28/11/2024
Still fighting for it....
We are asking all candidates ahead of the upcoming elections what your government will do for Certified Athletic Therapists (CATs).
CATs are essential allied healthcare professionals specialising in the prevention, assessment, and rehabilitation of neuromusculoskeletal injuries of patients (from the young athletic population to the elderly).
Despite 15 years of lobbying the Department of Health for state regulation by CORU for the profession, it is resulting in hundreds of Certified Athletic Therapists facing mass emigration, employment discrimination and financial uncertainty due to limited patient access to highly trained, expert MSK clinicians.
This brain drain of highly qualified MSK clinicians could be utilised to address the 66,500 orthopaedic waiting list within the public sector, as all our members have a Level 8, BSc (Hons) degree from 4 state funded universities (DCU, TUS, SETU), are certifed emergency first responders and cardiac first responders, and have successfully completed a credentialing exam (pass rate > 70%), making them highly trained and expert in the field of neuromusculoskeletal medicine.
What will your government do to address the urgent need of state CORU regulation of Certified Athletic Therapists?
What will your government do to address the 66,500 orthopaedic waiting list within the public sector, whereby Certified Athletic Therapists could be employed?
What will your government do to prevent job discrimination as a result of this lack of CORU regulation?
