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The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is to examine how it responds to physiotherapists who have complained about people trying to pass themselves off as members of their profession.

People with lymphoedema who live in England need the same standard of care as the rest of the UK, according to a debate in the House of Lords.

The CSP has criticised government plans to change trade union rights – which will be debated in parliament this autumn – claiming they are ‘unnecessary’, ‘petty’ and ‘deliberately provocative’.

Fit Kids, a weekly exercise session for children with physical difficulties, is extending its reach to include children with more complex needs.

A Cumbria-based physiotherapist is supporting cyclists in today’s stage of the Tour of Britain.

An Edinburgh exercise programme for older people with mental health problems has received recognition and praise from members of the Scottish parliament (MSPs).

More than 50 physiotherapy staff in the Edinburgh area will attend an event showcasing the health benefits of Chinese martial art t’ai chi.

A charity in Salford, Greater Manchester, is inviting people with neurological conditions to have a virtual reality experience that exercises their bodies and minds.

NHS staff in England will get better access to physiotherapy as part of a programme to cut the health service’s annual £2.4 billion sickness bill.

Clinical commissioning groups should expand the use of physiotherapists in GP surgeries, the CSP has told MPs.