“As you go into Rafah there are tens of thousands of tents, over a million displaced people squashed into Gaza trying to survive.”

Recently back from Gaza, Melanie Ward tells BBC News (World) about the catastrophic conditions caused by six months of Israel’s military bombardment.👇

Delays. Access restrictions. Shooting.

On Tuesday, UNICEF's humanitarian convoy was hit by live ammunition on the way to deliver life-saving aid to north Gaza.

Our staff are safe, but the immense difficulties of delivering aid are making it nearly impossible to meet children's…

Next week, hear from Dr Alethea McHardy, Dr David Pugh and Dr Thamindu Wedatilake as you learn about the Emerging Leaders programme, what SEM Appraisal entails and leadership within Elite Sport.

All Members of FSEM are welcome. Register⬇️

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Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating all over the world ❤️🖤

Interested in undertaking a fully-funded PhD? Passionate about research, rugby and welfare? Check out this PhD opportunity supervised by Dr Zoe Saynor (she/her) Dr. Sahen Gupta and myself in collaboration with external governing bodies, international retired players, and expert practitioners👇

>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.

So good that England highlight role models we have in the Para Football programme like Azeem Amir 👏🏽 Big respect to Dr Dave Sims- aka 'Ramadan Dave'- for joining in with Ramadan to see the effects it has on the body from a Physical Performance angle

There is nowhere more dangerous to be a healthcare worker than Gaza.

Since Israel's military bombardment began six months ago, 484 healthcare workers have been killed, more than in all countries in conflict in 2021 and 2022 combined.

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Palestinian photojournalists share images that they want the world to never forget. (Warning: Graphic content) trib.al/xmglvLu

With our last UEFA Medical Webinar still fresh in your minds, it might be the right time to announce the next topic and speakers. Gregory Dupont and Tomislav Vlahovic will discuss protecting your team's well-being and performance during tournaments.

Celebrating our England deaf women's team at half-time 👏

They secured bronze at the World Deaf Futsal Championship last year, beating Germany 1-0 in Sao Paolo! 🥉

Let's talk Health Unions.

Most have remained silent or written 'empty words' as a result of pressure without any condemnation of the current health crisis in Gaza

This was our message outside Chartered Society of Physiotherapy today & has always been our message, ceasefire now!

#solidarityfastforgaza

95% of Gaza's population lack access to safe water & Gazas water & sanitation destroyed by air strikes, leads to a heightened risk of infectious and waterborne disease like cholera, typhoid and chronic diarrhoea.

Source: the IRC

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Great news! Videos from #Concussion2024 , the leading Concussion in Sport Symposium in Canada, are now available. 📽️🧠
Find all the videos on our website and YouTube ➡️ bit.ly/499jXvb

Yes Uzo 👏🏽 Many people (including Doctors and HCPs) have been fearful of speaking up for a ceasefire, in case they get labelled as 'antisemitic' or that action gets taken against them professionally. The tide is turning- now is the time to add your voice to the calls for peace

🚨🚨 Date for your diary🚨🚨

Wednesday 24th of April- Twickenham Stadium

Join us for the 2nd annual meeting of the UK concussion prevention network.

➡️ Primary prevention
➡️Cross sport showcase
➡️ Concussion education

Best of all: FREE of charge!

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I talked mainly about how I see this working for research in the sports medicine and rehab domain. If you'd like to learn more about my perspective on inclusion of computation (primarily AI), take a look at my article for Cell's Patterns journal below:
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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!

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Exciting role to support delivery of an excellent physiotherapy programme England Women's pathway teams helping to develop healthy & available players who are ready to perform now and in the future

Check our Jobspage if interested!

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