We developed a strategy and launched a campaign in June this year to establish partnerships and promote patient pathway reform as detailed in our framework for action, Physiotherapy: A Path to Better Care.

Integrity Health & Safety is an Indigenous-owned company based in New South Wales, supplying defibrillators and other first-aid equipment and supplies as well as training.

The company was started by NSW paramedics Liam Harte and Brad Goodwin, both Aboriginal men.

The new plan will be in place for the next three years and reflects our current priorities and future-focused initiatives.

Devising a strategic plan takes considerable time, effort and consultation, as it is imperative that we get it right.

It becomes a road map for our operational team and underpins our budgeting decisions.

Physiotherapist Troy Eady is asking for donations of first aid supplies to support Lismore and surrounding communities in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales after the recent devastating floods inundated thousands of homes and businesses.

The APA released its pre-Budget submission Physiotherapy: A Path to Better Care in late January.

Every year, the Australian Government invites individuals, businesses and community groups to provide their views on priorities for the next federal budget.

Australians are more familiar with physiotherapy than with other allied health treatments

While 97 per cent of respondents claimed to have heard of physiotherapy, 88 per cent reported they had a good idea of what physiotherapy involves.

These findings of physiotherapy familiarity and experience are consistent with those reported in previous surveys.

1. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of risk factors

Metabolic syndrome is the name given to a combination of specific risk factors that commonly occur together to raise the risk of chronic disease.

Like many businesses, Sydney clinic Physiocise had to reassess its services during the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic as restrictions tightened across the nation.

As Sarah Miller returns home from a morning run, she is alert to news that a second wave of COVID-19 is enveloping two of Australia’s largest cities.

It’s alarming to hear, as she has only been back in Melbourne a few months after being in the UK treating patients during the early days of the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

Having seen first-hand its devastation, her message to everyone is simple.