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  • Physiotherapy and stroke services to share in £22 million upgrade

    Rehabilitation units in Bedfordshire and Yorkshire will each receive a share of £963m NHS England fund to revamp services

    News — 20 December 2018 - 4:03pm
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  • Lower limb amputations due to diabetes on the rise

    Some 170 people each week are undergoing some form of lower limb amputation

    News — 19 December 2018 - 11:48am
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    Diabetes testing equipment
  • 'No need for HCPC fee hike' says CSP

    The proposed 17.8% fee rise from the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is ‘wholly disproportionate’ and unjustified, the CSP has said.

    News — 17 December 2018 - 11:38am
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    Sally Gosling
  • CSP Christmas film edges towards half a million views

    The CSP has muscled in on the busy Christmas advert market with a heartwarming film that promotes the importance of strength and balance as we age.

    News — 13 December 2018 - 1:03pm
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    'Santa' working with his physio
  • Physios help East Coast Community Healthcare win ‘health coaching’ award

    CSP members Kieran Morling and David Sweeting helped East Coast Community Healthcare win an award for introducing health coaching techniques into consultations.

    News — 13 December 2018 - 11:57am
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    East Coast winners
  • Exeter physiotherapist Rosalind West embarks on transatlantic rowing challenge

    Rosalind West, a physio for NHS Exeter, has this morning embarked on a challenge to row across the Atlantic as part of a four-woman team called Row for the Ocean.

    News — 12 December 2018 - 5:10pm
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    Rosalind West rowing physio
  • NICE puts physios centre stage in COPD management

    Specialist physiotherapists have welcomed the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) updated guidelines on the diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

    News — 12 December 2018 - 1:49pm
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  • CSP in Berlin to raise its international profile

    In a first for the CSP, trade union training officer Helen Russell represented the society at a prestigious meeting of UK and German trade unions in Berlin.

    News — 11 December 2018 - 12:18pm
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    British-German Trade Union Forum
  • Study finds Nordic walking could help inflammatory rheumatic diseases

    Tailored Nordic walking with physiotherapy support could be a promising intervention for people with inflammatory rheumatic diseases, according to the initial findings of a recent research study.

    News — 11 December 2018 - 11:31am
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    Nordic Walking
  • NICE makes clear what ‘good’ looks like for digital health devices

    Innovators looking to exploit technologies in physiotherapy may benefit from a new guide demonstrating the effectiveness of apps and other digital innovations.

    News — 10 December 2018 - 3:34pm
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    NICE advises on digital health devices