History of the Wessex Hand Club |
The
Wessex Hand Club is a joint meeting of hand therapists and hand surgeons in
Wessex - the geographical area loosely described by the 19th Century novelist,
Thomas Hardy – i.e. Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire. In practice our members
come from the towns and cities of Bath, Basingstoke, Bournemouth, Bristol,
Cheltenham, Exeter, Poole, Portsmouth, Salisbury, Southampton and Winchester.
The group was formed over thirty years ago by Professor Glanville and Mr John Barron FRCS, who also started the Odstock Plastic Surgery unit in Salisbury 1949. The meeting has always had a multi-disciplinary focus in its teaching, encouraging the exchange of ideas between plastic and orthopaedic surgeons, rheumatologists, rehabilitation specialists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists.
The
group meets twice a year for half or whole day programmes – moving the venue
around different locations within Wessex. The joint surgeon and therapist meeting
is normally held in the spring and is an excellent opportunity for gaining
knowledge and networking with local surgeons and therapists.
There
is a second therapy only meeting hosted by Salisbury District Hospital each
Autumn. This meeting may address a clinical theme or seek presentations from
across it’s members. There is also the opportunity for any of the hand therapy
teams across the region to host and/or run the therapy meeting –we are always
open to offers of help!
There
is no formal membership to the group and The Wessex Hand Club has been
advertised in a casual manner – generally by word of mouth and e-mail. The Club
has no membership fee and is open to non-BAHT therapists. There is a database
of the therapy members which is used to electronically circulate any relevant
hand therapy information e.g. courses.
If
you would like your details added to the database for the hand therapists
linked to The Wessex Hand Club, we will ensure that your personal and
professional information remains secure in accordance with the Data Protection
Act 1998, and will not pass on your information to a third party without your
prior consent. If you would like your details kept on this database, please
email me the following information, your:
•
Name and title
•
Work address
•
Telephone number
•
Email address
•
Profession
•
BAHT number (if member)
I
shall look forward to hearing from you.
Meg
Robson
Clinical
Specialist Hand Therapist, Salisbury District Hospital
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