NHS England has set out its ambitions for long-term service improvements and a detailed strategy for how to achieve these over the next five years.
The CSP is working hard to ensure the physiotherapy workforce is listened to as the plan is developed.
Rehabilitation
Rehab matters - to patients, their families and carers, and to the system as a whole.
![Rehabilitation ensuring no one missed out](/sites/default/files/styles/content_snippet/public/media-image/2018-09/001565_nhs_10_year_plan_1200_x_675px_v5_page_8.jpg?itok=nWnAdoRQ)
Primary care
The Long Term Plan affords an opportunity to reshape the primary care landscape to further increase capacity and ensure more patients see the right professional at the right time.
![Physiotherapy at the heart of primary care](/sites/default/files/styles/content_snippet/public/media-image/2018-09/001565_nhs_10_year_plan_1200_x_675px_v4_page_1.jpg?itok=11sJCUQW)
Workforce
The physiotherapy workforce is growing and represents a solution to immediate shortages in other professions in the NHS.
![Physiotherapy and the future workforce](/sites/default/files/styles/content_snippet/public/media-image/2018-09/001565_nhs_10_year_plan_1200_x_675px_v5_page_6.jpg?itok=V7qo6LyS)
![NHS long term plan: ageing well](/sites/default/files/styles/content_snippet/public/media-image/2019-01/001565_NHS%2010%20Year%20plan_Physiotherapy%20and%20ageing%20well_1200%20x%20675px_V6.jpg?itok=s5YYQNzM)