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Healthwise

Physiowise now incorporates Healthwise, which was initially established in 1998 to meet the manual handling requirements of many nursing and care homes in our area. We have been carrying our manual handling training in the healthcare sector since 1992 and in the private healthcare sector since 1998.

Our client base ranges from nursing, care and residential homes to Younger Disabled Units, Huntington’s Units, EMI units, nursing agencies and educational establishments and in the last year we opened our own training centre where we carry out much of the training on site.

What We Do

We provide manual handling training, and physiotherapy, to the healthcare sector and many local organisations. Our track record for delivering training and rehabilitation packages to our clients is second to none.

We assess your needs as well as developing programmes to meet them, in your environment, which can involve specific problem solving or resident risk assessments.

Services

We have over sixteen years experience providing manual handling training services throughout the healthcare profession, aswell as over twenty years experience as chartered physiotherapists. With that experience in mind we can provide various services, with respect to manual handling and back care in the nursing home and healthcare industry

What we can provide

• Manual handling (people handling) training courses (half day, full day, two days)
• Design of manual handling training courses to suit your needs
• Training manuals, specific to your nursing home needs
• Risk assessments (specific client assessments)
• Problem solving
• Assistance with handling equipment requirements

• Legal and professional issues
• Workplace policies
• Anatomy and back care
• Principles of manual handling
• Risk assessment
• Ergonomics
• Practical procedures and techniques
• Chair and bed manoeuvres
• Illegal and controversial manoeuvres
• Manual handling equipment (hoists, slings etc)
• Problem solving
• Detailed training manual