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Have you come across the National Back Exchange (NBE)? Someone asked me this question recently. Personally I have been a member for about 11 years. As an organisation it is going from strength to strength. You will notice that there are two dedicated safe
safe patient moving and handling conferences mentioned in this newsletter. One of which is boasting its 11th conference while the other is declaring its 17th. It may surprise some of you to know that the NBE recently held their 19th moving and handling of people conference.
Established in 1988 the National Back Exchange is a multi-disciplinary group for those with an interest in backcare and prevention of work related musculoskeletal problems
Aims
To promote the exchange of information and ideas on back care
To develop and promote common standards of training in safer handling
To promote initiatives and act as a forum for providing evaluation and audit of current practice in all matters associated with back care
To lobby employers to provide back care advisory services to reduce work related back problems
To provide support and advice for members
- To promote the exchange of information and ideas on back care
- To develop and promote common standards of training in safer handling
- To promote initiatives and act as a forum for providing evaluation and audit of current practice in all matters associated with back care
- To lobby employers to provide back care advisory services to reduce work related back problems
- To provide
Benefits of Membership
- Receive the 3 times a year Journal (The Column)
- Get Access to the Online Members Area which includes access to Column back issues from 2000 to present
- Attend National Back Exchange Annual Conference at Reduced Rates
- Reduced Rates for Regional Workshops
- Receive Members Support
- Membership of Affiliated Groups
- Membership of Special Interest Groups
- Attend the Annual General Meeting
- Be eligible for nomination onto the National Executive Committee
Those of you who already are members, do you take advantage of the website? There are 941 members registered to use the web site, but only a handful of these seem to do regular posts. It is a resource where you can go to get peer support and help with a variety of subjects. For instance in the last month people have asked questions and sought advice relating to Link trainers, turning people in theatre, tilting beds, Inter Professional Curriculum, communication, e-learning, insurance providers, back care, health questionnaires, pushing/pulling beds, crash/falls mats and uncooperative patients. One of these had 8 replies one of them has yet to receive a reply, but with up to 232 people reading the responses, this shows that several hundred people are missing out.
We have a good forum here but it could be used so much more.
I know it is referred to as the NATIONAL back exchange but there are membership options for international requests too.
To become a member of the National Back Exchange simply click here to download an application form. You will require Adobe Reader (available free by clicking here) to open the form. Once you have it, simply print it off, fill it in and pop it in an envelope with a cheque for £45 and send it to :-
National Back Exchange,
Linden Barns,
Greens Norton Road,
Towcester,
Northamptonshire,
NN12 8AW
