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Physiotherapy is ‘absolutely vital’ as part of ‘first contact care’, according to Dr James Kingsland, president of the National Association of Primary Care.

CSP delegates spoke out against austerity cuts and threats to work rights at the TUC conference in Brighton on 13 September.

Employers need a better understanding of how ‘hidden conditions’ such as dyslexia, arthritis and mental illness can affect staff.

The CSP has called for increased investment in the NHS and highlighted the need for real-terms pay increases and quality employment for staff.

Physios have a role to play in warning younger patients that they should consider waiting to receive hip replacement surgery, a former senior physiotherapist has said.

Physiotherapists could train as digital leaders under recommendations in a landmark report on harnessing IT to improve NHS care in England.

The CSP is promoting a major educational campaign that sets out to bust popular myths and misapprehensions about back pain. 

Northern Ireland’s workforce will have access to lunchtime exercises, weight loss programmes and cycle to work schemes as part of a £462,000 health initiative.

Physios must inform their trust’s clinical governance leads if they want to use extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) to treat patients with respiratory failure.

Physio Val Jones will be travelling to South Africa as part of a fellowship awarded by the British Elbow and Shoulder Society.