This pages shows all active posts from the category, Rehabilitation Services. Posts in this category discuss some aspect of service design, delivery or change. Most will relate to the UK, unsurprisingly, but it is probable that similar considerations and issues arise in most countries.
Today, 18th July 2021, the UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), one of the major health research funding bodies in the UK announced £19.6M …
One Friday 2nd July 2021 (at 05.00 hrs) I took part in a debate organised by Professor Barbara Wilson and hosted, virtually, in Melbourne, Australia. …
One December 18th 2020 the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published its guidance on managing the long-term effects of COVID-19. (here) …
Two incidents precipitated this blog. During discussion after a talk on an evidence-based definition of rehabilitation (e.g. as here), I was asked whether services provided …
This blog reviews a recent policy document from NHS England, which aims to introduce expert medical and rehabilitation services, including mental health and palliative care …
This is a true incident.
A friend of mine is helping out as a physiotherapist during this pandemic. Recently, in order to get a patient who …
Medical services responded rapidly to the very obvious, severe acute challenge of increasing numbers of people severely ill with Covid-19. The challenge to rehabilitation services …
The word, specialist, when preceding rehabilitation, concerns me. The natural corollary of adding the adjective is that there must be some other type of …
We, the rehabilitation world including especially managers and commissioners, love to talk about pathways which patients will follow. The reality is more like water flowing …