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Wales has the UK’s highest rate of sickness absence among NHS employees, Keith Finn told the Wales TUC in a speech calling for the promotion of mental wellbeing among health service staff.

A physiotherapist has played a vital role in a pioneering expedition to Everest, which has successfully collected data that could help people with dementia and cognitive impairments.

The CSP highlighted the damage of rising stress levels in the NHS at a three-day trade union conference in Llandudno this week. 

The rate of older people who spend longer in hospital than needed is increasing alarmingly – and NHS England needs to keep a closer check on why.

Two physios have become clinical matrons, stepping into band 8 posts that were created to enhance standards in clinical leadership.

Physios working with the older persons assessment and liaison service (OPAL) at University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Trust’s A&E department have helped to cut repeat emergency admissions by 34 per cent.

CSP members were out in Worcester on 21 May to raise public awareness about proposed cuts to local NHS physiotherapy services.

The CSP is calling for greater awareness of dyslexia and says employers and universities should give better support to people affected by the condition.

Collaborative working in GP practices, including new arrangements with physiotherapists working alongside GPs, needs ‘buy in’ from local commissioners, providers and health authorities which can be difficult to achieve, says a report by the Royal College of General Practitioners.

Physio academics and students at the University of Salford have teamed up to produce a short exercise-promoting video, following on from Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign of last year.