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Meeting with the Health Regulatory Authority

The Board of the Order of Physiotherapists (OF) met on Tuesday, 11 April, with the Board of Directors of the Health Regulatory Entity (ERS).

In addition to the institutional greetings to the new Board of Directors of ERS and the availability shown for cooperation between the institutions, within the framework of their respective attributions and competence, several themes were addressed, including issues concerning the requirements for opening and operation of private physiotherapy units.

The Order of Physiotherapists took the opportunity to present its position and expose some of its objectives in defence of the profession, namely the express definition of the coordination of physiotherapy units, when autonomous, by physiotherapists, and the direct referral to physiotherapy care.

At the same time, both entities recognized the importance of carrying out inspections, whether these are carried out by the ERS or jointly, with a view to guaranteeing the quality and safety of the healthcare provided to society and the qualified exercise of the profession, as well as the need to reinforce information regarding the applicable legal framework and compliance with which depends on the regular functioning of the healthcare establishments under the exploration of physiotherapists.

Moreover, the ERS stressed at this meeting that it is part of its competencies to establish forms of cooperation and association with other public or private law entities, namely entities in the health sector when this proves to be necessary or convenient for the pursuit of the respective attributions.

 The hearing requested by the Order of Physiotherapists was attended by the President of the Board of Directors of the ERS, António Pimenta Marinho and by the members of the Board of Directors Mariana Mota Torres and Franklim Marques.

 The Order's work meetings that have been held with various public administration entities, such as the ACSS, SPMS, ERS, IGAS and ARS Lisboa e Vale do Tejo, are towards the consolidation of management autonomy and the dignification of the professional exercise of physiotherapists.

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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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