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12 Jan 2009 11:49:19
The British School of Osteopathy (BSO) has launched a new pilot scheme to provide osteopathy to patients at the Bethnal Green Health Centre in east London.
From 14 January 2009, the BSO will run a weekly osteopathy clinic at the centre on Wednesday afternoons. Treatment will be provided in two treatment rooms by two teams of final year BSO osteopathy degree students, supervised by an experienced tutor who is a fully qualified osteopath.
The BSO, whose courses are validated by the University of Bedfordshire, runs a growing number of outreach community clinics for people who might not otherwise be able to access treatment. These also include a weekly clinic for homeless people at the Manna Day Centre at London Bridge; a clinic at the Beormund School for children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and treatment in their home setting for older people at the Lucy Brown House sheltered housing unit. In 2008 the BSO won a Southwark Civic Award for its outreach work.
“We are extremely pleased to have developed a relationship with the Bethnal Green Health Centre,” said Charles Hunt, Principal and Chief Executive of the BSO. “It will give us the chance to provide osteopathic care to patients who would not normally receive it. This is good news for the practice's patients, and it is great news for our students, as this new weekly clinic will broaden their experiences of working in different settings.”
The BSO is the largest and oldest school of osteopathy in the UK, and a registered charity. From its new clinic building – opened in April 2008 and the largest osteopathy clinical centre in Europe – it provides approximately 40,000 patient appointments each year. This includes specialist in-house clinics for children, expectant mothers, people with sports injuries and people living with HIV/AIDS.
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