(MSK CATS) - MSK or Sports Physician Required

Vale Health Ltd. is seeking to recruit additional fully-qualified and experienced musculoskeletal physicians to join its existing clinical team on a part-time, sessional and self-employed basis.
The Company is a business partner of Buckinghamshire PCT and holds a rolling contract to provide musculoskeletal clinics to NHS patients at ten venues throughout Buckinghamshire, the principal objective being to offer patients the most appropriate treatment to meet their needs as close as possible to their home.


The service has been running extremely successfully for the past two years and the Company now needs to recruit additional physicians to meet increasing demand.

Candidates must be medically qualified, possess a post-graduate degree in musculoskeletal/sports medicine and, ideally, have a proven track-record of relevant experience. Exceptionally, newly qualified (MSK) graduates could be offered a period of mentoring by our MSK Clinical Lead.

We believe this is an exciting opportunity for GPs to develop their skills in this specialised field of medicine to meet the anticipated high demand in the future.


Further information can be obtained by contacting:


John Butler
Commercial Director
Vale Health Ltd.
John.butler2@nhs.net
07831 395602

BASEM + ASICS Congress November

Formerly the BASEM Conference, this year has taken on a new direction with the aim



to become, in conjunction with our partner ASICS, the European equivalent to ACSM by


2012. 2010 offers a 4 day programme from 24th -27th November 2010 with dual stream


recorded presentations, 30 speakers from 6 countries and joined by the Defence


Medical Services Rehabilitation Conference on the 26th, themes including Performance


Physiology, Exercise immunology, Sports Injury, The Spine, Stem Cell technology,


Innovations, Functional Rehabilitation following injury and Physical Competencies.


We have 6 abstract prizes of £1000 each and an overall expenses paid trip to ACSM


for the best submission. A fantastic location in the UK's most advanced Conference


venue the ICC at ExCeL.

Sport and Exercise Medicine Indemnity Scheme

SEMPRIS is the Sports and Exercise Medicine Professional Indemnity Scheme – a new and comprehensive indemnity scheme for all doctors involved in the treatment and care of professional sportsmen and women.

In addition to standard medical defence organisation membership benefits. SEMPRIS also provides the most comprehensive medico-legal support and indemnity available from any insurer or medical defence organisation in the UK.

SEMPRIS brings together a wealth of experience including medico-legal advisers, insurers and sports governing bodies, and has been developed to overcome the gaps in indemnity provided by the medical defence organisations for doctors involved in the treatment of professional sports persons.

All GMC registered medical practitioners can apply for membership of SEMPRIS.

SEMPRIS has been developed to cover all aspects of your practice not just sports related work. It includes non-sport related independent practice and professional issues not covered by NHS indemnity.

Further information about SEMPRIS, membership, medico-legal advisory services, and the indemnity insurance policy is available on the pages of this website or by contacting us directly.

Telephone: +44 (0) 208 770 0333
Email: info@sempris.co.uk
www.sempris.co.uk

Dry needling for spinal stenosis

Not sports medicine however a number of us do see spinal patients too on this group. I thought this article was of interest.

Please take a look here at the article and figures and feedback to the group your thoughts. Needle position simiar to TFESI however more lateral approach.

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