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  • Cost calculator helps to make case for physio services in GP practices

    Physiotherapists can now quickly calculate how much time and money they could save a GP practice, thanks to a new tool developed by the CSP.

    News — 16 March 2016 - 11:22am
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  • New models of frailty care need physios, King’s Fund hears

    There is an important role for physiotherapists in redesigning and delivering new models of care for older people with frailty, speakers at a King’s Fund event acknowledged.

    News — 16 March 2016 - 10:42am
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    New models of frailty care need physios, King’s Fund hears
  • ARC16: CSP should combat the rise of technology-related MSK problems in children, say delegates

    Physiotherapists are warning that increasing numbers of young children are developing musculoskeletal (MSK) problems – known as ‘text neck’ or ‘computer hump’ – because they are using electronic devices in schools.

    News — 15 March 2016 - 4:17pm
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    ARC16: CSP should combat the rise of technology-related MSK problems in children, say delegates
  • ARC16: Attacks on union representatives' facilities time must be stopped, conference decides

    The CSP’s Annual Representative Conference (ARC) could be the last if the government’s Trade Union Bill goes ahead.

    News — 15 March 2016 - 2:26pm
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    ARC16: Attacks on union representative’s facilities time must be stopped, conference decides
  • ARC16: Delegates back call for society to lead cycling safety campaign

    The CSP should promote the safety benefits of wearing cycle helmets and campaign for safer cycling routes.

    News — 15 March 2016 - 9:56am
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    ARC 2016: Delegates back call for society to lead cycling safety campaign
  • ARC16: CSP chief outlines priorities for the physio profession

    The greatest concern of UK physiotherapy staff is the sense of deterioration in services, the profession’s leader, Karen Middleton, said on the opening day of CSP's Annual Representative Conference (ARC).

    News — 15 March 2016 - 9:21am
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    ARC16: CSP chief outlines priorities for the physio profession
  • NHS England offers trusts £450m incentive to provide workplace physio for staff

    NHS trusts in England may be able to ringfence income from services they provide to commissioners to pay for workplace physiotherapy and other physical and mental health services for staff.

    News — 14 March 2016 - 5:39pm
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    NHS England offers trusts £450m incentive to provide workplace physio for staff
  • ARC16: Champion the profession and combat apathy, says CSP chair

    CSP members should spread the word about physiotherapy and what it can achieve.

    News — 14 March 2016 - 3:22pm
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    ARC16: Champion the profession and combat apathy, says CSP chair
  • Northern Ireland launches digital healthcare strategy

    A Northern Ireland-wide strategy to cut paper processes and exploit digital technologies in the NHS has been welcomed by the CSP.

    News — 14 March 2016 - 2:55pm
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    Northern Ireland launches digital healthcare strategy
  • Newcastle physio team achieve triple research success

    Three members of a physiotherapy team have achieved academic success by receiving doctorates – and two of them have gained prestigious research awards.

    News — 14 March 2016 - 11:36am
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    Newcastle physio team achieve triple research success