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  • Physio gains travelling fellowship to improve elbow and shoulder services

    A physiotherapist from Kent has received a prestigious travelling fellowship from the British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS).

    News — 6 October 2016 - 4:30pm
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    Jayanti Rai receives her fellowship
  • Therapists and disabled children run Hackney photo show

    We Need to Talk, an education project run by therapy staff in east London for disabled teenagers, culminated in a public exhibition of the youngsters’ photography.

    News — 6 October 2016 - 12:05pm
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    Blessing Anosike at the Hackney photo show
  • Physio travels to Brazil for dance medicine conference

    A physiotherapist researching dance injury screening for his PhD has travelled to Brazil to attend a workshop on strengthening UK-Brazilian links in dance medicine.

    News — 5 October 2016 - 4:17pm
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  • CSP members march in Birmingham for the NHS

    Physio staff joined thousands of people in Birmingham on 2 October to protest against austerity policies and call for more investment in the NHS. 

    News — 4 October 2016 - 2:42pm
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    Birmingham demo
  • CSP tells Royal College event that a multi-professional approach means better care

    CSP is calling for health services to harness the expertise of all multidisciplinary team members – to improve patient outcomes and increase cost effectiveness. 

    News — 3 October 2016 - 3:40pm
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  • North Wales MSK physio service extended to 40 GP surgeries

    A scheme to deliver musculoskeletal physiotherapy in GP practices has been extended to about 40 surgeries across north Wales, following a successful pilot in Gwynedd.

    News — 30 September 2016 - 3:31pm
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    North Wales physio service saves nearly 700 GP appointments
  • Breathing programmes delivered by physios can help reduce asthma symptoms, says national guideline

    Physiotherapy-led breathing exercise programmes can be used alongside drug treatments to improve the quality of life for adults with asthma.

    News — 30 September 2016 - 10:15am
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  • Belfast physios use prehab to improve quality of life for men with prostate cancer

    Northern Ireland physiotherapists believe they are breaking new ground by providing continence prehabilitation for men with prostate cancer, in addition to post-surgery care and follow-up physiotherapy

    News — 29 September 2016 - 10:17am
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    Belfast continence physios
  • ‘Iron curtain’ between health and care results in discharge failures, says CSP chief

    MPs blame the split between health and social care for poor hospital discharge, labelling it ‘political maladministration’.

    News — 28 September 2016 - 3:45pm
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  • CSP welcomes NHS England’s commitment to expand physio in GP practices

    NHS England will set out plans to expand the number of physiotherapists working in general practice over the next three years.

    News — 27 September 2016 - 9:41am
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