ARC 2018: Physiotherapy leads the rehabilitation agenda, says CEO
In her wide-ranging ‘state of the nation’ address, CSP chief executive Karen Middleton also showed the humanity all physios feel in treating their patients as she spoke of her own mother in law’s experience of rehab following a stroke.
CSP chief executive Karen Middleton has praised physiotherapy staff all over the country who have continued working despite the extreme weather conditions.
Big data is key to the future of the NHS, conference hears
Data from patients’ smartwatches and activity monitors will be shared and analysed as part of an NHS focus on prevention and wellbeing, a conference on ‘big data’ in healthcare heard.
‘Falls prevention fuel tank’ video launched for Wales falls prevention awareness week
An animated video – Falls prevention fuel tank: when did you last check yours? – has been launched as part of falls prevention awareness week in Wales from 26 February to 4 March.
Workers in the UK put in more than £31 billion worth of unpaid overtime a year
UK workers gave their employers £31.2 billion of free labour last year by doing unpaid overtime, according to new analysis of official statistics by the TUC.
Show solidarity with UCU strikes over pensions, says CSP
The CSP is calling on its members to show solidarity with University and College Union (UCU) members at 64 institutions who have started a wave of strikes over changes to their pensions.