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  • ARC16: Attacks on union representatives' facilities time must be stopped, conference decides

    The CSP’s Annual Representative Conference (ARC) could be the last if the government’s Trade Union Bill goes ahead.

    News — 15 March 2016 - 2:26pm
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  • ARC16: Delegates back call for society to lead cycling safety campaign

    The CSP should promote the safety benefits of wearing cycle helmets and campaign for safer cycling routes.

    News — 15 March 2016 - 9:56am
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  • ARC16: CSP chief outlines priorities for the physio profession

    The greatest concern of UK physiotherapy staff is the sense of deterioration in services, the profession’s leader, Karen Middleton, said on the opening day of CSP's Annual Representative Conference (ARC).

    News — 15 March 2016 - 9:21am
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  • NHS England offers trusts £450m incentive to provide workplace physio for staff

    NHS trusts in England may be able to ringfence income from services they provide to commissioners to pay for workplace physiotherapy and other physical and mental health services for staff.

    News — 14 March 2016 - 5:39pm
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  • ARC16: Champion the profession and combat apathy, says CSP chair

    CSP members should spread the word about physiotherapy and what it can achieve.

    News — 14 March 2016 - 3:22pm
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    ARC16: Champion the profession and combat apathy, says CSP chair
  • Northern Ireland launches digital healthcare strategy

    A Northern Ireland-wide strategy to cut paper processes and exploit digital technologies in the NHS has been welcomed by the CSP.

    News — 14 March 2016 - 2:55pm
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  • Newcastle physio team achieve triple research success

    Three members of a physiotherapy team have achieved academic success by receiving doctorates – and two of them have gained prestigious research awards.

    News — 14 March 2016 - 11:36am
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  • Gulf between physical and mental health care costs the NHS £11 billion, says King’s Fund

    Physiotherapists and other health professionals can help to integrate mental and physical health services, according to a leading health thinktank.

    News — 11 March 2016 - 12:11pm
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  • CSP wins support at TUC Women’s conference for better maternity rights and a fully-funded NHS

    The government must recognise that the wellbeing of NHS employees is being damaged by tight budgets and understaffing, CSP member Sarah Webb told hundreds of women trade unionists in London.

    News — 10 March 2016 - 12:58pm
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  • Profession gets a boost as sports physio takes key Rio Olympic Games role

    In less than five months, Team GB will be trying to repeat its record-breaking medal performance from London 2012 at the next Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

    News — 10 March 2016 - 11:30am
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