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National Physiotherapy Days — Publicity Plans for 1992
NOVEMBER 10, 1991 VOLUME 77, No 11
J O U R N A L OF T H E C H A R T E R E D S O C I E T Y 1 4 BEDFORD ROW, LONDON WClR 4ED.
OF P H Y S I O T H E R A P Y
TELEPHONE 071-242 1941 FAX 071-831 4509
National Physiotherapy Days - Publicity Plans for 1992 In 1990 the Society held its first ever National Physiotherapy Week which was an undoubted success. The theme for the week 'Every Body's Health Matters' meant that members could choose which area of their work to promote. This ranged from sports injuries to rehabilitation of stroke patients or simply trying to give an overview of the role of Chartered physiotherapists. After evaluating the week it was decided that in future, rather than a general look at physiotherapy, specific client groupkreatment techniques should be targeted. In 1992 we will be holding t w o physiotherapy days, one in May and another later in the year. And, following discussions, it has been decided that we should highlight the work of paediatric physiotherapists and physiotherapists working in occupational health. The first day will be on Thursday, May 19, 1992, when we hope that all Chartered physiotherapists who work with children, whether it be in special schools, child development centres, general hospitals or in the community, will organise an event to promote their work. Examples of the type of events that could be planned are 'open days' for children to visit hospital departments and to find out more about physiotherapy; invitations to local mainstream schools for pupils to visit special schools and vice versa. If you work in a child development centre you may wish particularly to ask your local media along to see the specialist work undertaken with the children. Another excellent idea is one used by a number of physiotherapists during National Physiotherapy Week. They went to a local school and gave able-bodied children the opportunity to catch a glimpse of what life is like when disabled. The children spent a morning around the town in wheelchairs and
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learnt a little more about the difficulties of everyday life for people who are wheelchair bound. Many Chartered physiotherapists do, of course, spend a great deal of time talking to schoolchildren about how to avoid back. neck and shoulder problems and giving preventive advice. This is another area of work that can be highlighted. You are sure to have many more thoughts, ideas and inspirations about what you can do on the day. Do let the Public Relations Department at the CSP know; we don't have a monopoly on ideas, and any suggestions would be more than welcome. The Society will be producing a poster and a leaflet highlighting the work of physiotherapists with children and may also have balloons available for distribution if there is demand. We are also proposing to produce a leaflet for children themselves explaining what to expect when seeing a physiotherapist for treatment. If you have any children's drawings or paintings about physiotherapy we would be pleased to receive them for possible inclusion in the leaflet. If there is a suitable one we also hope to have balloons printed with a child's drawing of a physiotherapist. Materials for the day will be distributed via Branch PROS and APCP representatives. They will not be available until early next year but we will let you know when they are ready. The following day (Wednesday, May 20) there will be a major conference on the team approach to the integrated management of children with special needs. This will take place at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre to coincide with the Naidex exhibition for elderly and disabled people. Speakers will include multidisciplinary 'teams' from all around the UK who use varying treatment methods and approaches. The conference
will be open to all disciplines as well as parents and their children. The day looking at physiotherapists' work in industry will take place in November 1992. But the date and finer details have not yet been finalised. So watch the Journal for further information. In the meantime, if you would like to know more about the paediatric day please do not hesitate to contact either Lynn Duxbury or Stuart Skyte in the Public Relations Department at the CSP.
If you missed the notice in September's yellow pages, be aware that registration for the new award
Diploma in Advanced Physiotherapy Studies opened on September 30. Registration fee f 30.
All previous inquirers have been sent information. Further details from Sally Gosling Accreditation and Committee Officer Education Department The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy 14 Bedford Row, London WClR 4ED.
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Forthcoming Meetings These forthcoming conferences and seminars are being organised by the CSP Events Unit. If you would like further information, please do not hesitate to contact Jane Morrison or Sarah Durham at 14 Bedford Row, London WClR 4ED (telO71-242 1941). NOVEMBER 25, 1991
The Organisationof Clinical Education A t CSP headquarters, London In view of the organisational and funding changes within the health service and education, the Society is planning a study day which will cover co-ordinating clinical education within a Region; the costing of
clinical education; standards for clinical education placements; and the students' perspective of clinical education. Fee: €40. DECEMBER 5, 1991
Avoiding and Treating RepetitiveStrain Injury at Work A t CSP headquarters, London The day will discuss what RSI is; how it is caused; the views of trade unions and employers; the support and information available for employees; how RSI can be avoided, and how it can be treated. These issues will be discussed by ergonomists, employers, occupational health physiotherapists, manufacturers of equipment designed to prevent RSI and representatives of industries where RSI is prevalent. Fee: €60.
DECEMBER 6, 1991
Launch of CONCAH (The Continuing Care at Home Association) A t New Connaught Rooms, Great Queen Street, London CONCAH aims to improve the professional services received at home by people with chronic neurological disease and their family carers, by increasing awareness of problems, highlighting needs, and improving interprofessional collaboration. The Association is holding two half-day seminars to launch its work. The sessions will provide an opportunity to discuss its role and the plans for areas of good practice. The half-day seminars will also be supported by a commercial exhibition. Fee per half-day: CONCAH members €10, others €25. DECEMBER 11-12, 1991
OBITUARIES
Working Assertively
Miss Doreen M Stimpson MCSP Doreen M Stimpson, 'Stim' to her many friends, died in hospital in Salisbury on September 8 in her 80th year. Stim trained at the Westminster Hospital, qualifying in 1935. After early work at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Ealing, and then taking charge at Ashford General Hospital, Middlesex, she went on to become the superintendent at The London Hospital, Whitechapel, in 1947. This coincided with the formation of the NHS and the new grading structures. Together with Miss Ward from Brighton she founded the Association of Superintendent Physiotherapists. They became its first secretary and chairman. Throughout her career, she was also closely associated with the Essex and London Branches of the CSP. As the superintendent physiotherapist at The London, Stim was also responsible for the Banstead, Brentwood and Queen Mary Annexes and the local schools for handicapped children in Tower Hamlets. To all her staff she was a tremendous support, giving unstinting help and advice in her own kind and inimitable way. In addition to organising the trained physiotherapists she also looked after the orthopaedic wards. This was her real love and she was held in high esteem by the consultants. She was an excellent physiotherapist and her patients were inspired by her great energy and enthusiasm. When Mr Alexander Law pioneered the cup arthroplasty operation for the hip, Stim worked with him to develop a suitable programme of physiotherapy. Together with Miss Joan Piercy she published an article on the subject for the Journal. She was always closely involved with the school of physiotherapy, ensuring good liaison between all the staff and, together with her senior staff, assisting with the clinical supervision and teaching of the students. Apart from physiotherapy Stim had a
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A t CSP headquarters, London The course will enable participants to understand exactly what assertive behaviour is, as compared to other options. The course will examine why it can be difficult to be assertive and will focus on the blocks that upbringing and society can create. Through the use of exercises and discussion, participants will identify ways of overcoming these. Fee: €75.
great love of the countryside and her garden. She was able to indulge these hobbies during her long and well-earned retirement. Above all Stim was a positive, practical, caring and generous person with a delightful sense of humour. Full of boundless energy she used every moment to full advantage, hence her oft quoted and well remembered phrase: 'No time for knitting, old thing!' She will be remembered with the greatest affection. DFH
Dates for Your 1992 Diary
Mr John Livingston MCSP
JANUARY 28 and FEBRUARY 18, 1992 FEBRUARY 25 and MARCH 3, 1992
Mr John Livingston, who qualified at Marketing Courses for Physiotherapists Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1934 at the age A t CSP headquarters, London of 19, died last month in Tyneside. The CSP is providing a series of courses He was superintendent physiotherapist at next year to help managers and senior the Royal Baths, Harrogate, for three decades before moving to a post at Dryburn physiotherapists understand the marketing process. Issues covered will be an Hospital, Co Durham. Mr Livingston, who leaves a widow, examination of marketing, the effects of Rhoda, and a son and daughter, devised a change, influences on marketing strategy, safer type of walking frame which was later the NHS market place, image creation, potential problems and action plans. adopted nationally. APRIL 10-12, 1992
Mr Frank Whitehead JP MCSP DipRG&RT A former Castleford RFLC physiotherapist and a magistrate for 13 years, Mr Frank Whitehead died in Pontefract last month at the age of 80. After serving in the RAF throughout World War (I, Mr Whitehead trained as a remedial gymnast at Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, qualifying in 1948. He worked in the Ministry of Health, at Hightown Hospital, Sheffield, and then in the accident unit at Pontefract Infirmary until his retirement in 1977. He spent over thirty years as Castleford RL club physiotherapist. Mr Whitehead leaves two daughters, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
OCPPP Annual Conference A t St John's Swallow Hotel, Solihull, West Midlands MAY 20, 1992
The Team Approach to Management of Children with Special Needs A t the Gallery Suite, National Exhibition1 Centre, Birmingham OCTOBER 5-9, 1992
CSP Annual Congress A t the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow This Congress will be held in conjunction with the conferences of ATCSP and ADSCP.
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Presenting Your Case Well
Brighton School Officially Opened The Brighton School of Physiotherapy was officially declared open by media personality Dr Alan Maryon Davies on October 7. The school, n o w in its second year, i s based in Eastbourne. The party was t o say 'thank you' t o all those w h o had been involved in establishing what is the first new school of physiotherapy in 30 years. Particular thanks were paid t o Dr Ida Webb, who is now retired, but as the assistant director at the polytechnic played an important part in early negotiations about the course; and Marion Trew, head of school, who was appointed t o set up the new school. A large cake, made specially for the occasion, was cut by second-year student, Margaret Dew. Margaret was asked t o perform the ceremony after finishing top of the first year intake. Visitors were shown around the school by students who also demonstrated aspects of their clinical work. In a large marquee in the school grounds tea and cake were served t o guests from hospitals all over the South East Thames Region, the Regional Health Authority, parents and students, the Council for Professions Supplementary t o Medicine and the Chartered Society.
The first-ever presentation skills workshop for Chartered physiotherapists was hugely successful. Held at the end of September 1991, the workshop was run by t w o of Britain's leading consultants in presentation and image. The course covered non-verbal messages and body language, tackling nerves, h o w t o compose and structure a presentation, answering difficult questions, and dressing for success. There was a practical session in which everyone present had t o give a three-minute presentation. If this sounds the sort of training you need - and it could be if you regularly speak t o large or small audiences, have business meetings, lecture t o GP trainees, give careers talks or are busy marketing your own practices and services - don't despair; there will be a second such event in the spring of 1992. Read your Journal for more information.
Unwanted Treasures Margaret Dew, second-year student a t Brighton School of Physiotherapy, cuts the celebratory cake
Alert for People with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome The Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a rare group of genetic disorders, which are all thought t o result from defects in the collagen molecule which normally gives strength and adhesion t o the tissues of the body. There are at least ten types of EDS and its severity varies between people. The disorder often involves the skin which may be excessively extendible, fragile and/or prone t o bruising. The joints may be affected, with or without the skin problems; they are extremely loose which can lead t o repeated dislocations and early degenerative osteo-arthritis. The walls of the blood vessels, gut, uterus, and the fetal membranes rnay be exceedingly fragile, sometimes w i t h disastrous consequences. Healing of accidental and surgical wounds may be poor. Other problems can include prolapse of the heart's mitral valve, hernias and various dental problems. Diagnosis of EDS is not always easy. For example, affected children w h o bruise easily, etc, may be wrongly diagnosed as being physically abused and adults may also be mis-diagnosed as causing self-inflicted injury. The looseness underlying joint problems may be overlooked. Pain, for example, from affected joints, rnay be w r o n g l y a t t r i b u t e d t o psychologicsi problems. Specific biochemical and genetic tests for EDS are some way off. Counselling of patients and their partners is important. Future parents have t o cope with not knowing whether their children will inherit the condition, and parents who have children w i t h EDS have t o compromise between allowing their children t o be as physically active as they would like and protecting them from accidental physical trauma. Patients have t o learn t o avoid
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damage t o their skin or joints and greater care has t o be exercised w i t h surgical procedures. The Ehlers-Danlos Support Group aims t o help patients w i t h EDS and their family members and t o heighten awareness of EDS among the medical and other caring professions. Readers w h o wish t o know more about the condition or would like t o put a patient in touch w i t h the group are invited t o contact the founder/organiser, M r s Valerie Burrows, 2 High Garth, Richmond, North Yorks DL10 4DG.
Family Help 'Disabled People and their Families' is a leaflet produced by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. It explains the type of problem with which Chartered physiotherapists can help, h o w they can help, and where people with disabilities can have physiotherapy. Printed in blue and yellow, single copies are available free on receipt of a stamped addressed envelope. For bulk orders, intended for distribution to patients, the price is l o p per leaflet, post free.
Charges Increase From the January 1991 issue the fee for publishing a course notice in Physiotherapy will be €27. Only one contact name and address should be given. Courses held on several different dates may be set out together at the start of the course listings at f50 per five dates. Birth and marriage notices will in future cost € 7 per entry.
Do you have any spare copies of Physiotherapy up t o and including 1969? Our archivist has found gaps in the Society's collection and would be grateful t o hear from anyone who has such copies and no longer wishes t o keep them. If you hold issues which are needed at headquarters, t h e Chartered Society would be pleased t o hear from you and will pay carriage for any copies w e need. Please write, stating the copies of which you wish t o dispose, t o Mrs A Wheeldon BA DipLip DipAA, Archivist, CSP, 14 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4ED.
Post-registration Course Successes Foundation Course for Chartered Physiotherapists in Psychiatry The following physiotherapists recently completed successfully this CSP-validated course in the West Midlands: Debra Ann Bland, Lorraine Margaret Bland, Jillian Claire Booth, Beverley Jane Carter, Elizabeth Vaughan Galatia, C E Giddings, Larry Alexander Guscoth, Lynne Kendall, Christine Baker Marsh, Barbara Mary Robinson, Susan Lesley Roscoe, Nicholas Alan Rosen, Agnes Elizabeth Townsend, Clifford Vaughan Towson, Denver Whyke. Foundation Course in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Bristol) With merit: Mary Bray, Nina Bridges, Doreen Isherwood, Gillian Mead, Joan Miller, Joanna Rees. Pass: Diane Broderick, Ailsa Brooke, Teresa Cook, Hilary Farrer, Katherine Fryer, Lesley Gillon, Mary Gray, Margaret Holcombe, Jane Howard, Sandra Raftery, Maria Ridley, Christina Roche-Kelly, Charlotte Tench. E Iiza b et h Tu r ne r, Rose ma r y W i IIia m s, Vanessa Wootton.
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People CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS
OThe Princess of Wales declared open a new €1.3 million ward at the Royal Hospital and Home, Putney, which altogether has nearly 300 severely disabled patients. *The Duke of Kent launched an appeal to fund an East Midlands chair in stroke medicine. The Chest, Heart and Stroke Association hopes a professor will be appointed before the end of the year at Nottingham University Medical School. .The Princess of Wales is the first royal patron of the Benesh Institute - the international centre for Benesh movement notation. 0 Linda Austin, CSP industrial relations training officer, has been elected to chair the Society of Industrial Tutors.
.The Princess Royal helped Northwick Park Hospital to celebrate its 21st birthday last month. She has visited the hospital several times in the past to be kept up to date with work at its British Olympic Medical Centre. .Ann Armstrong, the writer, editor and campaigner for the rights of people with disabilities, died on August 28 at the age of 65. Paralysed by polio as a young mother, she pioneered the movement for home care of people dependent on mechanical breathing equipment.
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Annual Congress 1992
'Getting Together' Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow - October 5-9, 7992
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy will be holding its Annual Congress from October 5-9, 1992, in the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow. The theme of the conference is 'Getting Together'. The Organising Committee would like to invite papers and posters for presentation at Congress, under that heading. The Congress will be the first joint conference between the ADSCP, the ATCSP and the CSP. It is hoped papers presented will echo this. Some suggestions include: the links between the ADSCP and the ATCSP; links between managers and clinicians; teachers and clinicians; Trusts and the NHS; research with practice; therapists and patients; the CSP and Europe; current practices and new therapies; students and clinicians. It is also hoped to get papers and posters on specific managerial, research and teaching issues. Any researchers with papers or posters they feel may be of interest to delegates are asked to submit their work for consideration. Papers of a more general nature will also be welcomed. .Prospective presenters should submit a precis (no more than 200 words) of their research, to the Chairman, Congress Programme Organising Committee, c/o Events Unit, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, 14 Bedford Row, London WClR 4ED, before Friday, February 14, 1992.
Access to Health Records Act 1990 Did you know that from November 1, 1991, in England, Wales and Scotland, patients have the right of access to normally held medical records? The CSP Professional Affairs Department has produced a factsheet setting out the main points of the Act which includes a definition of terms and how application and exclusions to access are undertaken. Factsheet 21 'Access t o Health Records' is available from Mrs P Hall, Professional Affairs Department, The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, 14 Bedford Row, London WClR 4ED - please enclose a SAE.
Correction The first paragraph of our report 'MSc in physiotherapy plus orthopaedic diploma' (August, page 541) could be taken to imply that a postgraduate diploma in orthopaedics is the only route to gain an MSc over a twoyear period. This course may be counted as the first year of an MSc but the Polytechnic of East London also runs a full two-year MSc course which is open to anyone.
\rts Data Arts Special Info (Strathclyde) has launched a database which will facilitate contact in the West of Scotland between hundreds of artists in all media and people wishing to set up arts projects for people with special needs. Inquiries about projects from pottery to pantomime are welcomed at the organisation's headquarters by telephone during office hours (041-330 4925).
Physiotherapists Board Elections Elections t o the Physiotherapists Board will be held early in 1992 for the three places currently held by Mr J M Allen, Mrs M J John and Dr M J Potts. Any member who would like to stand in this election as a CSP sponsored candidate is asked to contact the CSP Secretary by December 2. The Society will print election addresses in the February Journal for those whom it sponsors. It would also be helpful to hear from any member who intends t o stand for election to the Board but does not wish t o seek CSP sponsorship, in order that we can publish a list of candidates that is as complete as possible.
Late Advertisement? Don't despair! The closing date for advertisements at the normal rate is the 20th of the preceding month. But your vacancy can still appear if it reaches this office by 4 pm on the 24th - though at a premium rate. See the first page of this issue for full details.
North West Tharnes Board A by-election for the vacancy for the North West Thames Board representative on Council, and for an alternate, caused by the resignation of Mrs V E O'Neill, will be called soon. They will serve until 1993. Nominations papers are available from North West Thames Board Secretary, Ms
Heather Holder-Powell, Physiotherapy Section, Lancaster House, West London Institute of Higher Education, Borough Road, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 5DU, to whom they should be returned. The closing date is expected to be Friday, December fi, 1991.
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Brazil, Cambodia, Egypt, India, Malawi, Namibia, North Africa, Pakistan, Palestinian West Bank, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Uganda. Experienced physiotherapists are needed for overseas contracts of varying lengths and with many different voluntary government or mission agencies. Details from International Health Exchange (formerly Bureau for Overseas Medical Service), Africa Centre, 3 8 King Street, London WC2E 8JT (tel 071-836 58331.
Copyright Physiotherapy is protected under the Berne Convention. Readers may make one photostat copy of any article for private use. In any other circumstances material published herein may not be reproduced in whole or in part without permission from the editor. This permission is usually given without charge provided full acknowledgement is made to the source of the material. Application should be made in writing.
J O U R N A L OF T H E C H A R T E R E D S O C I E T Y 1 4 BEDFORD ROW, LONDON WClR 4ED.
OF P H Y S I O T H E R A P Y
TELEPHONE 071-242 1941 FAX 071-831 4509
National Physiotherapy Days - Publicity Plans for 1992 In 1990 the Society held its first ever National Physiotherapy Week which was an undoubted success. The theme for the week 'Every Body's Health Matters' meant that members could choose which area of their work to promote. This ranged from sports injuries to rehabilitation of stroke patients or simply trying to give an overview of the role of Chartered physiotherapists. After evaluating the week it was decided that in future, rather than a general look at physiotherapy, specific client groupkreatment techniques should be targeted. In 1992 we will be holding t w o physiotherapy days, one in May and another later in the year. And, following discussions, it has been decided that we should highlight the work of paediatric physiotherapists and physiotherapists working in occupational health. The first day will be on Thursday, May 19, 1992, when we hope that all Chartered physiotherapists who work with children, whether it be in special schools, child development centres, general hospitals or in the community, will organise an event to promote their work. Examples of the type of events that could be planned are 'open days' for children to visit hospital departments and to find out more about physiotherapy; invitations to local mainstream schools for pupils to visit special schools and vice versa. If you work in a child development centre you may wish particularly to ask your local media along to see the specialist work undertaken with the children. Another excellent idea is one used by a number of physiotherapists during National Physiotherapy Week. They went to a local school and gave able-bodied children the opportunity to catch a glimpse of what life is like when disabled. The children spent a morning around the town in wheelchairs and
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learnt a little more about the difficulties of everyday life for people who are wheelchair bound. Many Chartered physiotherapists do, of course, spend a great deal of time talking to schoolchildren about how to avoid back. neck and shoulder problems and giving preventive advice. This is another area of work that can be highlighted. You are sure to have many more thoughts, ideas and inspirations about what you can do on the day. Do let the Public Relations Department at the CSP know; we don't have a monopoly on ideas, and any suggestions would be more than welcome. The Society will be producing a poster and a leaflet highlighting the work of physiotherapists with children and may also have balloons available for distribution if there is demand. We are also proposing to produce a leaflet for children themselves explaining what to expect when seeing a physiotherapist for treatment. If you have any children's drawings or paintings about physiotherapy we would be pleased to receive them for possible inclusion in the leaflet. If there is a suitable one we also hope to have balloons printed with a child's drawing of a physiotherapist. Materials for the day will be distributed via Branch PROS and APCP representatives. They will not be available until early next year but we will let you know when they are ready. The following day (Wednesday, May 20) there will be a major conference on the team approach to the integrated management of children with special needs. This will take place at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre to coincide with the Naidex exhibition for elderly and disabled people. Speakers will include multidisciplinary 'teams' from all around the UK who use varying treatment methods and approaches. The conference
will be open to all disciplines as well as parents and their children. The day looking at physiotherapists' work in industry will take place in November 1992. But the date and finer details have not yet been finalised. So watch the Journal for further information. In the meantime, if you would like to know more about the paediatric day please do not hesitate to contact either Lynn Duxbury or Stuart Skyte in the Public Relations Department at the CSP.
If you missed the notice in September's yellow pages, be aware that registration for the new award
Diploma in Advanced Physiotherapy Studies opened on September 30. Registration fee f 30.
All previous inquirers have been sent information. Further details from Sally Gosling Accreditation and Committee Officer Education Department The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy 14 Bedford Row, London WClR 4ED.
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Forthcoming Meetings These forthcoming conferences and seminars are being organised by the CSP Events Unit. If you would like further information, please do not hesitate to contact Jane Morrison or Sarah Durham at 14 Bedford Row, London WClR 4ED (telO71-242 1941). NOVEMBER 25, 1991
The Organisationof Clinical Education A t CSP headquarters, London In view of the organisational and funding changes within the health service and education, the Society is planning a study day which will cover co-ordinating clinical education within a Region; the costing of
clinical education; standards for clinical education placements; and the students' perspective of clinical education. Fee: €40. DECEMBER 5, 1991
Avoiding and Treating RepetitiveStrain Injury at Work A t CSP headquarters, London The day will discuss what RSI is; how it is caused; the views of trade unions and employers; the support and information available for employees; how RSI can be avoided, and how it can be treated. These issues will be discussed by ergonomists, employers, occupational health physiotherapists, manufacturers of equipment designed to prevent RSI and representatives of industries where RSI is prevalent. Fee: €60.
DECEMBER 6, 1991
Launch of CONCAH (The Continuing Care at Home Association) A t New Connaught Rooms, Great Queen Street, London CONCAH aims to improve the professional services received at home by people with chronic neurological disease and their family carers, by increasing awareness of problems, highlighting needs, and improving interprofessional collaboration. The Association is holding two half-day seminars to launch its work. The sessions will provide an opportunity to discuss its role and the plans for areas of good practice. The half-day seminars will also be supported by a commercial exhibition. Fee per half-day: CONCAH members €10, others €25. DECEMBER 11-12, 1991
OBITUARIES
Working Assertively
Miss Doreen M Stimpson MCSP Doreen M Stimpson, 'Stim' to her many friends, died in hospital in Salisbury on September 8 in her 80th year. Stim trained at the Westminster Hospital, qualifying in 1935. After early work at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Ealing, and then taking charge at Ashford General Hospital, Middlesex, she went on to become the superintendent at The London Hospital, Whitechapel, in 1947. This coincided with the formation of the NHS and the new grading structures. Together with Miss Ward from Brighton she founded the Association of Superintendent Physiotherapists. They became its first secretary and chairman. Throughout her career, she was also closely associated with the Essex and London Branches of the CSP. As the superintendent physiotherapist at The London, Stim was also responsible for the Banstead, Brentwood and Queen Mary Annexes and the local schools for handicapped children in Tower Hamlets. To all her staff she was a tremendous support, giving unstinting help and advice in her own kind and inimitable way. In addition to organising the trained physiotherapists she also looked after the orthopaedic wards. This was her real love and she was held in high esteem by the consultants. She was an excellent physiotherapist and her patients were inspired by her great energy and enthusiasm. When Mr Alexander Law pioneered the cup arthroplasty operation for the hip, Stim worked with him to develop a suitable programme of physiotherapy. Together with Miss Joan Piercy she published an article on the subject for the Journal. She was always closely involved with the school of physiotherapy, ensuring good liaison between all the staff and, together with her senior staff, assisting with the clinical supervision and teaching of the students. Apart from physiotherapy Stim had a
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A t CSP headquarters, London The course will enable participants to understand exactly what assertive behaviour is, as compared to other options. The course will examine why it can be difficult to be assertive and will focus on the blocks that upbringing and society can create. Through the use of exercises and discussion, participants will identify ways of overcoming these. Fee: €75.
great love of the countryside and her garden. She was able to indulge these hobbies during her long and well-earned retirement. Above all Stim was a positive, practical, caring and generous person with a delightful sense of humour. Full of boundless energy she used every moment to full advantage, hence her oft quoted and well remembered phrase: 'No time for knitting, old thing!' She will be remembered with the greatest affection. DFH
Dates for Your 1992 Diary
Mr John Livingston MCSP
JANUARY 28 and FEBRUARY 18, 1992 FEBRUARY 25 and MARCH 3, 1992
Mr John Livingston, who qualified at Marketing Courses for Physiotherapists Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1934 at the age A t CSP headquarters, London of 19, died last month in Tyneside. The CSP is providing a series of courses He was superintendent physiotherapist at next year to help managers and senior the Royal Baths, Harrogate, for three decades before moving to a post at Dryburn physiotherapists understand the marketing process. Issues covered will be an Hospital, Co Durham. Mr Livingston, who leaves a widow, examination of marketing, the effects of Rhoda, and a son and daughter, devised a change, influences on marketing strategy, safer type of walking frame which was later the NHS market place, image creation, potential problems and action plans. adopted nationally. APRIL 10-12, 1992
Mr Frank Whitehead JP MCSP DipRG&RT A former Castleford RFLC physiotherapist and a magistrate for 13 years, Mr Frank Whitehead died in Pontefract last month at the age of 80. After serving in the RAF throughout World War (I, Mr Whitehead trained as a remedial gymnast at Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, qualifying in 1948. He worked in the Ministry of Health, at Hightown Hospital, Sheffield, and then in the accident unit at Pontefract Infirmary until his retirement in 1977. He spent over thirty years as Castleford RL club physiotherapist. Mr Whitehead leaves two daughters, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
OCPPP Annual Conference A t St John's Swallow Hotel, Solihull, West Midlands MAY 20, 1992
The Team Approach to Management of Children with Special Needs A t the Gallery Suite, National Exhibition1 Centre, Birmingham OCTOBER 5-9, 1992
CSP Annual Congress A t the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow This Congress will be held in conjunction with the conferences of ATCSP and ADSCP.
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Brighton School Officially Opened The Brighton School of Physiotherapy was officially declared open by media personality Dr Alan Maryon Davies on October 7. The school, n o w in its second year, i s based in Eastbourne. The party was t o say 'thank you' t o all those w h o had been involved in establishing what is the first new school of physiotherapy in 30 years. Particular thanks were paid t o Dr Ida Webb, who is now retired, but as the assistant director at the polytechnic played an important part in early negotiations about the course; and Marion Trew, head of school, who was appointed t o set up the new school. A large cake, made specially for the occasion, was cut by second-year student, Margaret Dew. Margaret was asked t o perform the ceremony after finishing top of the first year intake. Visitors were shown around the school by students who also demonstrated aspects of their clinical work. In a large marquee in the school grounds tea and cake were served t o guests from hospitals all over the South East Thames Region, the Regional Health Authority, parents and students, the Council for Professions Supplementary t o Medicine and the Chartered Society.
The first-ever presentation skills workshop for Chartered physiotherapists was hugely successful. Held at the end of September 1991, the workshop was run by t w o of Britain's leading consultants in presentation and image. The course covered non-verbal messages and body language, tackling nerves, h o w t o compose and structure a presentation, answering difficult questions, and dressing for success. There was a practical session in which everyone present had t o give a three-minute presentation. If this sounds the sort of training you need - and it could be if you regularly speak t o large or small audiences, have business meetings, lecture t o GP trainees, give careers talks or are busy marketing your own practices and services - don't despair; there will be a second such event in the spring of 1992. Read your Journal for more information.
Unwanted Treasures Margaret Dew, second-year student a t Brighton School of Physiotherapy, cuts the celebratory cake
Alert for People with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome The Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a rare group of genetic disorders, which are all thought t o result from defects in the collagen molecule which normally gives strength and adhesion t o the tissues of the body. There are at least ten types of EDS and its severity varies between people. The disorder often involves the skin which may be excessively extendible, fragile and/or prone t o bruising. The joints may be affected, with or without the skin problems; they are extremely loose which can lead t o repeated dislocations and early degenerative osteo-arthritis. The walls of the blood vessels, gut, uterus, and the fetal membranes rnay be exceedingly fragile, sometimes w i t h disastrous consequences. Healing of accidental and surgical wounds may be poor. Other problems can include prolapse of the heart's mitral valve, hernias and various dental problems. Diagnosis of EDS is not always easy. For example, affected children w h o bruise easily, etc, may be wrongly diagnosed as being physically abused and adults may also be mis-diagnosed as causing self-inflicted injury. The looseness underlying joint problems may be overlooked. Pain, for example, from affected joints, rnay be w r o n g l y a t t r i b u t e d t o psychologicsi problems. Specific biochemical and genetic tests for EDS are some way off. Counselling of patients and their partners is important. Future parents have t o cope with not knowing whether their children will inherit the condition, and parents who have children w i t h EDS have t o compromise between allowing their children t o be as physically active as they would like and protecting them from accidental physical trauma. Patients have t o learn t o avoid
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damage t o their skin or joints and greater care has t o be exercised w i t h surgical procedures. The Ehlers-Danlos Support Group aims t o help patients w i t h EDS and their family members and t o heighten awareness of EDS among the medical and other caring professions. Readers w h o wish t o know more about the condition or would like t o put a patient in touch w i t h the group are invited t o contact the founder/organiser, M r s Valerie Burrows, 2 High Garth, Richmond, North Yorks DL10 4DG.
Family Help 'Disabled People and their Families' is a leaflet produced by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. It explains the type of problem with which Chartered physiotherapists can help, h o w they can help, and where people with disabilities can have physiotherapy. Printed in blue and yellow, single copies are available free on receipt of a stamped addressed envelope. For bulk orders, intended for distribution to patients, the price is l o p per leaflet, post free.
Charges Increase From the January 1991 issue the fee for publishing a course notice in Physiotherapy will be €27. Only one contact name and address should be given. Courses held on several different dates may be set out together at the start of the course listings at f50 per five dates. Birth and marriage notices will in future cost € 7 per entry.
Do you have any spare copies of Physiotherapy up t o and including 1969? Our archivist has found gaps in the Society's collection and would be grateful t o hear from anyone who has such copies and no longer wishes t o keep them. If you hold issues which are needed at headquarters, t h e Chartered Society would be pleased t o hear from you and will pay carriage for any copies w e need. Please write, stating the copies of which you wish t o dispose, t o Mrs A Wheeldon BA DipLip DipAA, Archivist, CSP, 14 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4ED.
Post-registration Course Successes Foundation Course for Chartered Physiotherapists in Psychiatry The following physiotherapists recently completed successfully this CSP-validated course in the West Midlands: Debra Ann Bland, Lorraine Margaret Bland, Jillian Claire Booth, Beverley Jane Carter, Elizabeth Vaughan Galatia, C E Giddings, Larry Alexander Guscoth, Lynne Kendall, Christine Baker Marsh, Barbara Mary Robinson, Susan Lesley Roscoe, Nicholas Alan Rosen, Agnes Elizabeth Townsend, Clifford Vaughan Towson, Denver Whyke. Foundation Course in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Bristol) With merit: Mary Bray, Nina Bridges, Doreen Isherwood, Gillian Mead, Joan Miller, Joanna Rees. Pass: Diane Broderick, Ailsa Brooke, Teresa Cook, Hilary Farrer, Katherine Fryer, Lesley Gillon, Mary Gray, Margaret Holcombe, Jane Howard, Sandra Raftery, Maria Ridley, Christina Roche-Kelly, Charlotte Tench. E Iiza b et h Tu r ne r, Rose ma r y W i IIia m s, Vanessa Wootton.
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OThe Princess of Wales declared open a new €1.3 million ward at the Royal Hospital and Home, Putney, which altogether has nearly 300 severely disabled patients. *The Duke of Kent launched an appeal to fund an East Midlands chair in stroke medicine. The Chest, Heart and Stroke Association hopes a professor will be appointed before the end of the year at Nottingham University Medical School. .The Princess of Wales is the first royal patron of the Benesh Institute - the international centre for Benesh movement notation. 0 Linda Austin, CSP industrial relations training officer, has been elected to chair the Society of Industrial Tutors.
.The Princess Royal helped Northwick Park Hospital to celebrate its 21st birthday last month. She has visited the hospital several times in the past to be kept up to date with work at its British Olympic Medical Centre. .Ann Armstrong, the writer, editor and campaigner for the rights of people with disabilities, died on August 28 at the age of 65. Paralysed by polio as a young mother, she pioneered the movement for home care of people dependent on mechanical breathing equipment.
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Annual Congress 1992
'Getting Together' Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow - October 5-9, 7992
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy will be holding its Annual Congress from October 5-9, 1992, in the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow. The theme of the conference is 'Getting Together'. The Organising Committee would like to invite papers and posters for presentation at Congress, under that heading. The Congress will be the first joint conference between the ADSCP, the ATCSP and the CSP. It is hoped papers presented will echo this. Some suggestions include: the links between the ADSCP and the ATCSP; links between managers and clinicians; teachers and clinicians; Trusts and the NHS; research with practice; therapists and patients; the CSP and Europe; current practices and new therapies; students and clinicians. It is also hoped to get papers and posters on specific managerial, research and teaching issues. Any researchers with papers or posters they feel may be of interest to delegates are asked to submit their work for consideration. Papers of a more general nature will also be welcomed. .Prospective presenters should submit a precis (no more than 200 words) of their research, to the Chairman, Congress Programme Organising Committee, c/o Events Unit, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, 14 Bedford Row, London WClR 4ED, before Friday, February 14, 1992.
Access to Health Records Act 1990 Did you know that from November 1, 1991, in England, Wales and Scotland, patients have the right of access to normally held medical records? The CSP Professional Affairs Department has produced a factsheet setting out the main points of the Act which includes a definition of terms and how application and exclusions to access are undertaken. Factsheet 21 'Access t o Health Records' is available from Mrs P Hall, Professional Affairs Department, The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, 14 Bedford Row, London WClR 4ED - please enclose a SAE.
Correction The first paragraph of our report 'MSc in physiotherapy plus orthopaedic diploma' (August, page 541) could be taken to imply that a postgraduate diploma in orthopaedics is the only route to gain an MSc over a twoyear period. This course may be counted as the first year of an MSc but the Polytechnic of East London also runs a full two-year MSc course which is open to anyone.
\rts Data Arts Special Info (Strathclyde) has launched a database which will facilitate contact in the West of Scotland between hundreds of artists in all media and people wishing to set up arts projects for people with special needs. Inquiries about projects from pottery to pantomime are welcomed at the organisation's headquarters by telephone during office hours (041-330 4925).
Physiotherapists Board Elections Elections t o the Physiotherapists Board will be held early in 1992 for the three places currently held by Mr J M Allen, Mrs M J John and Dr M J Potts. Any member who would like to stand in this election as a CSP sponsored candidate is asked to contact the CSP Secretary by December 2. The Society will print election addresses in the February Journal for those whom it sponsors. It would also be helpful to hear from any member who intends t o stand for election to the Board but does not wish t o seek CSP sponsorship, in order that we can publish a list of candidates that is as complete as possible.
Late Advertisement? Don't despair! The closing date for advertisements at the normal rate is the 20th of the preceding month. But your vacancy can still appear if it reaches this office by 4 pm on the 24th - though at a premium rate. See the first page of this issue for full details.
North West Tharnes Board A by-election for the vacancy for the North West Thames Board representative on Council, and for an alternate, caused by the resignation of Mrs V E O'Neill, will be called soon. They will serve until 1993. Nominations papers are available from North West Thames Board Secretary, Ms
Heather Holder-Powell, Physiotherapy Section, Lancaster House, West London Institute of Higher Education, Borough Road, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 5DU, to whom they should be returned. The closing date is expected to be Friday, December fi, 1991.
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Brazil, Cambodia, Egypt, India, Malawi, Namibia, North Africa, Pakistan, Palestinian West Bank, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Uganda. Experienced physiotherapists are needed for overseas contracts of varying lengths and with many different voluntary government or mission agencies. Details from International Health Exchange (formerly Bureau for Overseas Medical Service), Africa Centre, 3 8 King Street, London WC2E 8JT (tel 071-836 58331.
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