CSP position statements, briefings and consultation responses

As part of the next phase of rolling out the long term plan, NHS England consulted on 5 service specifications.  Each sets out important changes to the delivery of primary and community services from April 2020, with implications for physiotherapy.  Read the highlights and download full response.

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As specialists in Musculoskeletal health, physiotherapists are perfectly positioned to support employees to return to, or remain in work, where there might otherwise be significant employment consequences.

In 2017, Musculoskeletal problems were the second most common cause of sickness absence

It is important that physiotherapy engages with opportunities to use the ACP apprenticeship to meet workforce development needs. 

The 'shortage occupations' list determines which occupations get preferential treatment in the allocation of visas for overseas workers. It is drawn up by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), a group of independent academics. 

To be listed, a profession has to be:

In February 2019, NHS England proposed a set of changes to legislation that they believe need to be made to implement the NHS Long Term Plan.  NHS England hopes the Government will introduce a Bill, based on these proposals, for parliamentary scrutiny. 

Prior to further developing their ideas with

Great patient care is dependent on much more than the quality and quantity of face to face time we spend with patients

Job planning provides an opportunity to ensure all the elements that contribute to high quality care in your role are captured.

It is applicable for the entire physiotherapy

The CSP responded to the fee consultation of the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) in December 2018. The response raises concerns about the fee increases proposed by the HCPC, identifies how the regulator should seek to be more efficient in performing its functions, and highlights the risks

NHS England is setting out its ambitions for service improvements for the next ten years, and a detailed strategy for how to achieve these over the next five.

The CSP developed the response below for the plan’s aging well working group.  Chaired by Age UK’s director, this working group is

NHS England is setting out its ambitions for service improvements for the next ten years, and a detailed strategy for how to achieve these over the next five.

As part of our influencing work, the CSP developed the response below, which focuses on the clinical priority areas of cardiovascular and