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  • CSP signs open letter calling for public health investment

    CSP joined directors of public health and policy experts in calling for an extra £1.4bn per year in government funding by 2024-25 for public health in the upcoming Spending Review. 

    News — 7 October 2021 - 12:36pm
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  • Animation explains new standardised way of assessing student placements

    An animation is raising awareness of the new Common Placement Assessment Form (CPAF) that is available for use now.

    News — 6 October 2021 - 10:08am
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    Animation explaining the Common Placement Assessment Form
  • Invest in rehab leadership as part of healthcare review, says CSP

    The CSP has called for improvements in community rehab to be a key part of the upcoming Health and Social Care Leadership Review.

    News — 4 October 2021 - 4:00pm
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  • Summer 2021 members’ survey: the results are in

    The results of this summer’s CSP members’ survey are in, providing a comprehensive snapshot of the engagement of members with the CSP, alongside detailed insight into the diversity of the profession. 

    News — 1 October 2021 - 11:40am
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    2021 members' survey
  • CSP backs Social Care Can’t Wait campaign

    The CSP has backed calls for funding to help millions of older people, people with disabilities and carers who are desperate for better care.

    News — 30 September 2021 - 3:07pm
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  • CSP renews animation to highlight deconditioning on Older People’s Day

    The CSP is using Older People’s Day 2021 on Friday (1 October) to promote the importance of the physiotherapy profession in improving the lives of older people, particularly in preventing deconditioning in the age of Covid-19. 

    News — 29 September 2021 - 12:05pm
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  • Updated version of CSP Covid-19 standards for palliative rehabilitation and end of life care

    The Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Oncology and Palliative Care (ACPOPC) has welcomed updated Covid-19 rehabilitation standards for people nearing the end of their life. 

    News — 28 September 2021 - 4:17pm
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  • CSP demands action after study shows waiting lists longest in deprived areas

    The CSP has joined calls for urgent action on waiting lists after new research showed that people living in the most deprived areas in England are nearly twice as likely to experience a wait of over one year for hospital care than those in the most affluent.

    News — 28 September 2021 - 9:25am
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     Physiotherapy education before major abdominal surgery reduces lung complication
  • Anti-racism at work – a collective struggle

    Read about how the CSP’s trade union reps have been tackling racism at work.

    News — 27 September 2021 - 11:14am
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  • KNOWBEST research project on future of physio pre-registration curriculum launches

    The KNOWBEST research project, which is being conducted by a team at the University of Hertfordshire for the CSP to understand and map the essential knowledge, skills and attributes now required of physiotherapy graduates, has launched – and they are calling all physios, students, service users and stakeholders to get involved.   

    News — 27 September 2021 - 10:03am
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