Council chair issues urgent PPE appeal to ministers
Health ministers in all four UK countries have been sent a letter from CSP Council Chair Alex MacKenzie imploring them to act to ensure that CSP members who are working with and providing respiratory treatment for patients with confirmed or suspected COVID19 are provided with the correct personal protective equipment (PPE).
Physiotherapy staff delivering urgent respiratory care to patients with COVID-19 are being put at ‘unacceptable risk’ through inadequate personal protective equipment (PPE), governments in all four UK countries have been told.
In case you missed it: HCPC cancels CPD audits for physiotherapists
The CSP is reminding members that, due to the Covid-19 crisis, the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) has suspended all CPD audits for physiotherapists until further notice.
In response to the Government’s announcement of its coronavirus self-employment income support scheme, the CSP’s director of employment relations and union services, Claire Sullivan, today says:
New emergency register allows former physios and final year students to join the fight against Covid-19
The UK Government has passed emergency Covid-19 legislation to enable the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) to automatically register thousands of former physiotherapists and final year physio students.
Coronavirus: new guidance and regular updates for all CSP members
CSP is enhancing its Covid-19 guidance by providing members with relevant coronavirus updates on a daily basis - via email, social media and continually reviewed information on the CSP website.
Covid-19 requires a flexible approach from physios and other AHPs
Physiotherapists and other allied health professionals (AHPs) across the UK will need to vary their practice and provide the NHS with support in different ways in response to Covid-19.
