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Order of Physiotherapists promotes cycle of webinars on Patient Safety and Physiotherapy

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A Order of Physiotherapists organises a cycle webinars with the aim of raising awareness and involving physiotherapists, as health professionals, in the issue of Patient safety.

The first webinar - "Patient Safety and Physiotherapy" - takes place on 6 March between the 6.30pm and 8pmand creating a space for reflection and sharing experiences. O  Patient Safety Working Group will address the Global Action Plan for Patient Safety 2021-2030, the strategies of the Directorate-General for Health (DGS) aligned with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the contextualisation of the Patient Safety with Physiotherapyin terms of public health.

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SPLIT programme approved to be part of the Sustainable Health Pact (PaSSuS) 2030

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O SPLIT programme, an innovative referral model for physiotherapy treatment for patients with low back pain (LG), has been approved to join the 1st phase of the Sustainable Health Pact (PaSSuS) 2030which is being publicly signed this Wednesday.

The submission presented by Order of Physiotherapists has been approved and is being celebrated at the Aga Khan Foundation's Ismaili Centre in Lisbon, at a launch event that marks the beginning of the process of implementing the National Health Plan (PNS) 2030The 2nd Vice-President of the Board, Conceição Bettencourt, and the Coordinator of the Studies and Planning Office of the Order of Physiotherapists and the researcher responsible for the SPLIT programme, Eduardo Cruz.

A Order of Physiotherapists is already part of the Monitoring Committee of the PNS since April 2022 and also becomes one of the PaSSuS 2030 entities, which will participate in a monitoring and evaluation process, under the technical coordination of the Directorate-General for Health/PNS, of the actions they undertake to implement.

SPLIT programme: an opportunity to innovate in primary healthcare

With the aim of improving the quality, clinical outcomes and cost-utility of the care provided to people with low back pain (LG) who use primary health care, was developed e implemented, at the level of the Arrábida Health Centre Grouping - ARSLVT, the SPLIT programme.

It is a stratified care programme that suggests, after the first consultation with the General Practitioner, the early referral of patients with LG to the Physiotherapist, who applies the intervention programme and monitors the patient according to their risk of developing persistent and disabling LG.

In terms of results, in a sample of around 500 users recruitedThis programme has enabled reduce the likelihood of users suffering from persistent and disabling LG by around 80%, 6 months after the initial consultation, e compared to the usual practice described above.

Also in terms of prescription of complementary diagnostic means and medication, this programme has enabled reduce each of the indicators by around 30%.

A low back pain (LG) is a common health condition whose management represents a challenge for the Portuguese health system. Because it causes high and persistent chronic disability, especially in people of working age, LBP is often associated with productivity losses, absenteeism from work, early retirement and consumption of health resources. As well as being the main cause of disabilityis also one of the main reasons for consultation in primary health care (PHC). Worryingly, it is estimated that the prevalence and impact of LG will continue to grow in the coming years.

O SPLIT programme is now part of the 1st phase of the Sustainable Health Pact 2030 and the beginning of the process of implementing the National Health Plan 2030This is a collaborative process that guides and influences public policies, and it is proposed that it be applied to other healthcare facilities that already have physiotherapists on board.

A Order of Physiotherapists welcomes the possibility and responsibility of participating in the construction of the PNS 2030, considering the "Sustainable Health: From Everyone to Everyone" decisive for the valorisation of Physiotherapy and the Physiotherapistsas health actors.

Physiotherapists and ULS: the necessary path

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President António Lopes writes an opinion piece in the Público newspaper. In "Physiotherapists and ULS: the necessary path", identifies the "[...] new challenges to the autonomy of this activity: clinical, professional and management autonomy", both in the NHS and in private units. It stresses the Order's commitment to "seeing the principle of the need to create Physiotherapy Services and Units in the National Health Service recognised" and an "adequate formulation of private health units". Read the article herealso available at digital edition of the newspaper.

Order supports project to develop the profession in the PALOP countries

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This week saw the start of an initiative by World Physiotherapy (WP), in collaboration with the Order of Physiotherapists, with the aim of supporting the development of the physiotherapy profession in the Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP): Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe.

WP's head of project development and management, Sidy Dieye, was welcomed to Portugal by the President of the Portuguese Physiotherapists Association, António Lopes, and physiotherapists Marco Clemente and Cláudia Costa, to lead a series of bilateral meetings with representatives of the international organisation in those countries.

The meetings, which took place on 5 and 6 February, aimed to establish a comprehensive dialogue and identify specific needs in areas such as education, training, advocacy, leadership of professional associations and regulation within the physiotherapy community in the PALOP.

For the Order of Physiotherapists, this collaboration is of vital importance because it will unleash opportunities to increase the social value of the profession in different health contexts, and taking into account the specificities of each country.

World Cancer Day: the role of physiotherapy in oncology

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This Sunday, 4th February, marks the World Cancer Day,The date was established in 2000 by the International Union for Cancer Control to raise awareness of the disease, improve education and promote personal and collective action in the fight against cancer.

Between 2022 and 2024, the theme of the event will be "Close the Care Gap - For fairer care", to remind people that access to early diagnosis and cancer treatment saves lives and that this access must be equal for everyone, regardless of their level of education, income or place of residence.

The role of physiotherapy in oncology

The Order of Physiotherapists is associated with this date, highlighting the role of physiotherapy, whose intervention can be beneficial at different stages:

  • PREVENTION - Promoting healthy lifestyle habits (exercise, weight management...);
  • PRE-HABILITATION - Prevention and treatment of early and late complications arising from cancer therapies at all stages of the disease;
  • REHABILITATION - Restore/maximise function;
  • ONCOLOGICAL TREATMENTS - Functional surveillance in the continuum of care;
  • ADVANCED STAGE - Improved quality of life at all stages of the disease;

SURVIVOR - facilitating a return to the social state prior to diagnosis
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Pedro Maciel Barbosa

Specialist physiotherapist at the Matosinhos Local Health Unit Sub-coordinator for Primary Health Care, Matosinhos Local Health Unit Visiting Assistant Professor at the Porto School of Health Member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Health - SNS Member of the General Council of the Order of Physiotherapists

Carlos Sand

Carlos Areia has been a physiotherapist since 2013, and has worked in various hospitals, clinics and clubs in both Portugal and the UK. He began his academic career at Oxford University in 2016, where he led a clinical trial comparing physiotherapy vs surgery in anterior cruciate injuries in 32 hospitals in England. In 2018 she moved to the neurosciences department, where she developed her own studies on remote monitoring of vital signs, which were implemented during the pandemic. Here he discovered his passion for data, and in 2022, he joined Digital Science as a Data Scientist. He completed his PhD earlier this year, and has more than 60 publications in journals such as The Lancet, BMJ, Cochrane, among others. He is also an honorary lecturer at Oxford Brookes University and a consultant in clinical research.

Eduardo José Brazete Carvalho Cruz

PhD in Physiotherapy from the University of Brighton, UK. Post-Doctorate in Epidemiology from the National School of Public Health at the New University of Lisbon.
Coordinator of the Studies and Planning Office of the Order of Physiotherapists. Coordinating Professor of the Physiotherapy Department of the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (ESS-IPS). President of the ESS-IPS Technical-Scientific Council. Coordinator of the Physiotherapy Department at ESS-IPS. Integrated Researcher at the Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) (a partnership between FCM-UNL, the National School of Public Health, the University of Évora, the Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health and Santo Espírito Hospital, Terceira Island, Azores).

Sara Souto Miranda

Sara Souto Miranda has a bachelor's and master's degree in physiotherapy from the University of Aveiro, and a postgraduate qualification in adult respiratory physiotherapy from the same institution. In 2023 she completed her double doctorate in Rehabilitation Sciences/Health, Medicine and Life Sciences at the Universities of Aveiro and Maastricht (Netherlands) and is currently working as a technical-scientific advisor to the Studies and Planning Office (GEP) of the Order of Physiotherapists, and as a guest lecturer at the Piaget Institute in Vila Nova de Gaia. As a member of the Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation Laboratory at the University of Aveiro (Lab3R), she has carried out applied research in which she has assessed and treated patients with respiratory pathology, having taken part in 6 research projects. Throughout her career she has published 19 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals with an impact factor, 1 book chapter and more than 50 abstracts in conference proceedings. She was a research volunteer at the Ciro rehabilitation centre (Centre for expertise in chronic organ failure) in the Netherlands, and is currently a member of the Guideline Methodology Network of European Respiratory Society. She was honoured by European Lung Foundation e European Respiratory Society for carrying out patient-centred research, by the Directorate General for Higher Education with a merit grant for his master's degree, and by the Ciro Centre with a grant to support research abroad.

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