Chartered Physiotherapists in Private Practice (CPPP)

IrelandGay Peart-Murphy MISCP

Subgroup of Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists (ISCP)

350 members (1/3 of ISCP membership) Based in ISCP office 0.5 Staff support staff Huge changes coming for profession as a

whole

Overview

Beginning to link more with ISCP

Incorporate CPPP website into new ISCP site

Majority of hits were form ISCP site◦ FindaPhysio located in 3 areas on new website◦ Members have own landing page ‘mini web page’◦ On the ‘Maintain Your Health’ pages

One Voice, One Profession, One Message

Made up of :◦ CEO, Board members, Prof Advisor & Me!

Looked at SA & OZ accreditation systems◦ Attended SA webinars (thank you)◦ Reviewed Oz standards

Combined Irish docs with Oz Standards (thank you)

Work in Progress!

Working group

State Registration coming at end of year Registering body = CORU Want ALL ISCP members ready for it

◦ Public & Private◦ CPPP & non-CPPP

Complaints no longer ‘in house’◦ Complaints on CORU website while investigated

Random Audits

Combined Project

3 Seminars covering relevant standards Workshop type format PDF’s on (new…) website Getting ‘word’ about seminars out to all

◦ ISCP Twitter, Facebook accounts ◦ CPPP email flash triggers◦ ISCP ezeins & magazine◦ CPPP e-newsletters

Is Your Clinic ‘Fit to Practice?’

Print members Directory (11,000)Distribute it to:

Private Hospitals, GP’s , Consultants (hard copy)Public Hospitals, GP Websites (soft copy)

Took a Stand at ISCP conference◦ Great to meet members◦ Invited 2 web based companies to join stand

Changed to e-newsletter

Projects

PRACTICE PERFECT

Q: How will Stat Reg and CORU affect

you as a Private Practitioner?

A: If a complaint is made against you,

this will be dealty with by CORU when

Stat Reg comes in. Review of previous

complaints indicate that complaints

arise from several areas:-

From another colleague A customer service issue from

a patient Complaints regarding poor

documentation Complaints regarding

inappropriate behaviour

While a complaint is being

investigated, your clinic may be shut

down, pending the result of the

investigation. If the complaint is

justified, the penalty may range from a

monetary fine, to being removed from

the register. If you are not fit to

practice and are removed from the

register, this will mean you cannot call

yourself a Physiotherapist, so you will

not be able to work as a

Physiotherapist. Thus as CORU will

decide on a Clinician's 'Fitness To

Practice', and complaints are a

PHYSIOFIRST CONFERENCE

'Soft Tissue: The Hard Truths' is on

Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th

March in Nottingham. It's a great

line-up of speakers, including Lyn

Watson and Jill Cook - see Physio

First Booklet Take a break and fly

into East Midlands Airport from

Dublin, and it's a short taxi ride to

the conference centre. See you all

there!

GP Buddy Ask The Expert

A quick reminder that we are presently compiling the list of Physiotherapy experts to answer GP questions on the GP Buddy site. Click on the link for further information. Don't miss out.

E-newsletter

Socrates & Zeus ‘Ask the Expert’ GP Buddy Support mini-marathon & DCM Develop communication with Insurance

companies

Projects

Attended IPPTA in NZ Attended Physio First in UK Held Foot & Ankle Seminar Countrywide CPR courses 3 Seminars on Standards Report back to members

Conferences

Busy year Lots more to come Integrating with ISCP

Go Raimh Mile Maith Agat!

Conclusion