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  • Committee seeks senior physiotherapists with interest in joint replacement

    Specialist physiotherapists with an interest in orthopaedics can apply to join the National Joint Registry’s (NJR) steering committee.

    News — 21 April 2017 - 2:56pm
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    Committee seeks senior physiotherapists with interest in joint replacement
  • NHS England shifts policy on ‘computerised’ prosthetic knees

    Specialist physios are deciding how best to record outcomes for microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knees (MPKs), after these became more widely accessible to NHS patients last year.

    News — 20 April 2017 - 4:17pm
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    NHS England shifts policy on ‘computerised’ prosthetic knees
  • Working out at work gets an international flavour

    A team of physios married the workout at work concept to an international day designed to encourage exercise as they persuaded their colleagues to move more.

    News — 20 April 2017 - 3:31pm
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    Working out at work gets an international flavour
  • CSP reps call for better mental health services at TUC Black Workers Conference

    Delegates at this year’s TUC Black Workers Conference unanimously backed a CSP motion calling for better mental health services for black and minority ethnic (BME) communities.

    News — 20 April 2017 - 2:21pm
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    CSP reps call for better mental health services at TUC Black Workers Conference
  • Physios pick up prizes at prestigious awards ceremony

    Physios were named winners of two awards at a ceremony backed by NHS England and the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments.

    News — 20 April 2017 - 11:28am
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    Physios pick up prizes at prestigious awards ceremony
  • Physiotherapy-led rehab unit celebrates success in cutting hospital readmission rates

    An innovative NHS-led physiotherapy service designed to reduce readmission to hospital has celebrated a successful first 12 months of work.

    News — 13 April 2017 - 8:00am
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    Physiotherapy-led rehab unit celebrates success in cutting hospital readmisison rates
  • CSP says European physiotherapists must be allowed to continue working in the UK after Brexit

    The CSP says European physiotherapists must be allowed to continue working in the UK, and British physiotherapists in Europe, following the UK’s exit from the European Union.

    News — 11 April 2017 - 8:00am
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    How would Britain leaving the EU affect you?
  • Visa earnings threshold may force non-EU physios to quit the NHS

    Physiotherapists from outside Europe who work in the NHS are facing an uphill struggle to stay in the UK, despite the shortage of physiotherapists.

    News — 11 April 2017 - 8:00am
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    Visa earnings threshold may force non-EU physios to quit the NHS
  • Physios among latest recruits to King’s College London’s fellowship scheme

    Nine physiotherapists from across England joined King’s College London’s older person's fellowship last month, after the scheme admitted allied health professionals (AHPs) for the first time.

    News — 10 April 2017 - 8:00am
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    Physios among latest recruits to King’s College London’s fellowship scheme
  • Cumbria’s first AHP strategy is aimed at innovation

    New ways of delivering physiotherapy are expected to help plug the financial deficit at North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust, which reached £63 million in 2016-17.

    News — 10 April 2017 - 8:00am
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    Cumbria’s first AHP strategy is aimed at innovation