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  • NHS wellbeing scheme 'a win for patients as well as staff', says CSP

    The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has welcomed a move by NHS England to give staff better access to MSK physiotherapy services.

    Press release — 5 March 2016 - 9:11am
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  • Research body awards £267,000 for stroke rehab study on standing frames

    A physiotherapist has been awarded more than £260,000 to find out if standing frames can be used to help people recover from a severe stroke.

    News — 4 March 2016 - 10:45am
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  • Physios should ask people if their homes are cold, says NICE

    Physiotherapists could help to prevent winter deaths and illnesses, simply by asking vulnerable people if they live in a cold home.

    News — 4 March 2016 - 1:00am
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    Physiotherapy can help improve quality of life for older people with multiple long-term conditions, says NICE
  • Codi a Mynd: CSP falls prevention booklet gets Welsh translation

    Public Health Wales (PHW) has paid £5,000 towards a print run of 23,000 bilingual versions of a falls prevention booklet.

    News — 26 February 2016 - 1:17pm
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  • Physio plans charity to help colleagues work in disaster areas

    A physiotherapist is setting up a new charity designed to support physios wanting to use their skills in disaster and conflict zones.

    News — 26 February 2016 - 12:13pm
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  • NHS England must reduce variations in neuro services, says government

    People with neurological conditions, such as Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease and epilepsy, are not receiving consistent services.

    News — 26 February 2016 - 11:17am
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  • Scottish university launches first doctorate of physiotherapy course in the UK

    Physiotherapists in Scotland have developed the UK’s first doctorate of physiotherapy course.

    News — 26 February 2016 - 9:48am
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  • AHP prescribing extension praised by CSP

    The CSP has welcomed an announcement that other AHP groups have been granted prescribing powers.

    Press release — 26 February 2016 - 9:28am
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  • Physios are key to multidisciplinary approach to motor neurone disease, says NICE

    People with motor neurone disease (MND) should receive specialist care from a clinic-based multidisciplinary team that includes physiotherapists.

    News — 24 February 2016 - 5:21pm
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    Physios are key to multidisciplinary approach to motor neurone disease, says NICE
  • Physios must influence Hunt’s £4.2 billion investment in a ‘paperless’ NHS

    Jeremy Hunt’s announcement of £4.2 billion to digitise the NHS in England will create opportunities for better patient care, but it’s important that physiotherapists influence how the money is used.

    News — 23 February 2016 - 5:15pm
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