Dear Member,
The announcement yesterday that Plan B Covid-19 restrictions are being lifted next week has certainly been welcome news for us all to receive. The UKSHA Infection Prevention Control Guidance (updated on 17th January 2022) on PPE and covid prevention measures remains unchanged. We will continue to update our members on any changes to IPC guidance.
Over this last week we have two exciting updates to report that have taken place within our Executive team. Firstly, Christian Caswell has joined the Peer & Ethics team alongside Paul McCrossin and Tarveen Ahluwalia. We are pleased to see this committee growing and be able to offer more support to our members through the knowledge and expertise shared here.
In addition to this, Tarveen Ahluwalia who also sits on the Diversity committee has recently featured on Panjab Radio and will have a regular slot over the coming weeks to talk about chiropractic with their listeners. It is great to see chiropractic reaching wider communities and we encourage our members to seek out new platforms to share their voice.
CHIROPRACTIC IS GROWING!
It is wonderful to read that the chiropractic profession has become increasingly popular over the recent years. We received a summary of statistics this week according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook, stating that the employment of chiropractors in the US is expected to grow 12% from 2016 to 2026, which is faster than the average for all other occupations.
As it currently stands, the largest numbers of chiropractors are found in the United States of America (75,000), Canada (7,250), Australia (4,250), and the United Kingdom (3,400), which were the first countries to establish chiropractic schools. Other countries with more than 250 chiropractors are Brazil (700), Denmark (550), France (450), Italy (400), Japan (400), the Netherlands (400), New Zealand (400), Norway (600), South Africa (400), Spain (300), Sweden (400), and Switzerland (275).
REMINDER: X-RAY CASE STUDY REQUEST
Chiropractors using x-rays we ask that you please share with us any case studies of clinical significance. At the UCA we wish to create a catalogue or library of cases of interest, particularly where radiography has made a positive and significant impact on clinical outcomes. Before submitting them we do of course ask that you follow all data protection guidance in this area and seek the patients permission prior to submission and reassure them that their anonymity will be maintained. If your patient consent form does not include a section for them to complete approving this type of release, this action should be recorded in their case file and the patient will need to sign to approve this disclosure. The case study can be brief and we encourage you to include presenting complaints, any significant exam findings as well as including x-ray images with all personal identifying information removed from the patient data. The UCA with your permission may share some of these case studies with the membership through our various publications.
Please ensure before sending that case studies are redacted so that patient names are removed. If sent with patient details you will be in breach of GDPR.
If you require any support in this matter or to learn more please contact Head Office by emailing contact@unitedchiropractic.org. We thank you in advance for your input.
Yours in Health,
UCA Head Office Team
