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Content ArticleThis document, developed by McMaster University's School of Rehabilitation Science in Canada, provides a guide for rehabilitation practice during the COVID-19 crisis. Informed by the best available evidence, including consultation with the clinical community, this living document consolidates findings from resources for front line rehabilitation professionals.
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Content ArticleAs COVID-19 spread throughout the world, clinicians and researchers rapidly published guidance and data and shared their experiences in the hope of understanding the virus better. Their shared purpose was to keep more patients safe from becoming acutely unwell or dying. While the initial focus was on treating the hospitalised, one Trust was also thinking ahead to the challenging recovery many would face.
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Content ArticleThis patient information pack has been produced by staff at Homerton University Hospital. It is designed to help people recover and manage their symptoms following COVID-19.
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Content ArticleIn this blog, Suzanne Rastrick, Chief Allied Health Professions Officer for NHS England, urges colleagues to start describing service improvements they are undertaking as part of the COVID response and considering what evidence they may need to create a case to continue the good practice. She asks 'what could we be doing now to measure impact and are we capturing data already that could be developed or utilised to demonstrate and evidence the improvements created through changes in working practices?'
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Content ArticleThis statement outlines the UK's four nations’ collective strategic priorities and approach to Allied Health Professional (AHP) rehabilitation leadership during and after COVID-19. Rehabilitation is critical to ensuring our population’s recovery from the impacts of the pandemic and the long-term sustainability of the health and social care system. AHPs are at the centre in shaping the rehabilitation agenda while working as part of the wider multidisciplinary and multiagency teams across all sectors.
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Content ArticleAccess to high quality community rehabilitation for those worst affected by COVID-19 will be critical. On the horizon is a significant increase in demand. These services already face major disruption from the pandemic due to the redeployment of the workforce and social distancing and shielding requirements. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy have published some FAQs to help physiotherapists understand what this means for rehabilitation during the pandemic.
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Content ArticlePhysiotherapy is critical for treating those worst affected by Covid19, including access to community rehabilitation after discharge from hospital. We face a huge increase in demand for high quality community rehab services. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) sets out what system leaders and policy makers will need to do to meet this challenge.
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Content ArticleThe Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care (ACPRC) has published the Physiotherapy management for COVID-19 in the acute hospital setting: recommendations to guide clinical practice.This was based on international collaboration to provide guidance for clinical practice in patients with COVID-19. Please note that this is guidance only, and should be applied as appropriate to your own clinical area and local policies and guidance.
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Content ArticleHip fracture is a serious, life-changing injury that can affect older people, and is the most common reason for them to need emergency anaesthesia and surgery. The Physiotherapy Hip Fracture Sprint Audit (PHFSA) was the biggest ever audit of UK physiotherapy, and has implications for physiotherapists working in many settings.
