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Fellowships help physios gain advanced practitioner skills
Band 6 physios in east Staffordshire are gaining valuable experience of band 7 roles, thanks to an innovative fellowship scheme.
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NHS wellbeing scheme 'a win for patients as well as staff', says CSP
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has welcomed a move by NHS England to give staff better access to MSK physiotherapy services.
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Research body awards £267,000 for stroke rehab study on standing frames
A physiotherapist has been awarded more than £260,000 to find out if standing frames can be used to help people recover from a severe stroke.
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Physios should ask people if their homes are cold, says NICE
Physiotherapists could help to prevent winter deaths and illnesses, simply by asking vulnerable people if they live in a cold home.
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Codi a Mynd: CSP falls prevention booklet gets Welsh translation
Public Health Wales (PHW) has paid £5,000 towards a print run of 23,000 bilingual versions of a falls prevention booklet.
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Physio plans charity to help colleagues work in disaster areas
A physiotherapist is setting up a new charity designed to support physios wanting to use their skills in disaster and conflict zones.
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NHS England must reduce variations in neuro services, says government
People with neurological conditions, such as Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease and epilepsy, are not receiving consistent services.
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Scottish university launches first doctorate of physiotherapy course in the UK
Physiotherapists in Scotland have developed the UK’s first doctorate of physiotherapy course.
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AHP prescribing extension praised by CSP
The CSP has welcomed an announcement that other AHP groups have been granted prescribing powers.
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Physios are key to multidisciplinary approach to motor neurone disease, says NICE
People with motor neurone disease (MND) should receive specialist care from a clinic-based multidisciplinary team that includes physiotherapists.