"What do you do that makes you different?"
I sometimes go through entire sessions without saying a word if that is what is needed.
I wear odd socks to help a person engage.
I am energetic.
I am calm.
I let people beat me at exercises.
I beat other people at exercises.
It’s been announced that @bbcstrictly are going to have a wheelchair user this year. I’ve just sat, honestly close to tears, as I’ve scrolled through the ableist comments about how wheelchair users are not welcome on the programme but also in general society.
Wow!!
We Position pts in bed all the time- did you know if you raise knees before head you reduce pressure on sacrum by approx 23% …..that is huge!!!!
Great info relevant to multiple pt groups!
@TheACPRC@mndassoc@ACPIN_UK@ICS_updates
Very excited to be starting up a brand new specialist therapy service for brain tumour patients in Gloucestershire @Gloshosptherapy@GlosCancerServ1 Keen to make contact with any other AHPs out there who work in neuro oncology @csp@theRCOT@cochranenog
Thread about an NHS hero: Yesterday I was in the town centre with my kids and saw a walk-in vaccination centre. Been meaning to get the kids jabbed but it's only just been 12 weeks since the 8yo had Covid, so was planning to do it in the holidays. But we were there, so why not?
📢JUST PUBLISHED‼️
Earlier this year i participated online with Profs Rachelle Buchbinder & Ian Harris et al in the: PRIMUM NON NOCERE Healthcare Sustainability Conference. My letter to people living with shoulder pain was one contribution
https://t.co/XvlLd6aJAi
#OpenAccess🔓
On our Care of the Elderly unit, we got ready for Dementia awareness week & created a butterfly wall!
Patients got involved and made painted hand prints to fill the butterfly wings🦋
A fun afternoon with lots of giggles (and lots of glitter!), and here was the result😁
To Ukrainian chefs who are looking for work in the UK, I will pay for two visas and your flights from Poland/Ukraine to UK.
We can also help with accommodation 🙏
If you know anyone already, please do get in touch via restaurant number or [email protected]
When at the start of the week the medics think you're an absolute weirdo for saying things like 'got loads of sputum- so satisfying', and then by the end of the week we've converted them and they're also saying similar things😇 #respisbest
Daily Mail thinks NHS staff shouldn’t be allowed annual leave during the pandemic?!
Well, I’ve just had 2 weeks off
I got to see my kids faces light up at Christmas, bug my sisters & hug my parents
Working for the NHS is our job. Not our moral obligation.
We’re human too!