President António Lopes has written an opinion piece in this Saturday's edition of the Público newspaper.

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.

This Sunday, 4 February, is World Cancer Day, a date 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.

The request for membership that the Order of Physiotherapists submitted to the National Council of Professional Orders (CNOP) in March 2023 was accepted by the General Assembly of that Council.

As part of the organisational reform of the National Health Service (SNS), namely the expansion of the Local Health Units (ULS), the Order of Physiotherapists organised a working meeting with physiotherapists who are coordinators in SNS institutions on 22 January.

The Order of Physiotherapists is recruiting for a post of Advisor for the Office of Studies and Planning.

The Portuguese Order of Physiotherapists and the National School of Public Health at NOVA University Lisbon (ENSP NOVA) have signed a cooperation protocol with a view to jointly developing research projects and other actions of recognised benefit and interest to both institutions.

The Order of Physiotherapists, represented by Board Member Afonso Neutel, took part on Wednesday in a class for first-year physiotherapy students at the Jean Piaget Higher School of Health in Vila Nova de Gaia.

The Order of Physiotherapists informs that on the days granted as time off - 26 December 2023 and 2 January 2024 - the administrative services and member services will be operating normally, according to the timetable that can be consulted at Contacts - Order of Physiotherapists.