Jessica Bavinton
Jessica Bavinton is a physiotherapist specialising in chronic fatigue management. She works both for the NHS and privately.[1] She also provides training for the NHS on the use of Graded exercise therapy in a clinical setting.[2]
Jessica Bavinton was a member of the CFS/ME guideline development group which developed the NICE guidelines for treating ME/CFS in the UK.[3] She was also an author of the controversial 2011 PACE trial paper published in The Lancet. She was one of the physiotherapists supervising GET for patients participating in the trial,[4] as well as the primary author of the PACE Trial Graded Exercise Therapy manual.[5]
Her company Vitality 360 Ltd provides back to work and rehabilitation for insurance companies based on the NICE guidelines and PACE trial.[6] The company is now led by Beverly Knops, but Jessica remains a director, and Dr Gerald Coakley works closely with them and refers people to them. Beverly Knops and Dr Gerald Coakley have published a book together [https://www.vitality360.co.uk/resources].
Notable studies[edit | edit source]
- PACE trial publications
Letters[edit | edit source]
- 2017, Response to the editorial by Dr Geraghty[7] (Full text)
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Jessica Bavinton has one total current appointment. She is a director of and the sole shareholder of Vitality 360 Ltd . It was incorporated as a company on 9 November 2011 after the publication of the PACE trial on 5 March 2011.
Vitality 360 Ltd states "We provide effective evidence-based rehabilitation delivered by leading fatigue and pain specialists. We are all experienced in supporting people with CFS/ME, fatigue, fibromyalgia and chronic pain. We can provide physiotherapy, occupational therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Graded Exercise Therapy (GET), specialist dietetics and psychotherapy."
See also[edit | edit source]
Learn more[edit | edit source]
- Vitality 360 Ltd Website
- Fatigue + The Workplace: Key Messages for Successful Outcomes - Presentation by Jessica Bavinton
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "About us & our specialist approach". Vitality360. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ↑ NE practitioners join Graded Exercise Therapy training course
- ↑ Appendix A: The Guideline Development Group
- ↑ The planning, implementation and publication of a complex intervention trial for chronic fatigue syndrome: the PACE trial
- ↑ Report: Complaint to the Relevant Executive Editor of The Lancet about the Pace Trial Articles Published by The Lancet - Submitted by Malcolm Hooper (pdf)
- ↑ Vitality360. "Our services". Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ↑ White, PD; Chalder, T; Sharpe, M; Angus, BJ; Baber, HL; Bavinton, J; Burgess, M; Clark, LV; Cox, DL; DeCesare, JC; Goldsmith, KA; Johnson, AL; McCrone, P; Murphy, G; Murphy, M; O'Dowd, H; Potts, L; Walwyn, R; Wilks, D (January 2017). "Response to the editorial by Dr Geraghty". Journal of Health Psychology. 22 (9): 1113–1117. doi:10.1177/1359105316688953.
