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Our December newsletter has been emailed to all Registered Physiotherapists. You can access it online by clicking here.

The Board has signed off on two new standards – Adverse event reporting, and Physiotherapists giving advice about medication: Adverse event reporting Physiotherapists giving advice about medication These join our other standards in setting a minimum requirements for conduct and competence for the profession. The decision document implementing these standards

The Board and Secretariat staff wish to warmly congratulate our Deputy Chairperson Professor David Baxter on being awarded the Fellowship of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, based upon contributions to research in the profession. https://www.facebook.com/physioboard/videos/330484077631348/

The newest physiotherapist to achieve specialist status, Jacinta Horan, has a wealth of experience in her specialty of Sports Physiotherapy.

The Board is very pleased to announce that we have recruited Damon Newrick and Maarama Davis as our two new Professional Advisors. Damon and Maarama will share the role previously filled by Cheryl Hefford and will be joining our other Professional Advisor Jon Warren. We were very fortunate to be

In March/April 2019, we surveyed the profession to see how many would be interested in becoming a Physiotherapy Specialist and why. We were particularly interested in what barriers practitioners were facing.

The High Court has released its decisions in the matter of Physiotherapist Jeremy Nathan Spence. Mr Spence was found guilty of professional misconduct, censured, and required to pay costs of $2500.

We talk to the Board’s new Deputy Chair Dave Baxter about physiotherapy’s past, present and future, as well as some of the vital work he has done in the profession. https://www.facebook.com/physioboard/videos/330484077631348/