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  • Physiotherapy Pain Association study day: Be kind, but objective when finding a way through the research maze, physios told

    An expert in evidence-based practice has warned physiotherapists to be aware of bias, including their own, when interpreting research results and other information about managing chronic pain.

    News — 24 January 2017 - 4:52pm
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    Physiotherapy Pain Association study day: Be kind, but objective when finding a way through the research maze, physios told
  • Physiotherapy Pain Association study day: Physios told to remove the ‘nonsense’ from usual care for back pain to empower patients

    Physiotherapists should work together to challenge the ‘nonsense’ that surrounds back pain and to promote sensible strategies that actually work.

    News — 24 January 2017 - 3:58pm
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    Physiotherapy Pain Association study day: physios told to remove the ‘nonsense’ from usual care for back pain to empower patients
  • Physiotherapy Pain Association study day: Physios should ‘get out there’ to drive a change in practice

    A senior physiotherapist has called for a revolution in the management of pain, saying that change isn’t happening fast enough.

    News — 24 January 2017 - 1:52pm
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    University of Oxford physios to launch back pain management programme
  • Figures show rapid rise in physios with prescribing rights

    More than a hundred physiotherapists in the UK gained independent prescribing rights in the last five months, bringing the total to nearly 500.

    News — 24 January 2017 - 10:16am
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    Figures show rapid rise in physios with prescribing rights
  • Physios join UK’s first emergency rehabilitation team

    Physiotherapists were among 10 healthcare professionals who trained to form the UK’s first World Health Organization-accredited emergency medical team specialising in rehabilitation.

    News — 23 January 2017 - 11:23am
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    Physios join UK’s first emergency rehabilitation team
  • Physio makes respiratory MISSION possible

    A physiotherapist in Portsmouth is part of a multi-award-winning project that identifies and treats people with respiratory conditions in local GP surgeries.

    News — 20 January 2017 - 11:13am
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    Physio makes respiratory MISSION possible
  • BMA positive about expanding physiotherapy in GP surgeries

    Doctors’ leaders have indicated they are keen for more physiotherapists to act as a first point of contact in local primary care surgeries, helping to improve patient care.

    News — 19 January 2017 - 4:28pm
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    BMA positive about expanding physiotherapy in GP surgeries
  • Belfast physio wins membership prize draw

    Patricia Blackburn, a paediatric physiotherapist from County Down, has won a £250 Love2shop voucher for updating her online CSP profile.

    News — 19 January 2017 - 12:10pm
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  • Welsh government bill to reverse Trade Union Act

    The Welsh government has introduced a bill to overturn controversial trade union laws due to come into effect UK-wide on 1 March.

    News — 17 January 2017 - 4:50pm
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  • CSP advises members at Nuffield on proposed contract change

    The CSP believes that current physiotherapist members working for Nuffield Health should not be worse off when the company harmonises its contracts of employment, and some members will receive an improvement in terms and conditions.

    News — 12 January 2017 - 3:00pm
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    CSP seeks clarification as Nuffield changes its contracts