My name is Lucy McCann, and I am a physiotherapist working as a First Contact Practitioner in four GP practices in South Warwickshire, and as an advanced practitioner in an MSK triage service in Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital. I have held this post for 18 months and before this worked in another MSK triage service in Birmingham for 10 years.
Away from work I enjoy as much time outdoors as I can but seem to spend most of my time running around after 2 young children and all their demands.
I qualified in 1999 and worked for some years in Wales, where I got involved in the local NASS group. This was an active group with a strong identity and excellent links with the physiotherapy department. In recent years, my focus has been on my family and they ‘day job,’ but when I saw this post publicised on Twitter it seemed the right time to get involved in something that could make a change, particularly as part of my role within primary care.
“I would describe myself as a ‘generalist’ within MSK, but I am looking forward to strengthening the pathway to Rheumatology and working with clinicians and IT systems in primary care to do this. I would also hope to improve local support for patients with Axial SpA (including Ankylosing Spondylitis) , as well as sharing knowledge and ideas with the other champions from different parts of the country.”
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