Rehab champions

Acute care saves lives, rehabilitation saves people

Advances in healthcare mean many more people now survive illnesses and injuries that would previously have killed them. The challenge for the government and the NHS is to now ensure people live well for longer – and rehabilitation is the key to this.

Our rehab champions in parliament believe that rehabilitation is as essential to good health outcomes as medicines and surgery.  

In support of the #RightToRehab campaign, they work with the CSP to campaign for policy and legislative change including:   

• Commitment to rehabilitation as an equal pillar of healthcare to medicines and surgery  
• Improved access to high-quality community rehabilitation services for all  
• Supporting an expansion of the rehabilitation workforce in the community including physiotherapists, support workers, allied health professionals and exercise professionals

Our Rehab Champions in Parliament include: 

The Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, CSP President
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
The Baroness Wheeler MBE
Wendy Morton MP, Aldridge-Brownhills
Laura Kyrke-Smith MP, Aylesbury
Liam Conlon MP, Beckenham and Penge
Liz Twist MP, Blaydon & Consett
Christian Wakeford MP, Bury South
Lee Barron MP, Corby and East Northamptonshire
Emma Foody MP, Cramlington and Killingworth
Sonia Kumar MP, Dudley
Dr Rupa Huq MP, Ealing Central & Acton
Colum Eastwood MP, Foyle
Mark Ferguson MP, Gateshead
Tonia Antoniazzi MP, Gower
Emma Hardy MP, Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
Dame Nia Griffiths, Llanelli
Ruth Jones MP, Newport West
Luke Akehurst MP, North Durham
Chris Hinchcliff MP, North East Hertfordshire
Rachel Taylor MP, North Warwickshire & Bedworth
Jodie Gosling MP, Nuneaton
Andrew Pakes MP, Peterborough
Chris Bryant MP, Rhondda and Ogmore
Colin Smyth MP, South Scotland
Rebecca Smith MP, South West Devon
Chris MacDonald MP, Stockton North
Cat Eccles, Stourbridge
Jim Shannon MP, Strangford
Sarah Edwards MP, Tamworth
Munira Wilson MP, Twickenham
Andrew Bowie MP, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Rachael Maskell MP, York Central

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