The Ministry of Health is moving to increase the capacity of the health workforce to deliver essential health services.

We are seeking expressions of interest from health and care profession (more…)

Supporting the COVID-19 response

Firstly, thank you to the hundreds of physiotherapists who registered with us to assist with the Government’s COVID-19 response. It is immensely heartening to know we work with professionals willing to step up in such hard times. (more…)

Important Telehealth Information

Tēnā koe,

Thank you all for the calls and emails about the COVID-19 Alert level 4 and what this means for you as a physiotherapist and your provision of physiotherapy services.

The environment is ever-changing in Aotearoa New Zealand so keep checking the websites of the Physiotherapy Board, MOH and PNZ for updated information.

The following is a guide that will assist you to ascertain whether you can provide physiotherapy services and some considerations to help you mitigate risk.

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Rest Homes/ Aged Care Facilities – Guidance for Physiotherapists

We are receiving a number of questions regarding

• physiotherapists providing services to rest homes and aged residential care facilities; and
• Responsibilities of physiotherapists supervising physiotherapy assistants.

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Our February newsletter has been emailed to all registered physiotherapists.

You can access it online by clicking here.

The Physiotherapy Board wish to advise that at its February Board meeting, appointments for Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson were made as follows:

• Janice Mueller, Chairperson; and
• David Baxter, Deputy Chairperson

We regularly field questions from practitioners about the cost of complaints and the disciplinary levy so we thought we’d put a brief together that shows the what, why and how about complaints over the last few years. You can read the full document here.

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