The move follows repeated representations made by the ISCP to the Department of Health and HSE since November 2020 to extend priority access to the vaccination programme to private practitioner physiotherapists.
The focus for this year’s World PT Day on 8 September is rehabilitation after COVID-19 and the role of physiotherapists in the treatment and management of people affected by COVID-19.
HSE Dublin South, Kildare & West Wicklow & HSE Cork North/South Lee Community Healthcare in conjunction with the Irish Society for Chartered Physiotherapists have produced a “Let’s Get Moving Again” information booklet with eight daily exercises to encourage people to become active again after cocooning during COVID-19’.
