Programme

The programme covers four themes: health policy and practice, musculoskeletal, neurology and rehabilitation, plus learning and development sessions from the CSP.

Session 1: Founders' Lecture 2013

Friday 09:00 - 10:30 (Room: 1A)

Grasping opportunities. Maximising influence.

Lesley Mercer BA (Hons) - CSP Director of Employment Relations and 2012/13 TUC President , Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Session title to follow

Duncan Selbie - Chief executive, Public Health England

A cabinet of curiosities: shaping physiotherapy through opportunity

Dr Emma Stokes BSc (Physio), MSc (research), MSc Mgmt, PhD - Associate professor, Trinity College Dublin

Tea / coffee

Friday 10:30 - 11:00 (Room: Exhibition hall)

Health policy & practice - session 2. Future trends in health and social care: implications for physiotherapy

Friday 11:00 - 12:30

Priority health and social drivers: meeting the challenges of our future

Incoming Director of Policy - Incoming Director of Policy, Kings Fund

Panel discussion: Equipping physiotherapy for the opportunities & challenges

Karen Middleton CBE, BSc (Hons), MA - Chief Health Professions Officer, NHS Commissioning Board
Kathryn Davies - Executive Director, Strategic Intergration, Therapies and health Science, Hywel Dda Health Board, Wales
Liz Cavan - Panel Chair
Name To Follow - Northern Ireland Panel Member
Robert Packham MSc, BSc (Hons), Grad Dip Phys, MCSP, SRP - Allied Health Professions Manager, NHS Lothian University Hospitals

Learning & development - Session 2

Friday 11:00 - 12:30

How to design a formal learning opportunity

Neurology - session 2

Friday 11:00 - 12:30

NICE guidelines for stroke rehabilitation

Sandy Chambers BSc Physical Therapy, MSc Rehabilitation Science - Clinical Specialist Neurology

Demonstrating improvement: How neurophysiotherapy services are leading the way forwards

Jill Lockhart MCSP, SRP - National Improvement Lead. NHS IQ

Musculoskeletal - session 2

Friday 11:00 - 12:30 (Room: 1A)

Tendinopathy

Dr Dylan Morrissey PhD MSc MMACP MCSP BSc(Hons) - Senior Clinical Lecturer and Consultant Physiotherapist, Bart's Health and QMUL
Professor Matthew Costa PhD, FRCS Tr&Orth - Professor Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit

A revised 3-point grading system for accessory joint mobilisations tested on the ankle

Measurement Properties of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS) in Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: A Systematic Review

Andy Green

Evidence update

Rehabilitation - session 2

Friday 11:00 - 12:30

Innovative models of rehabilitation-recommendations for the whole workforce

Alison Raw BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy - Head of Integrated Health & Care Services, Lewisham
Andrew Pemberton BA(hons) CIM - Director, Argent Rehabilitation
Dr John Etherington OBE FSEM (UK) FRCP - Director of Defence Rehabilitation and National Clinical Director for Rehabilitation and Recovery in the Community, Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court, Epsom

Lunch

Friday 12:30 - 13:45 (Room: Exhibition hall)

12.30pm (Exhibition hall balcony area): What makes a good poster?

Professor Ann Moore PhD MCSP,GradDipPhys,FCSP,FMACP,Cert Ed. FHEA - Research Lead CSP and prof of Physiotherapy and Head of Research , University of Brighton and CSP

Poster viewing

Learning & Development - session 3

Friday 13:45 - 15:00

Perceptions of physiotherapy

Musculoskeletal - session 3

Friday 13:45 - 15:00

Incidents and harm following manual therapy - results of a UK wide study of osteopathic treatment

Steve Vogel DO(Hons) - Vice Principal (Research), The British School of Osteopathy

The cervical spine-risk assessment and rehabilitation: Guidance for safe and effective clinical practice

Alan Taylor MSc MCSP - Lecturer , University of Nottingham

Evidence update

Neurology - session 3

Friday 13:45 - 15:00

Biomechanical visualisation in stroke rehabilitation: Fitting and tuning AFOs

Dr Bruce Carse

The effects of localised temperature changes on lower limb function and neuromuscular properties in people with hereditary and spontaneous Spastic Paraparesis

Amanda Denton

Walsall Community Exercise after Stroke Services Programme

Trish Edwards - Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

A “7 day service” for therapies, providing an enhanced weekend therapy service

Sara Gawned

Health policy & practice / Rehabilitation - session 3

Friday 13:45 - 15:00

Rehabilitation takes centre stage!

Karen Middleton CBE, BSc (Hons), MA - Chief Health Professions Officer, NHS Commissioning Board

Scotland

Sarah Mitchell BSc, M app Sci, PhD - Programme Manager Rehabilitation, Scottish Government

Northern Ireland

Hazel Winning - AHP Adviser, DHSS PSNI

Wales

Alison Strode MSc BSc DPod M - Therapy Advisor for Wales, Welsh Government , Cardiff

England

Dr John Etherington OBE FSEM (UK) FRCP - Director of Defence Rehabilitation and National Clinical Director for Rehabilitation and Recovery in the Community, Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court, Epsom

Tea / coffee

Friday 15:00 - 15:30 (Room: Exhibition hall)

Rehabilitation-session 4

Friday 15:30 - 17:00

Using the patient experience, to re-design rehabilitation services

Dawn Smith
Jane Nicklin

Neurology - session 4

Friday 15:30 - 17:00 (Room: 11B)

Focussed symposium: strategies for implementing guidelines

Debbie Neal MCSP - Consultant Physiotherapist, Yeovil District Hospital
Jill Lockhart MCSP, SRP - National Improvement Lead. NHS IQ
Louise Rogerson Bsc(Hons)Physiotherapy - Performance and Quality Improvement Manager, Manchester
Dr Gita Ramdharry BSc (Hons) PG Cert, MSc, PhD, MCSP - Senior Lecturer, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, SGUL/Kingston University

Innovation

Health policy and practice - session 4

Friday 15:30 - 17:00

Practitioners leading change

An introduction to the Fifth Wave – fresh thinking for the 21st century

Gil Barton MSc PGCert FRSPH FHEA - Senior Lecturer & Course Leader MSc Health Improvement and Health Promotion, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
Dr Margaret Hannah MB, BChir, FFPHM - Deputy Director of Public Health and Honorary Senior Lecturer, NHS Fife and St Andrews University

Musculoskeletal - session 4

Friday 15:30 - 17:00

Exercise strategies to improve shoulder function - how can we improve on current practice?

Professor Karen Ginn Phd MHPEd, GDManipTher, GDPhysio - Associate Professor, Sydney Medical School

Surgical Referral Criteria for Degenerative Rotator Cuff Tears: A Delphi Questionnaire Study

Stephanie Griffiths

Patients with rotator cuff tendinopathy can self-manage, but with certain caveats

Chris Littlewood

Delegates' welcome reception

Friday 17:00 - 19:00 (Room: Exhibition hall)

Learning & Development - session 5

Saturday 09:00 - 10:30

Getting published

Health policy and practice - session 5

Saturday 09:00 - 10:30

Health inequalities and the social determinants of health

Professor Richard Wilkinson - Emeritus Professor of Social Epidemiology, University of Nottingham Medical School
Dr Jessica Allen - Deputy Director, UCL Institute of Health Equity

Improving outcomes

Musculoskeletal - session 5

Saturday 09:00 - 10:30 (Room: 1A)

Does physiotherapy necessarily have to be hands on?

Chris Worsfold MSc PGDipManPhys - Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, Kent Neck Pain Centre, Tonbridge
Krishna Naidu BSc (Hons) MCSP, BSc (Hons) Sports Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention, PGCert CBT - Clinical Training Lead, Rehabworks
Dr Neil Langridge DClinP MSc MMACP BSc (Hons) - Consultant Physiotherapist, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Nadine Foster DPhil, BSc(Hons) - NIHR Professor of Musculoskeletal Health in Primary Care, Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University

Neurology - Session 5 (in partnership with Parkinson’s UK)

Saturday 09:00 - 10:30

Applying the European guidelines for physiotherapy in Parkinson's to UK practice

Bhanu Ramaswamy : Grad Dip Physiotherapy; Practice Cert NMP; PG Cert Neurological Physiotherapy; MSc FCC - Independent Consultant Physiotherapist
Fiona Lindop MCSP - Specialist Physiotherapist in Parkinson's, Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Anna Jones PhD BA GradDipPhys MCSP - Reader, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University

Rehabilitation - session 5

Saturday 09:00 - 10:30

Improving the experience and outcome of people living with HIV/AIDs

Darren Brown - Band 7 Specialist Physiotherapist, Infectious Diseases, Oncology and Palliative Care, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

How personalisation (shared decision making) improves outcome

Ruth Sephton Grad Dip Phys, MSc, FMACP - Consultant Physiotherapist, 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Improving outcomes in Rehabilitation services

Andy Williams MSc. RGN. - Project Coordinator for National Hip Fracture Database, Royal College of Physicians

Tea / coffee

Saturday 10:30 - 11:00 (Room: Exhibition hall)

Health policy and practice - session 6

Saturday 11:00 - 12:30

“Rethinking the patient care pathway” - Physiotherapy (and audiology) led clinics for balance (deafness and tinnitus)

Nova Mullin

Perceptions of AHPs of the role of communication of the QIPP agenda

Patricia Hill

Patient Perceptions of Exercise in Chronic Kidney Disease: Benefits, Risks, Facilitators and Barriers.

Heather MacKinnon

Learning & Development - session 6

Saturday 11:00 - 12:30

Negotiated Work Based Learning: Pedagogy to up skill Advanced Practice Physiotherapists to manage low energy foot and ankle trauma in the Emergency Department

Martin Troedel

An Investigation of the Career Paths of Mature Physiotherapy Graduates in a Context of Changing NHS Employment Opportunities

Daphne Dawson

How do physiotherapists perceive research?

Dr Jessie Janssen

“It Does Give You Hope...You Can Do Something Yourself”: Experiences Of An Exercise Programme For People With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Dr Victoria L. Manning - King’s College London

Musculoskeletal - session 6

Saturday 11:00 - 12:30

SARAH: Strengthening & stretching for people with rheumatoid arthritis of the hands: a randomised controlled trial

Dr Esther Williamson

Upper limb disability improves following a brief exercise and self management programme (the EXTRA programme) in people with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Dr Lindsay Bearne

UK-based physiotherapists’ current management of pregnancy-related back pain: A national survey.

Dr Annette Bishop

Implementation of O’Sullivan’s Classification Based – Cognitive Functional Therapy for people with non-specific chronic low back into a NHS physiotherapy service.

Christopher Newton

Suspected Cauda-Equina Syndrome: Moving the physiotherapy consultation from capability to competency

Elaine Buchanan

Evidence update

Neurology - session 6

Saturday 11:00 - 12:30

Navigating change and making an impact: the way forward

Dr Fiona Jones PhD MSc PG Cert Higher Ed Diploma Physiotherapy FCSP - Reader in Rehabilitation, St George’s University of London and Kingston University

Improving neurological services: the Scottish plan

Susan Went

Rehabilitation - session 6

Saturday 11:00 - 12:30

Patient and staff perceptions prior to commencing an intradialytic cycling programme: a qualitative study

Hannah Young

Effect of intradialytic fluid gain on muscle strenght in people with end stage kidney disease on haemodialysis: A pilot project

Anuradha Sawant

Surgery or Physiotherapy – An interesting dilemma ?

Heather Holder-Powell

A ‘Light at the end of the tunnel’ or a ‘Tick box exercise’? Respiratory physiotherapists’ perspectives on goal-setting.

Rachael Summers

Breathing pattern characteristics in refractory chronic cough patients

Sarah Chamberlain

A Feasibility Study of a Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Intervention for Women who undergo surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Doreen McClurg

Lunch

Saturday 12:30 - 13:45 (Room: Exhibition hall)

Poster viewing

Musculoskeletal - session 7a

Saturday 13:45 - 15:00

Foot function in relation to gait dysfunction and assessment

Paul Harradine - Podiatrist, The Podiatry Centre

Improving outcomes

Rehabilitation - session 7

Saturday 13:45 - 15:00

Challenges and opportunities for rehabilitation services

Providing continuity of care-Transition from child to adult services

Kathie Drinan MCSP Grad Dip Phys - Independent Physiotherapist in Paediatric Neurology

The learning experiences of parents with children requiring physiotherapy intervention

Deborah Wilson MSC, PGCert, BSc(Hons) MCSP - Clinical specialist paediatric physiotherapist and paediatric team lead, Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust

Rehabilitation strategies and policies: Challenges and opportunities

Bhanu Ramaswamy : Grad Dip Physiotherapy; Practice Cert NMP; PG Cert Neurological Physiotherapy; MSc FCC - Independent Consultant Physiotherapist

Neurology - session 7 (in partnership with Parkinson’s UK)

Saturday 13:45 - 15:00

Improving physical functions beyond physiotherapy - evidence and scope for partnership working

Suma Surendranath Bsc(Hons) MA, MCSP - Professional Engagement and Education Manager, Parkinson’s UK
Professor Lynn Rochester MCSP PhD - Professor of Human Movement Science, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University

Musculoskeletal - session 7b

Saturday 13:45 - 15:00

Clinical reasoning in manual therapy

Jay Cookson MSc PGD CMP (Certified Mulligan Practitioner) - Clinical Specialist/ESP , University Hospital Southampton

Improving outcomes

Learning & Development - session 7

Saturday 13:45 - 15:00

Handling the future

Health policy and practice - session 7

Saturday 13:45 - 15:00

UK service innovation

Speaker to be confirmed

Tea / coffee

Saturday 15:00 - 15:30 (Room: Exhibition hall)

Session 8: The Francis report

Saturday 15:30 - 17:00 (Room: 1A)

Chair of session

Dr Helena Johnson - Chair of Council, The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Still worried

Catherine McLoughlin CBE - Independent Management Consultant

Title to follow

Julia Scott - Chief Executive, British Association and College of Occupational Therapists
Karen Middleton CBE, BSc (Hons), MA - Chief Health Professions Officer, NHS Commissioning Board

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