chiropractic

General Chiropractic Council consulting on new code

The General Chiropractic Council (GCC) is currently consulting on a replacement Code of Professional Practice. This document will update the standards of professional conduct, performance, ethics, and proficiency for anyone wishing to register as a chiropractor with the GCC. The Code is crucial for ensuring high-quality professional practice and informing patients about the quality of care they should expect from chiropractors.

The GCC is keen to hear insights from patients and healthcare colleagues as well as from chiropractors themselves. The consultation closes at midnight on Friday 27 September 2024.…

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Manual for Movement from the BCA

New consumer research from the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) reveals that 52% of people across the UK are planning to use digital fitness solutions to stay fit and healthy as lockdown restrictions lift.

Conducted with OnePoll, the research explored the step change in the habits and routines of 5000 people across the UK regarding their physical health and wellbeing beyond the immediate effects of the pandemic.

The survey-based study revealed that 52% of people across the UK are planning to use digital fitness solutions, such as online home exercise videos, health and wellbeing apps and virtual personal trainers to stay fit and healthy as lockdown restrictions lift, with 44% seeking to improve their overall energy levels.…

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Axial SpA Referral Template launch

NASS was delighted to launch the NASS Allies referral template, in conjunction with the Institute of Osteopathy and Royal College of Chiropractors, at the Primary Care and Public Health Conference on 15 and 16 May. The template was developed to help chiropractors and osteopaths in recommending referral for patients with suspected inflammatory back pain to rheumatology.

The template has been endorsed by the Royal College of GPs and Chartered Society for Physiotherapy. NASS is grateful to both the Institute of Osteopathy and Royal College of Chiropractors for their continued collaboration and wonderfully patient-centred approach.…

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Chiropractor Peter Dixon appointed Fellow of NICE

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has appointed chiropractor Peter Dixon as a Fellow.

This Fellowship is for experienced leaders in health and social care to become ambassadors for NICE and to help promote high quality care by developing new ways of working across the care sector.

Peter, who is currently a Director at the Society for promoting Chiropractic Education and President of the Royal College of Chiropractors, is a practising chiropractor who has held a range of senior leadership positions in chiropractic including Chair of the UK’s statutory regulator, the General Chiropractic Council (GCC) and as President of the British Chiropractic Council and the European Chiropractors’ Union. …

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Addressing the workforce gap

Guest blog by Satjit Singh, Chief Executive, Society for Promoting Chiropractic Education

It is great that most of us will live to an age that our parents could never imagine. Better living standards, improved public health and an NHS accessible to all, have all helped.

This is excellent, but living longer means that we are likely to be working longer. It also means that for us to enjoy that longevity, we need to live active, fulfilling lives. Too many of the population are afflicted by ‘aches and pains’, mainly back and neck, i.e.…

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BCA Spring Conference and CEO leaving

The British Chiropractic Association would like to draw your attention to two items of news:

1) We have our Spring Conference coming up on 11 March 2017 at the Radisson Blu Heathrow.
The theme is: “Lifting the lid on the mysterious workings of the brain….”

For info and booking visit here.

Those speaking include:

Matthew Antonucci, Chiropractic Neurologist, ReceptorBased® Rehabilitation Specialist, Educator and Researcher;
Stephanie Fairhurst, Psychological Skills Mentor at Chimp Management Ltd;
Joanne Harrison, Solicitor – Healthcare, Professional Discipline & Regulation, Weightmans;
Inger Roug, Chiropractic Radiologist at AECC;
Joe-James Tilley, founder of Core Wellness Centres, dedicated to changing the way people eat, think, move and function;
Manuela Fontebasso, Headache Specialist, Headache Educational Facilitator and author;
Andrew Rowe, Chiropractor in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

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