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CSP representatives spoke at this week’s TUC Women’s Conference in London on ending pregnancy discrimination, improving flexible working and the detrimental effects of the NHS pay freeze on the female workforce.

The physiotherapy profession has no shortage of inspirational females to celebrate on International Women’s Day (8 March), but there are still challenges to overcome.

People in Leicestershire are benefiting from a breathlessness rehab programme that sees cardiac and pulmonary rehab teams, which include physiotherapists, working together.

Physiotherapists are being encouraged to apply for the first national training programme for clinical entrepreneurs created by NHS England and Health Education England.

Three CSP reps have received awards in recognition of their work to improve the working lives of members, recruit new ones, and represent them in difficult times.

TUC deputy general secretary Paul Nowak praised the CSP and its workplace representatives for recruiting such a high proportion of the physiotherapy workforce to its membership.

In her wide-ranging ‘state of the nation’ address, CSP chief executive Karen Middleton also showed the humanity all physios feel in treating their patients as she spoke of her own mother in law’s experience of rehab following a stroke.

CSP members have elected the 12 people who will form the new CSP Council from April this year.

CSP chief executive Karen Middleton has praised physiotherapy staff all over the country who have continued working despite the extreme weather conditions.

Data from patients’ smartwatches and activity monitors will be shared and analysed as part of an NHS focus on prevention and wellbeing, a conference on ‘big data’ in healthcare heard.