For:

  • Professional Clubs
  • Academies of Football
  • Centres of Excellence
  • Other Governing Bodies
  • The Sports Councils- UK / English Sports Council
  • The N.S.M.I.
  •  M.A.P.S. (Medical Advisors for Professional Sports)

How:

1. Verbal Advice
2. Literature Searches (where possible)
3. Employment Opportunities for medical professional with Professional Semi-Professional Clubs, Academies and Centres of Excellence
4. Production of FA Health Education Packs
5. Production / Provision of Specific Drug Education Pamphlets and Education Packs
6. First Aid Kits- Design, funded by County Grants Committee
7. Teaching Kits for F A Medical Courses funded by County Grants Committee
8. Continual Professional Development Folders for:

  • Premier League Physiotherapist
  • Academy Physiotherapists

9. Medical Articles written for:

  • FC Magazine
  • Insight
  • PFA Publication / Newsletters
  • The League Managers Newsletter
  • Other Medical Scientific Journals

10. Articles reproduced for general public on written request to The Football Association.
11. Specific FA Guideline Documents for Professional Football – Head Injuries sustained on The Field.
12. Guidelines for the Keeping, Storage and Transfer of Medical Records
13. Guidelines for Medical and Support Staff Involved in Professional Football Relating to Confidentiality of Information Governing Players.

Football Association Advisory Literature
Production of Advisory Letter / Pamphlets / Booklets

Topic Areas
1. Head Injuries – Clinical Guidelines for head injuries sustained on the field of play
2. Use of Stretchers / Types of Stretcher
3. The Training of Stretcher Bearers
4. Ergogenic Aids

  • Creatine
  • Others

5. The Risk of HIV/Aids
6. Drug Awareness / Education to Youth Players
7. Identification of Injuries “On the Field of Play". Time required. Protocol to follow:

  • For Professional Club Medical Staff
  • For Referees

8. The Football Association Memorandum and Procedural Guidelines for the Conduct of Drug Testing
9. FA Medical Record Folders- The Upkeep, Storage, Use, and Transfer of Medical Records
10. Letter to Chairman- The use of FA Medical Record Folders
11. The Use of Stretchers in Professional Football
12. The Training of Stretcher Bearers in Professional Football
13. Professional Code of Conduct, Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest for Professional Medical Staff and allied support staff.