🇬🇧🤝🇺🇦 This week I travelled to Kyiv with a team of British physiotherapists to deliver hands-on rehabilitation training to Ukrainian clinicians treating patients injured in the war. 🧵1/4
4/4 This is what international cooperation looks like at its best — professionals sharing knowledge and supporting recovery.
I hope this is just the beginning of a long-term partnership between British and Ukrainian healthcare teams.
#StandWithUkraine#Physiotherapy
3/4 More than 300 Ukrainian specialists applied for just 25 training places — showing the determination of clinicians to keep improving care despite the challenges they face.
🇬🇧🤝🇺🇦 This week I travelled to Kyiv with a team of British physiotherapists to deliver hands-on rehabilitation training to Ukrainian clinicians treating patients injured in the war. 🧵1/4
Our Becky representing at Public Sector Reception at 10 Downing Street today representing physiotherapy! What an honour and experience! It has made her very proud to be a physiotherapist 👏
I’ve teamed up with foot & ankle specialist @lizbayleyphysio to create 4 strengthening programmes for Plantar Heel Pain. 3 are based on Osborne et al. (2023) and 1 is our own ‘LiTHE’ programme. There’s lots to consider with these exercises which we’ll explore in this thread 🧵
Most people think of patient facing roles being only Doctors and Nurses.
However, there’s a whole other group called Allied Health Professionals (AHPs).
There’s 14 groups that work side by side with us to provide the best care for patients.
GOOD NEWS!
🗣The CSP has been raising awareness of the failure to reopen essential rehab spaces since the pandemic.
✍️The government will be writing to all NHS chief executives, urging them to restore physio rehab facilities.
👏A great result for the profession.
#RightToRehab
#csp4fairpay
They tried to stop us giving rehab we said no,no,no. Yes it’s been tough and we’ve had enough. Pay us more more more! Live from the picket line @RoyalFreeNHS@thecsp