PhysioUpdate 2nd February 2021

Thousands of healthcare students in the UK and further afield will be able to learn about strengthening their knowledge and skills on how to support people with learning disabilities, after a physiotherapist helped to update existing educational guidance.

Alistair Beverley, physiotherapy manager at Portland College – a further education college for people with physical and learning disabilities in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire – has been working with colleagues at the University of Nottingham to create new PowerPoint slides for an initiative titled Movement for Movement.

A prominent physiotherapist in the mental health field has written about his career path in a bid to encourage others to follow his lead into the research arena.

A case study featuring Brendon Stubbs, a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) clinical lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (part of King’s College London) appears on a part of the NIHR's website titled ‘mental health incubator’.

Researchers have questioned whether doctors should prescribe antidepressants for people with back pain and osteoarthritis on a routine basis.

A paper, published in The BMJ and written by a team led by Giovanni Ferreira from the University of Sydney, argues that antidepressant drugs are largely ineffective in treating such conditions.