pre-Congress course: Ergonomics in the workplace - issues for occupational health practice (February)

Congress course: Ergonomics in the workplace: Issues for occupational health practice (March)

July 24-26 (Cardiff) Concepts of neural plasticity and their relevance to neurological rehabilitation (March) and the respiratory pump in health and disease (March)

Foundation post-registration course in psychiatry (CSP validated) (March)

paediatric physiotherapy conference (September)

August 3 (Cambridge) Post-WCPT study day (January)

August 4 -6 (Cambridge) Pain symposium (January)

August 4 - 6 (Edinburgh) Measurement and assessment of human performance (March)

August 5-6 (London SW3) Respiratory care: Changing concepts (post-WCPT Congress course) (December)

August 5-8 (Nottingham) Ergonomics in the workplace for physical therapists (March)

August 5 -9 (London W6) Orthopaedic medicine: Part A (February)

August 5-9 (London W6) Orthopaedic

July 24-26 (Guildford) WCPT pre-

August 1991-April 1992 (Bristol)

August 2 - 4 (Cardiff) International

medicine: Part A (March) August 6 -8 WCPT post-Congress

courses (February) September 2-October 23 (Norwich)

Peripheral joint manipulation (March) September 12 (Salford) Study day on

pressure sores and leg ulcers (January) September 13-15 (Newcastle upon Tyne)

ACPOG Conference 1991 (March) September 14 (London) Wheelchair

assessment and provision (March p 189)

September 19-20 (Blackpool) CSP Congress

October 1991 for two years (King's College, London) MSc degree in research methods for remedial therapists (January)

International April 27 (Maastricht, The Netherlands)

The sacro-iliac joints: Its role in posture and locomotion (December)

May 17-19 (Wroclaw, Poland) Tenth congress (February)

June 6 -9 (Sydney, Australia) Back pain: Current concepts and recent advances (January)

July 3 -5 (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) Advances in hydrotherapy 2: Movement and immersion in water (March)

August 5-9 (Amsterdam, Holland) New concepts in electrotherapy (February)

September 4 - 6 (Cardiff, Wales) Wound management (January)

September 26-28 (Dublin 2, Eire) Physiotherapy (March)

October 14-November 12 (Melbourne, Australia) Hydrotherapy (February)

October 18-19 (Bruges, Belgium) Medicine and soccer (January)

October 23-27 (Dusseldorf, Germany) Reha 91 (February)

November 20-23 (Wuhan, China) Massage and physical and breathing exercises (January)

November 27-30 (Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia) Manipulation (September)

1992 April 22-25 (Vancouver, Canada)

May 26-June 11 (Vail, Colorado) The Independence 92 (January)

role of physical therapy in the development of manual and manipulative therapy (March)

July 19-22 (Vancouver, Canada) Schizophrenia 1992: Poised for change (January)

Physiotherapy (March) September 26-28 (Dublin 2, Eire)

board and branch news BOARD

Oxford: Two tickets are available to the WCPT Congress, selection will be by ballot open to any Board member. Draw tickets for the ballot available from Branch secretaries; closing date May 23.

BRANCHES Bath and District: Wednesday, May 8,

coffee 7 pm, lecture starts 7.30 pm prompt; Kohn Hall, St Martin's Hospital, Bath; Dr M Dyson BSc PhD FCSP(Hon) on 'Current ultrasound research'. All Branch members and students welcome.

Friday, May 10, 8 pm; Newton Farm, Newton St Loe, near Bath; barn dance, €5 including supper and band. Final fling to mark the end of our 1990/1991 lecture programme! All welcome. Tickets in advance - see notices.

hall, Musgrave Park Hospital; Mr Noel McConkey on 'Disability - the personal views of a patient'.

Berkshire: Saturday, May 11; St Mark's Hospital, Maidenhead; Chris Meaden MCSP on 'Assessing impairment of disabled people for participation in sport'. Application form to be obtained from superintendent of hospital concerned ie Mrs C McKaig MCSP.

Birmingham: Tuesday, April 30, 6.30 pm; physiotherapy department,

Belfast: Tuesday, May 14, 8 pm; concert

General Hospital, Birmingham; Penny Robinson on 'Legal issues'.

Brighton: Thursday, May 2, 7 pm; physiotherapy gymnasium, Brighton General Hospital; Kathryn Alexander OTHO on 'Reflexology'. Short business meeting.

Chester: Tuesday, April 16, 7.45 pm; physiotherapy department, Ellesmere Port Hospital; Miss J Hardy SEN SCM DipEd PHC on 'The random control trial into the use of TENS in labour'.

physiotherapy department, Countess of Chester Hospital, general wing; Dr G J Murphy, consultant radiologist, Halton, on 'Interpretation of spinal X-rays'.

Chiltern: Tuesday, May 14, 8 pm; physiotherapy department, ward 2, Stoke Mandeville Hospital; Dr J Moyle, consultant anaesthetist, Milton Keynes General Hospital, on 'What anaesthetists do to the patient to cause physiotherapists problems'. Coffee before meeting.

Cumbria: Wednesday, May 15, 7 pm business meeting, 7.30 pm lecture; physiotherapy department, Cockermouth Cottage Hospital; Ms Diana Issam, specialist speech therapist, on 'Treatment and management of patients with feeding and swallowing problems'. The business meeting will be concerned with the election of the branch's delegate to the CSP Representatives' Conference in

Wednesday, May 22, 7.45 pm;

September. A final selection of motions will be made at this time. Draft motions to Branch secretary by May 1.

Dorset: Wednesday, May 22, 7.15 business meeting, 8 pm speaker; board room, Christchurch Hospital; Mrs Ann Compton, community physiotherapist, on 'The White Paper and its effects on community physiotherapy'.

East Kent: Tuesday, May 7, 7.30 pm for 8 pm; physiotherapy department, Nunnery Fields Hospital, Canterbury; Mrs Felicity Handford MCSP, superintendent physiotherapist, on 'Parkinson's disease - what's new in it for us?'

East Surrey: Thursday, April 18, 7.45 pm; physiotherapy department, East Surrey Hospital; Mr Martin Stubbs on 'Aromatherapy'.

Edinburgh: Wednesday, May 29, 7.30 pm; lecture theatre, City Hospital; Lynn Campbell MCSP and Anne Cavenelt MCSP on 'Recent developments in the management of cerebral palsy children'.

Fife: Tuesday, May 7, 7.30 pm; physiotherapy department, Glenrothes Hospital, Glenrothes; Mrs M Hamil MSc MCSP, department of health education, senior health education officer, Fife, on 'Health education'.

7.30 pm; seminar room, Stirling Royal Infirmary; Mr G B McKelvie FRCS and Mrs F McKelvie MCSP on 'Aspects of

Forth Valley: Tuesday, May 21,

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incontinence'. A short business meeting will precede the lecture.

lecture theatre one, university block, Royal Infirmary Glasgow; Dr A Zoma FRCP on 'Rheumatic diseases'.

7.30 pm; postgraduate centre, Cheltenham; Miss T Harvey BA MCSP, continuing education officer, CSP, on 'PACE'.

Grampian school of physiotherapy, Woolmanhill, Aberdeen; Dr D Reid on 'Osteoporosis'.

postgraduate medical centre, Harrogate General Hospital; Mrs Bridget Dawson MBAOT, counsellor co-ordinator, CRUSE, on 'CRUSE and bereavement counselling'.

London: Tuesday, May 14, 6.15 pm; school of physiotherapy, Shepherds House, Guy's Hospital; Mrs Kath Jenkins FCSP, physiotherapy officer, Department of Health, on 'The way ahead'. Board representatives to Council have been invited.

Norfolk: Thursday, May 23, 7.30 pm (coffee from 7 pm); Benacre Room, Burrage Centre, James Paget Hospital, Gorleston; Mrs Sue tdayee, CSP research and information officer, talking about her job.

Northampton and District: Monday, May 13, 7.30 pm; physiotherapy department, Kettering General Hospital; 'Airing and sharing', chaired by Judith Bentley BA MCSP.

North West London: Tuesday, May 14, 7.30 pm; physiotherapy department, Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow; Mr Paul Standing, head of school, West London Institute of Higher Education, on 'Effects of current application to body tissues'.

Nattingham: Thursday, May 2, 7.30 pm; Nottingham school of physiotherapy, Hucknall Road, Nottingham; Lester Wilson FRCS, registrar in orthopaedic surgery, on 'The cause of leg pain in low back syndromes'.

lecture theatre, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Windmill Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LD; Mr Anthony Andrews, head of legal services, SE Thames regional health authority, on 'Legal issues'.

21, 7.30 pm; gymnasium, Wessex rehabilitation unit, Odstock Hospital, Salisbury; Mr John Langridge MCSP, District physiotherapist, Southampton General Hospital, on 'Returning the sportsman to his sport'.

business meeting, 8 pm lecture; staff development unit, Copthorne South, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital; Miss C Hart MCSP RSM on 'An English physiotherapist in America'.

SE London: Wednesday, May 22, 7.30 pm; postgraduate centre, Greenwich District Hospital; Olga Rutherford PhD MSc BA on 'The role of exercise in prevention of osteoporosis'.

South West London and Kingston: Tuesday, May 14, 6.30 pm; seminar room, orthopaedic department, St George's Hospital, Tooting, SW17; Miss

Glasgow: Thursday, May 16, 7.30 pm;

Gloucestershire: Wednesday, May 15,

Grampian: Tuesday, May 7, 7.30 pm;

Harrogate: Tuesday, April 23, 7.30 pm;

Oxford: Wednesday, May 15, 7 pm;

Salisbury and District: Tuesday, May

Shropshire: Tuesday, May 28, 7.30 pm

Sarah Greaves MCSP on 'Laser made simple'. Buffet provided by NOMEQ.

Southampton and North Hampshire: Thursday, May 2, 6.45 pm; Southampton General Hospital; Ann Compton on 'Community rehabilitation in Ontario'.

Staffordshire: Wednesday, May 15, 7.45 pm; North Staffs Medical Institute, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent; Mrs P Wheeler, continence adviser and Mrs S Lowe, superintendent physiotherapist, obstetrics and gynaecology, on 'Stress incontinence'.

physiotherapy department, Princess Margaret Hospital; Caroline Smith on 'A biomechanical approach in relation to the lower limb.

Tayside: Tuesday, May 14, 7 pm; physiotherapy department, Bridge of Earn Hospital, Perthshire; Mrs Catherine Fairgrieve MCSP, senior physiotherapist, on 'A splinting workshop'.

Teesside and District: Wednesday, May 15, 7.30 pm; postgraduate centre, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Hollyhurst Road; Mrs D Farragher MSc FCSP DipTP on 'Eutrophic electrical stimulation - physiology and clinical application'.

Swindon: Wednesday, May 8, 7 pm;

SPEC I F I C INTEREST GROUP MEETINGS

Association of Chartered Physiotherapists Interested in Neurology - Yorkshire: Saturday, April 20; day course: 'Use of the neuromuscular stimulator in neurological conditions'. Cookridge Hospital, Leeds. Tutor, Diana Farragher MSc FCSP DipTP. f10 members, €15 non-members. SAE and fee to Mrs J Fisher, ARMS, Leeds Road, Rawdon, Leeds LS19 6JY. For more information tel 0532 504528.

Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care - North West and Merseyside Group: Wednesday, May 15, buffet from 6 pm, meeting 7 pm; physiotherapy department, Warrington and District General Hospital; 'Question time' session. Information from Liz Murray, Physiotherapy Department, Hope Hospital, Salford (tel 061-789 7373 ext 5328/9).

Association of Orthopaedic Chartered Physiotherapists - London Branch: Wednesday, May 1, 6.30 for 7 pm; seminar room, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Bolsover Street, London W1; Dr Di Newham PhD MCSP, head of physiotherapy group, biomedical sciences division, King's College London, on 'Physiological aspects of strength, endurance and skill training'. All welcome. Membersktudents f1.50, non- members €2.50. Teakoffee provided.

Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Obstetrics and Gynaecology - London Workshop Group: Thursday, May 16, refreshments 6.15 pm, lecture 6.45 pm; school of physiotherapy, The Middlesex Hospital, Arthur Stanley House, Tottenham Street, London Wl; Jean Campbell and Sue Jennings, department of obstetrics and gynaecology, The Royal London Hospital,

on 'The use of drama and art therapy in the treatment of infertility'. f1.50 full members, f 2 provisional, f 2.50 associates, f3.50 non-members. Information from Sue Davies (tel 081-452 2617).

Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Animal Therapy: Saturday, June 1. Babraham Hall, Cambridge and the Animal Health Trust, Newmarket. Day course. See 'Courses and conferences' for further details.

Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Obstetrics and Gynaecology - Solent Workshop Group: Saturday, June 15, 9.30 am to 4.30 pm; physiotherapy department, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester; 'Promotion of continence - 2. Treatment choice and evaluation'. Information from Mrs J M Odoni (tel 0590 676085).

Association of Orthopaedic Chartered Physiotherapists - Oxford Region: Wednesday, April 24, refreshments from 7 prn, lecture from 7.30 prn; lecture theatre, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford; 'Micro-movement in fracture healing' by Mr Steven White FRCS, senior registrar in orthopaedics and trauma. Information from Mrs Heidi Fawcett, Physiotherapy Department, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford (tel 0865 741166, bleep 1578).

Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Psychietry - Pennine Group: June 11 -14 and September 10-13: Foundation course in Shiatsu designed to give participants a good foundation in the use, practice and conceptual base of Shiatsu. Fee f 170. Further information from Mick Skelly, Physiotherapy Department, Kendray Hospital, Barnsley S70 3RD (tel 026 730000 ext 4033/5).

NOT ICE BOARD Members' Benevolent Fund: The total

received for the Fund during February 1991 was f2,472.15 made up as follows:

Miss J L Bennett 150.00 Miss J M Leach 10.00 Branches:

East Kent 150.00 South Yorkshire (returned

lecture fee) 15.00 Commission and interest 1,655.92 Contributions under

deeds of covenant 100.00 Tax repayment of income tax on

deeds of covenant 391.23

€

f 2,472.15

The Fund is separate from the Society's general funds and it would be helpful if cheques were made payable to 'CSP Members' Benevolent Fund'.

The Royal London Hospital Physiotherapy Old Students Association: This year's AGM will be held on Wednesday, May 8, at 6.30 pm in the Sir John E l k Lecture Theatre of the Medical College at The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel. Coffee will be served from 6 pm. A talk will follow by Yvonne Lewis MCSP on

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'The use of the gymnastic ball in neurology'. Supper will be available at 8 pm in the clinical staff room on the first floor of the physiotherapy department, at f2 .50 per head, payable on the night, but numbers would be appreciated. RSVP to Mrs Dorothy Toyn (hon secretary), 12 Warren Terrace, Bengeo, Hertford, Herts SG14 3JE (tel 0992 589781). Non-members welcome. Newsletters were sent to LHPOSA members in March, and the secretary would like to hear from any member who has not received their copy, or from any ex-Londoner who would like to join the Association.

Bradford Hospitals School of Physiotherapy: Retirement of Mr F J Thomason MCSP DipTP. On Saturday May 18 at 2 pm, a presentation is to be made to 'Tom' to mark his retirement. Anyone wishing to contribute to a gift or attend the presentation should contact Mr P Yung, principal, School of

Physiotherapy, Bradford Royal Infirmary. Please send donations to the 'F J Thomason Retirement Fund'.

The summer ball 1991 will be held at the Bankfield Hotel, Bingley, on June 17 at 7.30 pm. Tickets f17.50 from Susan Phelps, School of Physiotherapy. Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD9 6RJ. Please send SAE.

West Middlesex University Hospital School of Physiotherapy (1978-81 set): Anyone interested in a ten-year reunion? Please contact David Newman and Railton Munn, 4 Hulse Road, Southampton SO1 2JX (tel 0703 330387).

St Thomas' Physiotherapy Students: (October 1968 set): An informal reunion has been arranged for the above set at The White Hart, Whytham, Oxford, on Saturday, June 29, 12.30 pm. Contact Jane Sills (n6e Whitehead), 25 Hockley

Books in Brief Help at Hand: The home carers' survival guide, by Jane Brotchie. Bedford Square Press, London, 1990 (ISBN 0 7199 1282 2). 146 pages. f6.95 or €7.82 by post from Plymbridge Distributors Ltd, Estover Road, Plymouth PL6 7PZ.

More than six million people in Great Britain, it is estimated, care for people who are ill, frail or disabled, and because of their isolation many of them do not know how much help is available or how to obtain it. This book provides a guide to sources of practical help and encourages carers to accept it.

A major theme also running through the book concerns the feelings of the carers towards their charges and about their own attitudes and shortcomings. It offers empathy and constructive assistance with coping.

The final chapter goes one step further and covers the practical problems and emotional upheaval of resuming an independent life when the period of caring is at an end - how to accept the new opportunities and ensure that the years of responsibility were not wasted.

Pharmacology in Rehabilitation, by Charles D Ciccone PhD PT. F A Davis, Philadelphia, 1990 (ISBN 0 8036 1726 7). Available through Quest-Meridien, 145a Croydon Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3RB. 524 pages. f21.39, subject to change.

The author of this book is associate professor of the physical therapy department at the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance, lthaca College, New York. He aims to provide physiotherapists and occupational therapists with a background knowledge of how various drugs may affect their patients.

The book starts with the general principles of pharmacology and goes on to deal with drugs affecting the nervous system, skeletal muscle, pain and inflammation, and so on through the range of conditions which physiotherapists are likely to meet.

Recognising that new treatments come into use continuously, it aims to set out the

principles rather than show the effects of specific prescriptions. This general approach also makes its American origin less of a disadvantage for British readers.

Heavy and comprehensive, it is nevertheless clearly set out and provides an interesting read as well as a detailed work of reference for specific conditions.

Coping with Angina, by Louise M Wallace with Christine Bundy. Thorsons, London, 1990 (ISBN 0 7225 2183 9). 208 pages. f 5.99.

This practical self-help guide for angina sufferers is intended to help them live a more active, pain-free life. The book is based on the South Birmingham angina research project on the effectiveness of stress management and exercise training for people with chronic stable angina. It also draws on the work of the South Birmingham Coronary Prevention Group.

The book begins with an up-to-date explanation of what angina is and how it may be managed. The authors then explain how to reduce the unhealthy risk factors for angina (smoking, high fat food, stress and inactivity) and to promote a healthy lifestyle through exercise, stress management and diet. Advice is given on setting up an angina

Angina pain. Arrows indicate where pain typically radiates. One of the illustrations from 'Coping with Angina'

Lane, Wingerworth, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S42 6QG (tel 0246 207576).

Per so nal Charge f 5 for births and marriages

BIRTHS

Maternity Hospital, Coventry, to Lesley (nee Piercy, trained Nottingham School of Physiotherapy, 1983-86) and George Ross, a son, James Oliver. Now residing at 5 Dawson Road, Stoke Green, Coventry CV3 1FX.

WHEELER: On January 4, 1991, to Ruth (nee Fraser, trained Guy's Hospital, 1982-851 and Mike Wheeler, a son, James Michael, a brother for Abigail.

DEATHS

MCSP (n6e Richards, trained Cardiff Royal Infirmary).

Mary Elizabeth Rudrum MCSP (n6e Clink, trained Guy's Hospital).

ROSS: On February 17, 1991, at Walsgrave

BEVERLY In 1990, Margaret Eleanor Beverly

RUDRUM: On December 17, 1990, Pamela

self-help group, and there are suggestions on further reading and sources of information.

The Last Wilderness: Eighty days in Antarctica, by Paul Brown. Hutchinson, London, 1991 (ISBN 0 09 174423 7). Illus. 250 pages. f16.99.

There is nothing about physiotherapy in this book but everyone interested in the natural world and its conservation - and that should include most MCSPs - will applaud the campaign which it describes.

A motley crew of 30 Greenpeace personnel and media representatives set sail to draw attention to the threat of exploitation in Antarctica, which covers one-tenth of the world's surface.

Skirmishes with French scientists and a cat and mouse game with Japanese whalers are the exciting points in the story. The beauty of the icy plains under a midnight sun provides aesthetic appeal. The historic sights of the huts left behind by Scott and the less celebrated Sir Douglas Mawson (who tied the hardened skin back on to his feet after it split away from the raw flesh in order to walk back to base) constitute the touristic sights.

The frailties of the mixed-sex crew are exposed - they suffered from home- sickness, lethargy, petulance, racial prejudice, seasickness and streaming colds. But on the whole they got on unbelievably well - occasional boozy nights and a little skiving out of the washing up were their greatest depravities - at least according to the author.

What good came out of the voyage (and will result from this book)? Mr Brown, who is environment correspondent for The Guardian, goes into some detail about the history of the area, the motivations of the nations wishing to take advantage of it, and possibility of turning Antarctica into a World Park.

The Antarctic Treaty nations meet later this month, from April 22 to 31, and Britain, after previously refusing to give up its claims to mineral prospecting, late last month suddenly agreed to a temporary ban on mining there. Far from complete success, but a small step forward which might be attrib- uted to the influence of Greenpeace. JW

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