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Insurer Aviva has reversed its refusal to fund treatments for pregnancy-related injuries after pressure from pelvic health campaigners.

Many of the Covid patients that physiotherapy staff treated during the pandemic were exposed to the disease at their workplace, CSP steward Jill Taylor told delegates to the Trades Union Congress (TUC)’s online Congress.

The CSP has launched a consultation on new MSK service standards and is calling on MSK physiotherapists, service leads, patients and commissioners to share their views on them.

The CSP has developed an FCP career guide which explains different development routes to First Contact Physiotherapy (FCP) or musculoskeletal (MSK) advanced practice roles.

The Scottish government publishes an extensive programme for the coming year with commitments to begin work to establish a right to rehabilitation and to review allied health professionals (AHP) education and workforce planning.

Digital pioneers can bid for £1million in NHSX funding to scale up or buy new tech to treat MSK conditions.

A standard assessment for student physios was introduced today supported by comprehensive guidance on its use for both students and practice teams.

A revised competency framework for all prescribers was published today by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).

The CSP criticised the government’s announcement today that it would use national insurance to fund social care and address NHS pressures.

World physio therapy day (8 September) is an opportunity for physiotherapy staff from all over the world to raise awareness about the crucial contribution their profession makes to keeping people well, mobile and independent.