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• ACPIN national conference 2011 |
• Ataxia Guidelines This document details recommendations for healthcare professionals on the diagnosis and management of people with ataxia. Published by Ataxia UK |
• CSP Congress 2010
Fiona Jones - Reader in rehabilitation, St George's University |
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Department of Health The Department of Health (DH) exists to improve the health and wellbeing of people in England. |
Huntington's Disease Association The Huntington's Disease Association exists to support people affected by the disease and to provide information and advice to professionals whose task it is to support Huntington's disease families. |
MASCIP Multidisciplinary Association of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals |
MS Trust The MS Trust is a UK charity, providing information for anyone affected by multiple sclerosis, education programmes for health professionals, funding for practical research and campaigning for specialist multiple sclerosis services. |
Neurological Alliance The Neurological Alliance is the collective campaigning group of over 50 neurological charities. They aim to provide a strong, united voice for people affected by neurological conditions. Their vision is that every person diagnosed with a neurological condition will have access to high quality, joined-up services and good information from first symptoms, throughout their life. |
Royal College of Nursing The RCN represents nurses and nursing, promotes excellence in practice and shapes health policies. |
Spinal Injuries Association The Spinal Injuries Association was founded in 1974 primarily to meet the needs of spinal cord injured people and their families, for whom there seemed to be little or no information about the effects of such an injury and the prospects for living an independent life as a disabled person. The Association has long been aware of the need to ensure that people who are newly spinal cord injured (and their families) have access to key information as soon as possible following injury. SIA has successfully established Peer Support Services within each of the specialist Spinal Cord Injury Centres (SCIC) in the UK and is keen to extend this service to general hospitals and community health settings. |
Therapists in ms Therapists in MS is an initiative which brings together allied health professionals who share a special interest in Multiple Sclerosis. |
UK Stroke forum UK Stroke Forum is a coalition of organisations committed to promoting multidisciplinary stroke research and education |
World Health Organisation WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends. |
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British Medical Journal The BMJ aims to lead the debate on health, and to engage, inform, and stimulate doctors, researchers and other health professionals in ways that will improve outcomes for patients. To achieve this we publish original scientific studies, review and educational articles, and papers commenting on the clinical, scientific, social, political, and economic factors affecting health. |
Cochrane Collaboration The Cochrane Collaboration is an international not-for-profit and independent organization, dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of healthcare readily available worldwide. It produces and disseminates systematic reviews of healthcare interventions and promotes the search for evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions. |
Health on the Net Health On the Net Foundation is the leading organization promoting and guiding the deployment of useful and reliable online medical and health information, and its appropriate and efficient use. Created in 1995, HON is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, accredited to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. |
Lancet Neurology The Lancet Neurology publishes interesting and informative reviews on any topic connected with neurology, and considers any original research contribution that advocates change in, or illuminates, neurological clinical practice. |
Medline The world's most comprehensive source of life sciences and biomedical bibliographic information, with nearly eleven million records. |
NHS Library for health - Stroke Specialist Library The Stroke Specialist Library is being developed to provide high quality, evidence-based information on all aspects of Stroke. The site is aimed at health professionals with an interest in Stroke. |
NHS Evidence 2010 Evidence Update on Stroke Rehabilitation It covers systematic reviews published between 1st July 2009 and 30th September 2010, with expert reviewers summarising evidence and commenting on key developments in the field. |
PubMed (National Library of Medicine) PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to 1948. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources. |
Royal College of Physicians These new guidelines provide clinicians with the knowledge and tools to use BT effectively. If used according to the guidance, BT can improve the lives of those suffering from spasticity and of those caring for them, as well as reducing the overall costs of ongoing care. The guidance is essential reading for all clinicians dealing wIth stroke patients, people with multiple sclerosis and patients with severe traumatic brain injury. |
Association of Physiotherapists in Parkinson's Disease Europe The APPDE is an association for physiotherapists, other professionals, people with Parkinson’s and their carers. |
