The role of Advanced Practitioner Physiotherapists (APPs) working as First Contact Practitioners (FCPs) within GP practices was first piloted in … More
Category: Exercise
Managing expectations – a day in the life of a rehabilitation physiotherapist.
Kathleen Keenan, Physiotherapist in Rehabilitation, NHS Ayrshire and Arran. As a physiotherapist working in a rural community hospital, one of … More
Cancer Prevention in Scotland – taking the lead
Professor Annie S. Anderson BSc PhD RD FRCP is co-director of The Scottish Cancer Prevention Network (SCPN) – an advocacy … More
Digital Transformation and Beyond in Pulmonary Rehab
During the past year the NHS has been celebrating its 70th birthday. On reflection it is scary to think that … More
A Movement for Movement: what’s art got to do with it? A lot.
A call to arms which was originally posted on October 23, 2016 by BJSM here and published with kind permission … More
Using social media to get people with long-term conditions more active
By Su-Lin Allen, Senior Digital Media Officer at The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy @Su_LinAllen The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy’s … More
Time for AHPs to walk the talk with the evidence. (First posted 24/06/13)
After the spread and success of AHPsDayScot last week it seems appropriate to repost this blog from Ann Gates from … More
Joining it all together – Prehabilitation, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery and Rehabilitation
Imagine if you will… …two identical twin brothers, aged 59. Both would describe themselves as leading sedentary lifestyles (both at … More
How the Lifecurve™ can encourage active and independent living
Susan Kelso AHP Lead Early Intervention (Scottish Government) @susankelsoAHP #homecare17 I started out my adult working life as a care assistant in … More
HARP
Back in December 2016 I shared a blog called ‘Creating HARP’ which told the story of how we have moved … More