still recovering from the first virus peak.”
NHS workers are not ...
Source: UNISON Health care news - November 9, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release nhs pay Source Type: news
Call for a National Covid-19 Resilience Programme to keep older people healthy and resilient
(The Physiological Society) Public health agencies across the UK should launch a National Covid-19 Resilience Programme to support older people through the pandemic and to keep them healthy and resilient over the winter - that's the recommendation from a leading group of scientists and clinicians working in the fields of physiology, nutrition and physiotherapy. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 8, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Physiotherapists' perceptions of challenges facing evidence-based practice and the importance of environmental empowerment in fall prevention in the municipality - a qualitative study - Worum H, Lillekroken D, Roaldsen KS, Ahlsen B, Bergland A.
This study aims... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Saint Thomas and Results Physiotherapy partner to expand access to physical therapy
The move is one in a long line of partnerships Saint Thomas had made in recent years with outside care providers. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - October 21, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Joel Stinnett Source Type: news
Chief Professions Officers ’ medicines mechanisms programme
NHS England and NHS Improvement would like to hear your thoughts on proposals for greater flexibility to be given to how dental hygienists, dental therapists, biomedical scientists, clinical scientists, operating department practitioners, podiatrist independent prescribers, physiotherapist independent prescribers, and paramedics are able to access medicines for their patients. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - October 21, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Let ’ s make future Black history a positive one
No doubt, 2020 has been a torrid year for so many reasons.
For Black people, the increased incidence of COVID and the continuing fight against racism – highlighted most starkly by the death of George Floyd in the US – has made it a year not to be forgotten.
And now we are in the middle of Black History Month, and it’s clear to Kebba Manneh that Black history needs to be seen and heard, discussed and taught, all year round – not just for a single month each year.
Back in March, Kebba was elected as the new chair of UNISON’s national Black members’ committee – just as the country found itself facing up to COVID...
Source: UNISON Health care news - October 19, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: Martin Cullen Tags: Article Black history month unison black members UNISON Cymru Wales Black members Source Type: news
Midwives, physios and pharmacists to administer future UK Covid vaccine
Expanded workforce will undergo training programme to immunise as much of population as possibleCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMidwives, physiotherapists, pharmacists, student nurses and doctors are among those who will be authorised to administer a mass Covid-19 vaccine under new laws that have come into force.They follow a consultation on moves to give emergency approval for a vaccine ’s use across the UK and an expanded workforce, which will be trained to give the injections to immunise as much of the population as quickly possible.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 16, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Ben Quinn Tags: Coronavirus Vaccines and immunisation Science Society Health Infectious diseases NHS Medical research UK news Source Type: news
Physiotherapist graduates say their careers have been stalled by regulator's failure to offer COVID-safe exams
Physiotherapy graduates are growing increasingly frustrated by their profession's licensing body, which they say has failed to adapt to a COVID-compliant examination procedure. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - October 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
Physiotherapy graduates say their careers have been stalled by industry's failure to offer COVID-safe exam
Physiotherapy graduates are growing increasingly frustrated by their profession's licensing exam provider, which they say has failed to adapt to a COVID-safe examination procedure. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - October 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
Physiotherapy 'as good as surgery' for fixing frozen shoulder, UK surgeons find
A new study involving 500 frozen shoulder sufferers from 35 NHS Trusts across the UK has found that surgery may not be necessary for many of these patients. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID-19: The Tipping Point for Rapid Tech Adoption
Every care provider and life sciences business says the same thing: the global pandemic emergency is acting as an unprecedented accelerant that is profoundly changing the way healthcare is delivered and R&D is conducted.
Above all, the experiences of 2020 have expanded our sense of the possibilities for technology to transform our health. We are in a new technological era. “COVID has disrupted our industry,” says Bertrand Bodson, Chief Digital Officer at Novartis. “It has highlighted our strengths and areas we now need to dial up. Healthcare’s digital moment has arrived.”
Widespread telehealth adopt...
Source: EyeForPharma - October 2, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Andrew Stone Source Type: news
Raccoon.World closes €900k seed funding for digital physiotherapy platform
The funding will go towards expanding their existing markets and for future scaling within Europe and Asia. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - September 29, 2020 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Covid-19 community rehabilitation: physiotherapy service delivery, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
These standards cover community rehabilitation and physiotherapy care for adults of 18 years and over with Covid-19. The standards apply to anyone with rehabilitation needs who has or has had Covid-19. The standards are relevant to people at all stages of their Covid-19 recovery, their families and carers. This is whether their care is managed in community settings throughout or if they were admitted to hospital at any stage. Published 24 September 2020. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - September 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
