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NHS England has extended measures to defer non-urgent inpatient elective care and routine outpatient appointments until 31 January.

Physiotherapists at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Trust have been instrumental in developing an app to support people with hand injuries.

A self-referral to physiotherapy initiative has won Sussex Community NHS Trust’s award for improving the quality of patient care.

A Royal College of Physicians report shows the clear benefits of rehabilitation to people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

NHS staff in Northern Ireland will receive their 2017-18 pay rise, the Department of Health has announced, after the increase was held up for months by political deadlock.

Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust’s senior paediatric physio Hannah Kendrick and occupational therapist Roz Roscoe have won a prize for embedding therapy activities in education.

Fiona Jenkins was surprised to discover her colleagues at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board had nominated her for a Guardian public service award.

An acute ‘hospital-at-home’ scheme for patients with lung disease could save the NHS millions if replicated nationally.

Nineteen CSP stewards received certificates at an event in Leicestershire on 28 November to mark the completion of their TUC-accredited induction training.