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All systems go for ParalympicsGB physios despite fears for Games
Physiotherapists working with ParalympicsGB athletes in Rio de Janeiro have praised facilities for British athletes despite fears that funding problems and poor ticket sales may hit this month’s Paralympic Games.
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Suicide charity will gain from mental health physio’s desert marathon
A mental health physio will run for six days across the desert to help raise funds for a charity that stops men from taking their own lives.
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2018 Winter Olympics volunteering deadline is looming
Physiotherapists wanting to volunteer as specialist helpers at the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in South Korea have only until the end of this month to submit their applications.
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Physio-led rehabilitation service hailed as model of good practice
The work of a physiotherapist-led neuro-rehabilitation service in Essex is being held up as an example of ‘inspirational’ care in new clinical guidance.
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Southampton NHS Trust physios digitise workbook for newly-qualified colleagues
A respiratory physiotherapy team at a major teaching trust has pushed training into the digital age by creating an electronic workbook for its band 5 members.
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CSP says make Paralympic athletes a priority, following budget cuts to Rio games
The CSP has expressed concern at ‘last minute’ changes to the venues, workforce and transport for athletes and their teams, at the Paralympics in Rio.
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Physios help develop new commissioning guidance for lymphoedema services and easy read leaflets
Physiotherapists helped to create new guidance about lymphoedema services for adults in London, which was published on 8 August.
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GPs need guidance to speed referrals to neuro physiotherapy, says charity report
GPs need guidance and further training to help them assess people with neurological conditions and make effective referrals to services such as neuro physiotherapy.
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CSP chief criticises inadequate obesity strategy
CSP chief executive Karen Middleton has accused the government of launching a childhood obesity strategy that is inadequate and insufficient.
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NHS England says trusts can access £450m fund to cut MSK staff sickness
New guidance from NHS England could help trusts access a £450 million fund designed to provide staff with health and wellbeing services, including physiotherapy.