Physio & Somatics. Creative arts & health. Facilitation. Justice & equity research. Founder @blackswanwork
London, England
Joined February 2014
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'Through My Eyes with My Body'
An invitation to sit, feel & reflect on this conversation. A document exploring #pain and the multitude ways it can be experienced through a Black womans perspective.
youtube.com/watch?v=1M5TzbOe…
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"It is almost impossible to lead from sitting on the fence."
Read this powerful blog exploring how history will view physiotherapy professional bodies' neutrality during the Israel-Gaza conflict.
blogs.bmj.com/bmjleader/2025…
Andrea Wright MSc 🇯🇲🇬🇧🌈💜She/her retweeted
Over 10,000 children in Gaza have suffered at least one traumatic limb amputation in the last 11 months
94,000 injuries
2/3 rehab hospitals destroyed
At least 50 Physiotherapists killed
For professions based on humanity we should never be silent about this #CeasefireNOW 🕊️
ALT An Infograph with a Palestinian child and blood on their head as well as statistics of how many killed and injured in Gaza
It was so good to have you speak with us @MeehanEm. Inspiring conversations and a lot of scope for new collaborations and ideas. 🌼😊
Inspiring afternoon with the physio team @uclh sharing research on @SomaticsandPain Amazing to meet such an open, engaged and friendly team of experts at the cutting edge of practice in chronic pain including @IntegraTherapy and @nabualaw Thanks to @CarterBernie and network board
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Pain & public health issues among people in the criminal justice system. Join the discussion at the CSP’s annual conference on 12 October #Physio24
csp2024.abstractserver.com/p…
Andrea Wright MSc 🇯🇲🇬🇧🌈💜She/her retweeted
@RCOT_NP @bristolstroke @abbap @StephenAshford3 @BBeare123 @AnandDPandyan @AvrilDrummond1 @marionfwalker @FrederikeWijck @Prof_A_Bateman @IntegraTherapy @gitaramdharry @NicolaJHancock @ClagueNjc36 - please share / repost - @avgi_neuropt is recruiting stroke clinicians 👇 thanks
@CHCR_UWE @MidlandsACPIN @WalesAcpin @SouthEastACPIN @LondonACPIN @SouthTrentACPIN @ACPIN_SW @NorthwestAcpin - please see flyer below. Recruiting clinicians from Stroke team to participate in this 👇👇research study. If you are interested please contact @avgi_neuropt thanks 🙏
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In what moral universe can this be the right thing to do: the lower the life expectancy of a local area in 2010-12, the greater the cuts to government funding in the subsequent years. Was this a deliberate policy to increase health inequalities?
New @marmotihe report: 3/9 English regions showed increases in inequalities in life expectancy for men NE, Yorkshire & Humber & East of England) @MichaelMarmot @UCL bit.ly/LEGAP
Andrea Wright MSc 🇯🇲🇬🇧🌈💜She/her retweeted
>250 health workers allied to medicine have lost their lives in Gaza in the past 6 months
We are holding a vigil in their remembrance on Friday 19 April outside 10 Downing Street at 6pm GMT. This will be a space for mourning & allyship.
A significant and powerful step to have our professional body @thecsp support equity of care to our trans colleagues and patients.
This is a big step towards our collective freedom. Well done to @csplgbtqia leadership.
Following dialogue involving our LGBTQIA+ Network and Equity, Diversity and Belonging committee, the CSP has adopted our first definitive position statement on transphobia csp.org.uk/news/2024-04-11-t…
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In the first 10 days of the war, there were 51 attacks on health facilities in the Gaza Strip.
On day 10, there was an explosion at Al-Ahli Arab hospital killing over 300+ and injuring over 400+.
Source: WHO
#solidarityfastforgaza
I've joined with @WeAHPs colleagues in #solidarityfastforgaza to recognise the unecessary need for the death of our physio colleagues who have lost their lives in the ongoing genocide & others whose lives are at risk daily.
#ceasefireNowPermanently
Join us THIS FRIDAY in a solidarity fast for health workers in Gaza. We have lost too many colleagues and hundreds continue to suffer
We will continue to speak up & stand together for humanity!
#solidarityfastforgaza
Andrea Wright MSc 🇯🇲🇬🇧🌈💜She/her retweeted
Happening outside @thecsp right NOW in London!
Join us in our call to all health unions to stand up for humanity & apply pressure to governments to stop the murder of innocent health workers.
>600 health workers murdered in Gaza. Enough was 6 months ago
#solidarityfastforgaza
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📣 Calling all AHP colleagues, we are holding an online zoom session on Thursday 25th January to discuss the health situation in Gaza. This will be a safe space for all to listen, share & learn together. Register below ⬇️ us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
This is deeply saddening.
Another valuable member of our physio community departing @thecsp who's worked tirelessly with the DN's & other spheres to bring about change.
I've cancelled my 20+ year @thecsp membership
I've spent my career working with children & will not be part of a 'union' who won't call for a ceasefire when this & worse is happening to them & who has said so little when so many physios have been killed xitter.cf/jamesdenselow/status/1…
Andrea Wright MSc 🇯🇲🇬🇧🌈💜She/her retweeted
South Africans know what oppression and apartheid is- having lived under it and emerged on the other side. Yes we have our problems but we have Ubuntu Proudly South African🇿🇦
@shamielmanie @sumayagabriels @gitaramdharry @IntegraTherapy @shoiab1 @ThatPhysioAbu
