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A lecturer from the UK’s top ranked course for physiotherapy and practising physiotherapist at Hywel Dda University Health Board will today (24 September) be the first in Wales to be given the green light to prescribe medicines to patients without the need for a doctors’ countersignature. Ushered in by changes to the Human Medicine’s Regulation, the Welsh Assembly has published new legislation that will mean quicker access for Welsh patients to the necessary drugs needed to treat their condition. Gary Morris works as an Associate Lecturer in Cardiff University’s School of Healthcare Sciences and is an advanced physiotherapy practitioner in neurological rehabilitation for Hywel Dda University Health Board. He completed his independent prescribing conversion training in June this year, and will today be the first physiotherapist in Wales registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) as an independent prescriber. “Many people with long term conditions require a combin...

Forget the gym – staff at Carmarthenshire County Council have been exercising at their desks! The new way of working out has been introduced in some teams following a visit from physiotherapists at BMI Werndale Hospital. It was part of Workout@Work Day which aimed to help people who lead sedentary lives to think about introducing simple exercises into their working day to improve health and wellbeing. Physiotherapist Dean Locking said: “Both employees and businesses are impacted by work place stress, injury and illness. “The aim of ‘Workout at Work’ is about giving sound advice to both employees and employers about how simple steps can improve workplace wellbeing, helping themselves and their teams avoid ill-health. “We would really like to see as many people as possible developing healthier work habits for the longer term.” According to health experts, people need 30 minutes of exercise every day to stay healthy. A recent studyfound short bursts of moderate to vigorous exercise last...