Latest news

The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy news

  • CSP backs call for “transformation" of rehab services in England

    CSP chief executive Karen Middleton has called for a new strategy for rehabilitation care in England, while supporting comments made by Matthew Winn, NHS England’s director of community health.

    News — 18 July 2022 - 5:34pm
    See more
    Practitioner helping a patient to support themselves on bars
  • CSP recommends members in Scotland reject pay offer as it launches consultation

    The CSP is consulting all members employed by the NHS in Scotland on the Scottish government’s 5 per cent pay offer and is recommending they reject it.

    News — 14 July 2022 - 9:24am
    See more
    Value NHS physio staff #CSP4FairPay
  • CSP calls for dialogue over NHS England staff reduction

    The CSP is urging NHS England (NHSE) to engage staff and stakeholders in discussions about workforce changes.

    News — 8 July 2022 - 9:27am
    See more
    NHS Managers and Service Leads
  • CSP teams up with RCOT to develop principles for practice-based learning

    The CSP has joined forces with the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) to produce a series of principles for practice-based learning.

    News — 6 July 2022 - 8:08am
    1
    See more
    Partners and Acknowledgments
  • New members of CSP Council announced

    Congratulations to the six successful candidates elected to council.

    News — 4 July 2022 - 1:00pm
    See more
    New Council members 2022
  • Wrong decision to cut Covid sick pay, says CSP

    The CSP has criticised changes from the Department of Health and Social Care to the way Covid-19-related sickness absence and self-isolation must now be managed in the NHS in England.

    News — 1 July 2022 - 5:49pm
    1
    See more
    A woman with long Covid on sickness leave
  • First contact physios can help tackle England's ‘escalating crisis’ in general practice

    This is according to a new report from the Health Foundation, which warns that general practices in England could suffer from a serious shortfall of GPs and practice nurses over the next 10 years.

    News — 30 June 2022 - 9:09am
    See more
    Physios must be part of the solution to the ‘looming crisis’ in NHS general practice
  • Welsh minister intervenes over issue of loss of rehab space, after CSP lobbying

    Following lobbying and campaigning by the CSP Wales team, Eluned Morgan, the minister for health and social services in Wales, has responded to calls to resolve loss of space issues across Wales. 

    News — 28 June 2022 - 2:33pm
    See more
    Rehab space
  • Use this tool to let your MP know what's happening in the NHS

    CSP is urging members to make use of a new online tool,  which helps you to quickly and easily email your MP, so you can tell them about your experiences of the health services' recruitment and retention crisis - and highlight the need for an urgent pay rise for NHS staff.

    News — 27 June 2022 - 4:12pm
    See more
    ARC 2022
  • CSP welcomes Scotland’s new person-centred strategy for rehabilitation

    The Scottish government has published a new national strategy that outlines a person-centred approach to rehabilitation in a post-Covid era.

    News — 27 June 2022 - 3:52pm
    See more
    CSP professional adviser for Scotland Sara Conroy with Marie Todd, MSP public health minister, and Kenryck Lloyd-Jones, CSP public affairs & policy manager for Scotland