Oxford Visual Perception Screen or OxVPS can be an alternative to long and complicated neuropsychological tests for visual perception. Launch in 10 days UK Stroke Forum! Sign up for alert here: tinyurl.com/3erw35rf BIOSstrokeneuro RCOT Neuro Practice

A state-of-the-art wearable walking aid that helps freezing of gait is currently being tested in the UK. Designed by gaitQ and in collaboration. with University of Exeter, the data collected will be used to refine & improve the device buff.ly/46Ejakt #Parkinsons Prof. Helen Dawes

Are you an occupational therapist in Scotland who has assessed people’s abilities to drive after stroke? Rebecca’s research is asking important questions about how this is being done and please participate if you can.

Today we’re launching a major new report, which highlights that Scotland currently does not have enough Parkinson’s nurses 🧵

1️⃣ week to go!! Please come along and find out about the AHP Principles of Practice based learning! Find out more about supporting #PrBL. Register here events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b7237f29…

Fighting the FND stigma: the consultant neurologist | The BMJ 2023 ⁦Jon Stone⁩ #FNDaware ⁦The BMJ⁩ bmj.com/content/381/bm…

📢Calling all AHP HCSWs, educators/managers Please complete our survey to help identify demand for education pathways including earn as you learn routes for HCSW in Scotland. Open till 26.02.24 ✅AHP HCSWs: shorturl.at/ctxDZ ✅Manager/educators: rb.gy/34mvbj

'Rehabilitation is just as important as medicine and surgery in helping people reclaim their lives after injury, illness or because of long-term conditions. Everyone deserves access to rehabilitation' Thank you Sir Stephen Fry for supporting the campaign #RightToRehab #RehabLegends

Our LivingWell programme delivers virtual wellbeing courses, sessions and webinars for people affected by MS. 💻📱 Take a look at some of what we've got coming up over the next few weeks:

A lovely thank you gift made by one of our patients as one of her rehab goals! Kathryn Wedlock Cara Murray Elaine Holden

Some very well deserved feedback for our lovely Gill today 😀

Let us all get behind the #ActiveWards campaign and get our patients moving! Sharon Morrison Gillian Thomson Cara Murray Mark Chillingworth Claire Ritchie University Hospital Wishaw Pamela Grant

Fatigue is one of the most common invisible symptoms of MS. It's not like a normal tiredness that gets better with rest - it can be overwhelming, isolating, and unpredictable. We've got advice and information about managing fatigue on our website: brnw.ch/21wIbWv

Pleased to announce a new FND pathway for Scotland organised by NHS Scotland Centre for Sustainable Delivery. Centre for Sustainable Delivery nhscfsd.co.uk/media/zt0h0s0k…. Thread 1/

The Physio4FMD trial has been published in @LancetNeuro today. This study is the culmination of over 10 years of work from many collaborators. In this thread I will summarise this work and our findings. Jon Stone Louise Marston Rachael Maree Hunter thelancet.com/journals/laneu…

Calling all Scottish Physios, OTs and Support workers in Stroke Rehab! 💪 We're conducting a survey to understand your knowledge in upper-limb rehabilitation post-stroke. Click the link: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/qmu/research… #UpperLimbRehab Gill Baer QueenMargaretUni QMUPhysio

Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) for stroke teams? Absolutely essential. FND frequently presents with symptoms resembling acute stroke and FND accounts for approximately 8% of cases initially suspected to be strokes. However, it offers opportunities for early diagnosis &

A great opportunity for a specialist OT with an interest in community stroke & neuro rehab. Come join us! 👇 Specialist Occupational Therapist -NHS Scotland apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

Due to the red warning which has been issued for the area, NHS Lanarkshire is postponing all non-urgent appointments in hospital and community settings on Friday 24 January 2025. For further information visit: nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/news-red-weath…

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