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  • Health charity makes funds available for innovation

    Pioneering physio teams could claim up to £75,000 to implement and measure their ideas, thanks to the latest round of grants from charity the Health Foundation.

    News — 12 May 2016 - 3:57pm
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  • Solihull physios share collaborative working award

    A team of physiotherapists, leisure centre staff and volunteers won an award for their collaborative work in a pulmonary rehab programme.

    News — 12 May 2016 - 2:24pm
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  • More integrated services could prevent discharge-related failures, says CSP

    Health and social care services must work together to ensure that vulnerable patients don’t leave hospital without sufficient support.

    News — 12 May 2016 - 12:15pm
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    More integrated services could prevent discharge-related failures, says CSP
  • Government needs to ‘get a grip’ on NHS staff shortages, says damning MP report

    The CSP is strongly supporting a parliamentary committee’s call for an urgent review of NHS clinical staffing levels in England.

    News — 11 May 2016 - 4:01pm
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  • Sports charity and skills council collaborate on exercise register

    Two of the UK’s leading sports organisations are joining forces to maintain a register of qualified exercise professionals.

    News — 10 May 2016 - 2:21pm
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  • CSP survey shows members with dyslexia face barriers to work and study adjustments

    A CSP poll has revealed that many members with dyslexia experience problems gaining the reasonable adjustments they need at work or university.

    News — 6 May 2016 - 12:45pm
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  • King’s Fund finds physios are easing mounting pressure on GPs

    A report about the scale of increase in GP workload says practices are successfully using physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals to manage less serious illness.

    News — 5 May 2016 - 5:00am
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  • Yorkshire physios launch sports day for disabled children

    Physiotherapists in south Yorkshire held a ‘taster day’ to give disabled children a chance to try out a range of inclusive sports.

    News — 4 May 2016 - 1:54pm
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  • Tackle obesity, CSP urges government

    A sharp rise in obesity means the government must make improving public health an urgent priority, according to the CSP.

    News — 29 April 2016 - 3:39pm
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  • Prime minister backs physio in primary care

    David Cameron’s backing of physiotherapists in GP surgeries at prime minister’s questions this week last week is further evidence of the cut-through the CSP is having on the issue, according to the CSP’s head of policy.

    News — 29 April 2016 - 11:18am
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