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The CSP and the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) have issued a joint statement in response to NHS England/Improvement’s plans to tackle the Omicron variant and other winter pressures.

The CSP is delighted to announce that Ash James has been appointed as the new director of our practice and development department.

The CSP is urging members in England to get vaccinated or boosted as soon as possible, after new laws were passed last night requiring Covid vaccination for most staff who have direct patient contact.

How the CSP’s trade union representatives, activists and negotiators represented your workplace interests this year.

The CSP has condemned the absence of any enhanced funding or resources for community rehabilitation within the Government’s recently announced winter pressures plan for England.

On 2 December the Senedd (Welsh parliament) health committee heard evidence from the CSP on the impact of increased waiting times.

NHS staff in England will be made to wait for any pay rise next year after the government was late kickstarting the 2022-23 salary-setting process.

Eight months after the pay rise was due, the Department of Health in Northern Ireland has finally confirmed that it has secured funding for the three per cent pay award that the NHS Pay Review Body recommended. 

A new framework has been launched aimed at driving transformation in rheumatology physiotherapy.

NHS provider organisations in England are being offered support to develop 18-month AHP strategic workforce plans by April 2022, which the CSP believes could help ‘tackle physio workforce challenges’.