Lisa Heald

[Royal Free Charity @RoyalFreeChty]

We have funded a prescription software for physiotherapists at Barnet Hospital as part of our latest round of grants aimed at enhancing patient experience.🧵

[Royal Free London @RoyalFreeNHS]

Patients with a type of arthritis affecting people from their teens and 20s are being given a new lease of life thanks to an intense exercise class run at Barnet Hospital.

The training sessions, which are run by physiotherapists, help people with axial spondyloarthritis, also known as axial SpA, which over time can cause bones to fuse together, resulting in severe pain – most often in the back.

The sessions are run by Nahid Islam, a specialist physiotherapist, who said that because the patients are engaged and enthusiastic, they often see really positive results.

He said: “One of the aims of the class is to empower patients to trust their body again through exercise and to learn how to exercise independently learning what works for them and what doesn’t work for them."

Shanice Gidigbi, 29, from Edgware, said she started experiencing excruciating back pain when she was just 20 years old and at university.

She said: “I knew the pain wasn’t normal, but I didn’t know what to do. I was away from home; my friends didn’t really understand and at the beginning I just tried to manage it with over-the-counter painkillers but the pain always came back. I did see a GP, but they referred me for physiotherapy and that had no effect. I didn’t push at the time, even though I was sure the stabbing pain wasn’t muscular. I was young and didn’t know how to advocate for myself.”

An estimated 1 in 200 people are believed to have axial SpA but it often takes years for someone to receive a diagnosis, which means patients can spend a long time living with unnecessary debilitating pain.

Sian Bamford, the advanced practice physiotherapist who initiated the classes, said: “Our new exercise group for patients with axial SpA is one of the ways we are working to improve the quality of care we give to our patients. We’re also working very hard with GPs and colleagues in our hospitals to improve the identification of patients with the condition as on average it takes eight-and-a-half years for patients to get a diagnosis and we want to speed that up.”

[BCF MSK & Pelvic Health Team @bcf_mskph]

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A fantastic opportunity for a full-time Band 6 Pelvic Health Physiotherapist to join our team!
Please contact if you are interested in joining our well respected team!

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[Lisa Heald @LisaHeald10]

Such a fantastic opportunity!

[BCF MSK & Pelvic Health Team @bcf_mskph]

🌟Perinatal Pelvic Health Physiotherapist Band 8a🌟

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in setting up and delivering a high quality, specialist perinatal service in NCL.

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[Lisa Heald @LisaHeald10]

Fantastic achievement @sianvbamford and a deserved reward for all your hard work for your patients 👏🏼🎉🥇

[Amanda Michael @AmandaLMichael]

So delighted to see @bcf_mskph APP @sianvbamford win the #NASS Gold leadership #changemaker award @UKParliament this week. Sian is leading the way in reducing delay to diagnosis for patients with #AxialSpA Congratulations 👏🥇@RoyalFreeNHS @DeborahBalkwill @NASSexercise

[Lisa Heald @LisaHeald10]

A fantastic opportunity to innovate and be instrumental in designing this new service to provide high quality advanced practice care to perinatal women @AcpBrunel @luciaberryphys1 @IgualadaPaula @ThePOGP @masic_uk

[Amanda Michael @AmandaLMichael]

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[Lisa Heald @LisaHeald10]

Great work Nikki 👏🏼

[Amanda Michael @AmandaLMichael]

Barnet’s Children’s clinical specialist physio Nikki Thorpe with her poster today at the APCP conference, sharing her brilliant work improving the pathway for children with finger fractures. Congratulations Nikki 👏👏👏@bcf_mskph @BCFTherapyTeam @RoyalFreeNHS #apcp23

[BCF MSK & Pelvic Health Team @bcf_mskph]

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[Lisa Heald @LisaHeald10]

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[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

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[Lisa Heald @LisaHeald10]

@shitscaredmum So very sad to read this and sending all my love to you and your family. Laura was a true inspiration and will continue to be. We all need to live life like Laura did. ❤️

[Lisa Heald @LisaHeald10]

@shitscaredmum I’ve followed your story since seeing you all on BBC breakfast after Laura graduated and you are all an inspiration on how to live life to the full and enjoy every day. Laura will continue to shine bright and hopefully the happy memories will grow to outshine the recent trauma 💕

[BCF MSK & Pelvic Health Team @bcf_mskph]

Presenting at the @NASSexercise: Aspiring to excellence celebration event today.

Excellent day sharing our work on reducing time to diagnosis and access to treatment here @RoyalFreeNHS

[Lisa Heald @LisaHeald10]

@shitscaredmum ❤️

[Lisa Heald @LisaHeald10]

@shitscaredmum @ourbrainbank @BrainTumourOrg @braintumourrsch So very sorry to read this and for Laura and you all to have to deal with this. Following your story has been and continues to be inspirational ❤️ Sending you all much love and best wishes ❤️

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Today’s Times. The crux of the matter. The NHS will not survive if it can’t retain its staff.

[Lisa Heald @LisaHeald10]

Fantastic work @sianvbamford 👏🏼🥳

[BCF MSK & Pelvic Health Team @bcf_mskph]

📣Publication alert📣

Congratulations @sianvbamford!

Sian is continuing her amazing work to help create awareness and reduce the time to diagnosis for Axial Spondyloarthritis

Here is her latest article

https://t.co/zY4zwvLJge

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