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892 experience in their use, especially in the management of respiratory and cardio- thoracic patients. Heather Montgomery MCSP Physiotherapy Department Papworth Hospital Papworth Everard Cambridge CB3 8RE Regional Secure Units Do you know of any physiotherapist working in a regional secure unit? I am researching into the value of physiotherapy in a regional secure unit. I would like to contact any physiotherapist who has such experience or who could put me in contact with a physiotherapist who has opinions on the subject. Amanda McKenzie MCSP Clinical Manager Physiotherapy Mental Health Chantry Day Hospital Stanley Royd Hospital Aberford Road Wakefield WF1 4DQ Yoga as Rehabilitation I am currently teaching yoga to patients with chronic musculoskeletal problems, mainly lumbar and cervical. Sessions are weekly and last 1% hours. Results have been very positive. Are there any other physiotherapists teaching yoga as part of rehabilitation? Lesley Dike MCSP Park Rehabilitation Centre Badsley Moor Lane Rotherham South Yorkshire Asian Languages A plea for help from any physiotherapy department who may be providing written information to their clients who speak Punjabi, and who read Urdu. I would welcome any help, advice or ‘poached documentation’. I deal with adult out-patients and would like to provide the usual direction signs, and the necessary warning signs in a busy out-patient setting, regarding pacemakers, mobile phones, etc and with informative literature regarding ethnic background and cultural practices for departmental staff. Christine Graham MCSP Superintendent Physiotherapist Physiotherapy Department Buckingham Hospital High Street Buckingham MK18 I N U Tel 0280 813243 Although Centenary year is drawing to an end, there is still plenty of activity throughout the Society. Recent examples of local events that captured the media’s attention include a meeting of the Lea Valley Branch with its MI’, Steven Norris, at the House of Ccimmons for lunch. The Waltham Abbey Gazette reported that more than 50 members had attended and been shown round the Palace of Westminster after lunch. An open day at Stirling Royal Infirmary phiysiotherapy department was recorded in the Stirling Observer, while yet another talk to members of the public by private practitioner Elaine Atkins did not go unreported. The Chingford Guardian said she had traced the history of the profession in a speech to the North Chingford After- nroon Townswomen’s Guild. The Cambridge Weekly News and Cambridge Evening News had, quite literally, splashes in late October when they reported on a 2,000 length sponsored swim by members of the local Branch. To mark the Centenary, chartered physiotherapists took turns to swim for half-hour stints in order to raise money for a medical charity. The accompanying pictures showed Anne fvlcDonnell in the water, watched by Ben Centenary Study Tour The South East Thames Board organised a.n interesting and enjoyable study tour to Israel during October for ten physio- therapists. The aim of the tour was to mark Centenary year with a special holiday which also related to the physiotherapy profession. Israel was chosen for its wealth of .historicalsights in relatively close proximity (we had only six days), and more particul- arly to visit Lesley Dawson, chairperson, Physiotherapy Department, Bethlehem University, who was a travelling companion of several members of our group on two previous study tours. Lesley arranged three excellent profes- sional visits for us in Palestine and the occupied territories. Both the physio- therapists and occupational therapists at the Spinal Injuries Rehabilitation Centre, the Children’s Orthopaedic Hospital, and Duncan, Sam Dickson, Olivia Sharpe, Jayne Warrington and Isabel Hunter. Physiotherapists at Sandleford Hospital in Newbury got excellent coverage for their open day to mark the Centenary and promote the profession. Members shown in two good photographs in the Newbury Weekly News were Brenda Bennett and Dorothy Dugdale. The Evening Express in Aberdeen reported on a four-mile fun-run and walk to mark the Centenary. Physio- therapists from the Aberdeen Branch strutted their stuff at the Beach Boule- vard. There was a good picture but, unfortunately, none of those shown was named. At national level, media publicity for In Good Hands: The history of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, 1894- 1994 has just started. Two of author Jean Barclay’s local papers used that fact to write about the book; they were the Fife Leader and Fife & Kinross Extra. Therapy Weekly also covered the book’s publication while, at the time of going to press, Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour is considering doing something on the book. Coverage of the Society’s national exhibition in Birmingham continued, with reference in the Lichfield Post and Worcester Evening News. to Israel the Residential and Out-patient Rehabili- tation Centre were impressive in their enthusiasm and dedication to their work. We were made to feel most welcome by the managers who were justifiably proud of their units, all of which relied heavily on foreign sponsorship for their funding. Everyone on the tour appreciated the discussions we had between fellow profes- sionals, some of whom were Palestinian (some having trained at Bethlehem University) and some European physio- therapists currently working in Palestine. We also packed in a fantastic tour of the Holy Land, and even had time to float effortlessly on the Dead Sea. I would recommend a study tour to add an extra dimension to a holiday, and enrich one’s knowledge of another country. Janet McFarlan MCSP Physiotherapy, December 1994, vol80, no 12
