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Also in this issue

• Supplement article

  CSP Impact Report

  Our supplement which features our Impact Report.

  

• In front

  A warm welcome to our profession

  We all have a part to play in welcoming new physios into our profession, says Ishmael Beckford, honorary president of the CSP’s SRG  

  

• Focus

  You said we did

  Members’ views and opinions are important to us and can help shape and improve our services and the way we work.

  

• Hot topic

  Learning to learn: how can we make learning inclusive?

  Considering neurodiversity on placement, for both students and practice educators. CSP professional adviser Pip White tells us more...

  

• Profile

  Who dares wins

  When he heard rheumatology was ‘only for medics’, physiotherapist Michael Dare was spurred on to carve out a niche in the field.

  

• In question

  ‘I have a safeguarding concern - how should I report this?’

  Clare Aldridge CSP professional adviser answers your questions here...

  

• In the workplace

  Workplace Wins

  Your CSP steward and safety rep are there to support you with individual workplace problems and to help coordinate collective responses to problems

  

• In person

  A fresh and exciting start

  Physiotherapy students and newly qualified members have gained unique skills and experiences to build upon, says Karen Middleton

  

• In the workplace

  CSP reps recognise discrimination in the workplace

  In 2021 the CSP launched an EDB strategy with an aim to make positive and lasting change for the better to the physiotherapy profession.

  

• Resources

  CSP diversity networks

  Here is this months selection of useful resources...

  

• In the workplace

  International interest

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  The CSP is collaborating with the HCPC on a new learning programme that supports internationally qualified physios who come to work in the UK

  

• Research findings

  NIHR Health information: are you getting your message across?

  NIHR Evidence Collection which covers research on how we can help people understand health information

  

• Viewpoint

  The importance of informatics

  Health informatics have a vital part to play in evolving physiotherapy practice, says Jackie Lidgard 

  

• Viewpoint

  Identity is nuanced

  Recognising the distinctions between ethnicity, nationality and identity can lead to better understanding, say Kathleen Tan and Jasper Togoton

  

• Viewpoint

  Personalised care is everyone’s business

  Nick Livadas and Hal Brace reflect upon the paradigm shift that has seen personalised care embedded within an NHS community musculoskeletal service

  

• Viewpoint

  You can be a workplace rep

  Representing other members in the workplace is the perfect kick-start to your career, says Lee Bowles

  

• Last word

  Outing my own assumptions

  Ryan Frankland explains how his preconceived negative views of Long Covid changed during a placement