Adele Griffiths @abneurophysio.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Great workshop today with Welsh NGS and government leads for Stroke focusing on the workforce. It's great to see that this will be a leading element of the next Welsh Stroke Standards 020
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Chartered Society of Physiotherapy @thecsp.bsky.social · 24/07/2025'Together, we’re shining a spotlight on the vital role of physiotherapy and rehabilitation in tackling the social causes of ill health and narrowing the healthy life expectancy gap'. Making the case for rehab to tackle health inequality with @healthequals.bsky.social ⬇️ #RightToRehabcsp.org.ukCSP makes the case for rehab to tackle health inequalityCSP representatives joined a packed Health Equals parliamentary reception this week to highlight the role of physiotherapy and community rehabilitation in closing the UK’s health inequality gap. 072
Reposted by Adele Griffiths NHS Confederation (now known as The NHS Alliance) @nhsconfed.org · 03/07/2025Our chief executive @confedmatt.bsky.social told the BBC today that the ten-year health plan is "incredibly ambitious" that calls for the NHS to do things that have been talked about for decades but not achieved. 023
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Sara Hazzard CSP @sarahazzard.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Today was a monumental day for the #RightToRehab campaign. In the NHS 10 year plan Rehab was mentioned 7x and physiotherapy or physiotherapists 4x 032
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 26/06/2025The lovely Tilda Swinton signed the #parkypetition100k after being shown our leaflet by TasteTibet at @glastonbury.bsky.social - be like Tilda, demand a better deal for people with Parkinson’s petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... 361254
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Different Strokes UK @differentstrokesuk.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Hello Blue Sky! We’re Different Strokes — supporting younger stroke survivors & their families in the UK. Thanks for being here as we settle in.💙💚 #StrokeAwareness #PeerSupport #Community #Stroke #StrokeRecovery #DifferentStrokes #DifferentStrokesUK 071
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Stephanie Rossit @stephanierossit.bsky.social · 11/06/2025🎉 The SIGHT trial has HRA & HCRW ethics approval! We’re set to launch the largest ever trial of therapy for spatial inattention post-stroke. Recruitment starts now — learn more at 🔗 www.uea.ac.uk/about/school... #SIGHTtrial #StrokeRecovery #UEAuea.ac.ukAbout SIGHT TrialUniversity of East Anglia 0104
Adele Griffiths @abneurophysio.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Great to see so many ABUHB Stroke team members at the Welsh Stroke Conference today. Here are some of the fabulous MDT with Steve and Laura's poster presentation on a project to improve MDT Communication #WelshStrokeConf2025 070
Adele Griffiths @abneurophysio.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Outstanding first day of the Welsh Stroke Conference today. A brilliant opening with a personal account of the devastating effect of losing speech after stroke. Followed by a fantastic Bhomick lecture with @avrildrummond1.bsky.social and an afternoon of fascinating psychology talks, #WSC2025 0101
Adele Griffiths @abneurophysio.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Off to the Welsh Stroke Conference #WSC2025. A great programme and lots of lovely people from the Wales stroke scene and beyond. Posters from our ABUHB Inpatient Stroke Rehab team and our Neurostute Neuro Recovery College. Also my 1st opportunity to network with the other Wales AHPs in Stroke !! 120
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Katie Chappelle @katiechappelle.bsky.social · 18/06/2025We’re all set up and ready to welcome you to the @thestrokeassoc.bsky.social stand and posters at @welshstrokeconf.bsky.social tomorrow! 011
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Gave a talk on #Unheard today in the Harris Lecture Theatre at Guys today where I used to attend teaching as a medical student on 1998. In fact I have written about my histopath lectures there in the book! Full circle. 💜 072
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Really surprised, honoured and delighted to discover that Leonard and Hungry Paul has been included as one of the novels on the Junior Cert curriculum. Will be part of the exams in 2028-2030. @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 1923017
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Isn't this just the best news. Leonard and Hungry Paul @ronanhession.bsky.social Has been selected to go on the National Curriculum in Ireland for the Junior Certificate. Alongside. Chinua Achebe Jane Austen Malorie Blackman Esi Edugyan Ernest Hemingway John Steinbeck. @thebookseller.com 4847
Adele Griffiths @abneurophysio.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Another fantastic session with the newly renamed Gwent Stroke Voices (formerly known as the Stroke Reference group). Rich discussion about many important stroke related matters and a great personal explanation of the Spoon Theory of Fatigue management. Also our regular donation of exercise balls 010
Adele Griffiths @abneurophysio.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Exciting discussions about Technology enriched rehab gyms today, let's do this! 020
Reposted by Adele Griffiths THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute) @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk · 14/05/2025Calling all UK physios & exercise professionals! Whether or not you deliver cardiorespiratory training after stroke or TIA, we want to hear from you. Help improve future care. Fill in the short survey: ths.im/43gqyCI 139
Reposted by Adele Griffiths European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 04/05/2025What are we reading today? To be honest, nothing yet, but hoping to steal a few moments with these two 🐕 📘 Leonard and Hungry Paul is possibly the book I recommend most, to the point of being annoying, so I’m really looking forward to digging further into this latest ☀️ 3153
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Wonderful interview with @ronanhession.bsky.social in @irishtimes.com What have Ade Edmondson, Harry Hill and Nana Maskouri got in common. Read on McDuff. @thebookseller.com @nybooks.com @gutterbookshop.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...irishtimes.comRónán Hession: ‘I’m basically psychological quirks stacked inside a trench coat, passing myself off as a human’Dublin writer Rónán Hession is author of the novels Leonard and Hungry Paul, Panenka and Ghost Mountain 23712
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · 02/05/2025Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan talks brilliantly about how women have been silenced in healthcare in 'Unheard' 📚💙 This is often due to the marginalisation of women in science & therefore research But also how women have advocated & fought back to be heard 🩷 #pedanticzebra #bookclub 1289
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Congratulations to Naga Munchetty on the launch of her new book ‘It’s Probably Nothing’. An empowering guide for women to advocate for themselves in healthcare services. Great to celebrate last night with @drnighatarif.bsky.social @elinorcleghorn.bsky.social @profjoyceharper.bsky.social 0183
Reposted by Adele Griffiths JMIR Publications @jmirpub.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Development of a self-help #Digital intervention for functional cognitive disorder: a theory- and user-centred approach (preprint) #openscience #PeerReviewMe #PlanPdlvr.itDevelopment of a self-help #Digital intervention for functional cognitive disorder: a theory- and user-centred approachDate Submitted: Apr 19, 2025. Open Peer Review Period: Apr 19, 2025 - Apr 4, 2026. 022
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Bristol After Stroke @bristolafterstroke.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Did you know May is Stroke Awareness Month? This May we are asking if you can hold a coffee/tea/cake morning as part of our 'Put the T in sTroke Campaign' to raise awareness and much needed donations. Contact us at office@bristolafterstroke.org.uk for some free resources. 021
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Vagaries of Mine @vagariesofmine.bsky.social · 17/04/2025I'm having an incredibly rubbish, no good, stressful day, but the way Bert's Books packed the first installment of my Penguin Archive subscription has pulled it back from the edge. I always appreciate little details like this, and I really needed a smile today, so huge thanks to Bert! #Booksky 2172
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Hello Booksellers. The paperback of Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession Is now at our new distributors and available to order BookSource based in Glasgow. @thebookseller.com @booksireland.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social @dubraybooks.bsky.social 0388
Adele Griffiths @abneurophysio.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Another good day shadowing the Stroke Rehab teams. Does anyone have any good solutions for making scheduling rehab sessions more efficient? 100
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Doctors at one of England’s leading cancer hospitals have launched a clinical trial of headgear that emits electric fields. The pulses disrupt cell division in glioblastoma — one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer www.thetimes.com/article/23d3...thetimes.comElectric ‘swimming cap’ could combat brain tumoursThe NHS is trialling a headset that emits electrical fields that disrupt cell division, and it may improve survival rates if used early in treatment 15817
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Adele Griffiths @abneurophysio.bsky.social · 12/04/202511 years ago I set up an early supported stroke discharge team from scratch. It was so exciting,working with a brilliant motivated team all with the intention of improving stroke rehabilitation. I have now moved to a new role,new teams, same purpose and feel as excited now as I did back then #lucky 021
Adele Griffiths @abneurophysio.bsky.social · 12/04/202511 years ago I set up an early supported stroke discharge team from scratch. It was so exciting,working with a brilliant motivated team all with the intention of improving stroke rehabilitation. I have now moved to a new role,new teams, same purpose and feel as excited now as I did back then #lucky 021
Adele Griffiths @abneurophysio.bsky.social · 09/04/2025@gary-y-ffisio.bsky.social croeso I awyr last 👋🏻 010
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Claire O'Connell @claireocphysio.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Come join us at @agilecsp.bsky.social conference this May in Nottingham. Many ticket options available including students. Open to AGILE members and non-members. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agile-conf... 037
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Derick Wade @derickwaderehab.bsky.social · 04/03/2025What is rehabilitation? I have been asking this question for 44 years! My rewritten page asking this question gives my 2025 answer; significantly changed. rehabilitationmatters.com/what-is-reha... Also, I have added a table of all related pages. #neurorehabilitationrehabilitationmatters.comWhat is rehabilitation? - Rehabilitation MattersWhat is rehabilitation. This page investigates why the answer is not easy but develops a clear description that is the basis of further detailed discussion. 064
Reposted by Adele Griffiths gnielsenphysio.bsky.social @gnielsenphysio.bsky.social · 02/04/2025The economic evaluation of the Physio4FMD trial was finally published today! www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/... @jonstoneneuro.bsky.socialneurology.orgCost Utility of Specialist Physiotherapy for Functional Motor Disorder (Physio4FMD) | Neurology Clinical PracticeBackground and ObjectivesFunctional motor disorder (FMD), a motor-dominant variant of functional neurologic disorder, is a disabling condition associated with high health and social care resource use ... 275
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 03/04/2025✨3 months until #Unheard is out as a paperback!✨ Available to pre-order from your usual book outlet now. “If you’ve ever been dismissed by a doctor, read this book” says @theipaper.com 0104
Adele Griffiths @abneurophysio.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Brilliant start to my new job today ( day 3).Participating in a Most Significant Change panel. Hearing stories from people in stroke rehabilitation, what mattered to them & what changed for them. Themes: positive risk taking, moments of joy, dignity & independence . The benefits of skilled banter 030
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Elissa Manzi @emanzi.bsky.social · 01/04/2025We would love to hear from you! What topics in stroke communication and swallowing would you like to see featured at the UK Stroke Forum in November? Let us know your thoughts here: shorturl.at/jOcVf @basaphasia.bsky.social @ukstrokeforum.bsky.social #SLTeur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.comRCSLT consultation: UK Stroke Forum 2025Please complete this short form to tell the RCSLT what topics in stroke communication and swallowing you would like to see featured at the UK Stroke Forum conference in 2025 (25-27 November). We are ... 075
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The first book into our new are warehouse in Glasgow is the paperback of: Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession It is arriving on Monday 31st March. Publishing 24th April. @booksource.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social 2428
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Andrew Bateman @andrewbateman.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Tomorrow! www.acpin.net/events/east-...acpin.netEast Anglia ACPIN AGM & Online Event: Neuropsychology for Physiotherapists - ACPIN26/03/2025 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm - EAST ANGLIA ACPIN AGM & Online Event: Neuropsychology for Physiotherapists Professor Andrew Bateman: “In this talk I consider how, as Physiotherapists, that we can i... 011
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Kenny's has been my go-to for online book shopping for years. An independent, family owned bookshop, on the go for over 80 years. Great supporters of new writers. When Leonard and Hungry Paul came out I visited and thanked them for stocking it. "We're not stocking it, we're selling it," said Tomás 210226
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Sayed Tabatabai, MD @therealdoctort.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I remember the cystic fibrosis patients I took care of 20 years ago. I also remember the dedicated HIV wards in the hospitals, and that Princess Diana made headlines for shaking hands with AIDS patients. Progress has been incredible. Miracles are where you choose to see them. 211043304
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Seeing it online is nice but there's nothing like pulling into the petrol station to see your book in inky print. No 38 in the @irishtimes.com list of 100 fiction books of the 21st century so far, and surrounded by so many huge talents. Genuinely honoured. My mother would have been proud. 202157
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Higgledy Garden @higgledygarden.bsky.social · 09/03/2025We add a free packet of seeds with every order...however small the order....because we are nice...and have no business sense. higgledygarden.com/shop/ 311028
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Well, isn't this lovely. Ghost Mountain is the New York Public Library book of the day! Thanks @evaduffy.bsky.social for spotting it. FYI @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 815816
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Delighted that Ghost Mountain will be coming out in French – the first of my books to be translated into French. I had a lovely meeting with the publisher last week – I know they'll do a great job. 9706
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 05/03/2025First book of the day, Elif Shafak's "There are Rivers in the Sky"! - Michael 3514
Reposted by Adele Griffiths Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Paperback writer 💚 4487