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The CSP has undertaken to continue to clarify scope of practice issues raised by a trailblazing approach to the treatment of children with club foot.

New research shows that NHS patients needing physiotherapy are being forced to attend millions of unnecessary GP appointments for a referral, according to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP).

Growing pressures on the health service have prompted the development of new and expanded roles for physiotherapists in primary care.

Scotland’s largest health board is to run annual stress-busting events for MSK physiotherapy staff.

A Facebook-based challenge has been developed as an effective and low cost way of motivating people with cystic fibrosis in Dundee to take more exercise.

Mosquitoes and other tiny insects can have a huge impact on their surroundings, CSP members attending this week’s Inspire, Innovate and Impact event in Perth were told.

The CSP is urging action to support and properly reward NHS staff after a survey highlighted understaffing, long hours and stubbornly high stress levels.

Flexible working for physios was high on the agenda at this year's TUC Women's Conference.

A physiotherapy student has set up a crowdfunding appeal to raise money to cover his tuition fees, after failing to secure NHS funding.

Forty per cent of the clinical commissioning groups in England have piloted the use of general practice physiotherapists, the CSP said in evidence to the Public Accounts Committee’s investigation into access to general practice.