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New resource will help members engage in productive job planning
Physiotherapists and physiotherapy support workers should receive adequate time, support and access to IT resources when they take part in job planning activities.
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NICE puts physio at the forefront of incontinence and prolapse care
Women with stress urinary incontinence should receive supervised pelvic floor muscle training for at least three months as first-line treatment, says the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
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Primary care will need 6,000 more physios, say thinktanks
The NHS in England will need 6,000 more full-time equivalent physiotherapists to be working in general practice in a decade’s time, health experts predict.
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CSP welcomes reshaping stroke care consultation in Northern Ireland
Stroke survivors and their carers need to be able to access rehabilitation and long term support in the community.
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Gabapentin and pregabalin to be reclassified as controlled drugs
Gabapentin and pregabalin will be reclassified from 1 April 2019, as Schedule 3 controlled drugs. Independent prescribers must review their practices before that date to ensure legal compliance.
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Physio taps into care home residents’ competitive streaks to boost activity
A physiotherapist has used the joy of competition to inspire the residents of a care home to love activity.
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Physio completes gruelling seven-day endurance race
Neurological physiotherapist and ultra-runner Colin Green recently completed one of the world’s most brutal races, a non-stop 268-mile race across the Pennine Way.
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Stand-up physio targets stigma of female incontinence with new social enterprise
Pelvic health physio and stand-up comedian, Elaine Miller, is part of a new social enterprise that aims to tackle the stigma surrounding female incontinence.
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Physio saves squash player’s life with CPR and a defibrillator
A physiotherapist helped to save a man’s life, after he collapsed at a squash club.
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People with acquired brain injury need rehab prescriptions, says parliamentary group
Children and adults who have an acquired brain injury (ABI) should receive a rehabilitation prescription, which details their neurorehabilitation needs, before they leave acute care.