Have you been selected for HPC audit this year?

If so do you need any support/assistance?

Our ACPPLD CPD officer - Carrie Marrow, would be happy to give you some support and advice if you need it and can also put you in touch with fellow members within the Learning Disability field who have also been selected for audit.

Even if you don't wish any assistance from Carrie it would be very helpful if you could contact her, so that the committee know how many of our members were selected this year, and their thoughts on the process.

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 Review of CIOG structure – Consultation January 2010

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Introduction

Consultation process

There are four areas for consultation:

1. Proposals to strengthen governance arrangements

2. Proposals for the creation of time limited and focused policy fora

3. Proposals for the creation of broad alliance groups

4. Proposals for new recognition criteria

Timelines

We have been asked to complete and return the proforma by 31 March. Therefore if you have any feedback for the executive committee then we would like to hear from you. Please contact either Sue Over (Chairperson) or Jenny Tinkler (secretary) via email to give us your feedback.

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It would also be useful to hear from you if you have read the proposal but have no specific comments to make, as this will provide us with the evidence we need to demonstrate our membership have considered the proposals.

Wider consultation

Report to council June 2010

Please find links to the relevant documents below. We have also attached a copy of the questions the committee require to reply to in case this assists your understanding

 CIOG proposal document

New recognition criteria

Question Format

The ACPPLD executive committee have been contacted by a Physiotherapist currently completing their Masters at University of Brighton, who is carrying out a piece of research into Rebound Therapy. The title of the study is 'Therapists' experience in using Rebound Therapy for clients with neurological conditions or special needs'

Despite many of us across the country practising rebound therapy on a regular basis, there is a severe lack of research available in regard to rebound. The committee have therefore welcomed this piece of work and wish to give any assistance we can to the study.

The study requires a minimum of 10 physiotherapists who are using rebound therapy with these two client groups (special needs or neurological conditions), to participate in an interview about their experiences. Further information is detailed in the participant information sheet (click link below)

Participant Information Sheet

If you are interested in being part of this exciting research, please either contact Heba directly (details on the information sheet) or contact the committee via the contact us section of this website, and we shall be happy to pass on your details. Please note Heba requires volunteers as soon as possible, as data collection needs to start very shortly.

 Footnote - I have now participated in this research myself and can reassure everyone that it is very easy to be a part of. Anyone who has experience of rebound therapy with the client group will be able to answer the questions and give Heba valuable information. She still urgently needs volunteers so please consider doing your bit today. All it took was a few minutes to complete a consent form last week and 45minutes of my day on the telephone today.  Amanda (website administrator)