Remote consultations – CSP guidance for your practice

Are you, your team or organisation successfully providing a hybrid, personalised, flexible blend of remote and in-person physiotherapy delivery? 

This implementation guide will help you in planning your next steps in developing and using the CSP remote consultations recommendations in your day-to-day practice.

Using the findings of the National Evaluation of Remote Physiotherapy Services, the CSP has formulated key recommendations applicable across all relevant services and sectors to guide service development towards a hybrid model of service delivery.

The guidance will to support you to:

• Reflect on your current knowledge and skills to identify areas that you want to develop further
• Take steps to contribute to the evaluation of your team’s and service’s working practices
• Contribute to future service design, planning and evaluation  
• Find useful external resources to support your day-to-day practice and your patient’s experience.
• Create a structure around which you can start conversations with your colleagues and service leads/managers

Clinical digital leadership is required at service and organisational level to drive procurement, improvement and use of digital products. It is essential to have a prepared and effectively resourced workforce who have a strong voice in optimising service development to catalysis these changes. 

In our guidance, you will find information for service leads/organisations and for the physiotherapy workforce – although both aspects need consideration to achieve effective service development.

Guidance has been structured under four areas of concern: