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Two physios have told MPs and commissioners that in many areas of the UK there is ‘a serious shortage’ of physiotherapy for people with muscle-wasting diseases.

NHS physiotherapy staff who take maternity leave will in future enjoy more annual leave following a campaign started by CSP members.

Physio staff and patients in Belfast have been recognised for their work in improving physiotherapy services, by gathering people’s experiences and feedback.

A new way for health professionals to access feedback posted on the Patient Opinion website has revealed exceptionally positive results for physiotherapy.

Models of integrated care which enable older people to be discharged from hospital without delay must be identified as a matter of urgency, MPs say.

Physio Hannah Harniess won a Council for Allied Health Professions Research award for her abstract on shisha smoking among adolescents.

The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has responded to government plans for changing healthcare education funding published on Thursday 21st July. 

The British athletes competing in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics will be supported by a bigger medical team than in the 2008 Beijing Games, according to Team GB’s chief physio Phil Glasgow.

CSP members from across the profession shared their experiences of dyslexia at a study day, organised by the society’s disabled members’ network.

Patients are missing out on life-improving treatment, and even dying early, because of a lack of access to specialist physiotherapy, a report from charity Muscular Dystrophy UK has claimed.