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Ruth Crowder started work as the new chief therapies adviser for Wales on 14 February, replacing Alison Strode.

Proposals for a major shake-up to the way physiotherapy and other healthcare professions are regulated have received a cautious response from the CSP.

NHS England has confirmed that a public consultation will take place to review the list of controlled drugs that independent prescribing physiotherapists can use.

Up to 120 physiotherapists and physio students are required to volunteer to work in medical stations along the 26.2 mile route of the London Marathon on 22 April.

HeartUnions week, from 12 to 18 February, has seen CSP stewards and members across England and Wales highlighting the positive action the society takes every day to support physiotherapy staff at work.

Physiotherapy students starting pre-registration master’s degrees in England in 2018/19 are expected to have access to the same funding arrangements as undergraduates. 

A frailty unit for older people at Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust is enabling more patients to be discharged early and treated at home, specialist physiotherapist Rebecca Walden told Frontline.

Physiotherapists are using Valentine’s Day to highlight that pelvic floor training is not just for bladder problems but also for sexual function.

CSP member Jaimie Shepherd has joined a national committee to review guidelines for the diagnosis and initial management of stroke and transient ischaemic attack.

A senior physiotherapy lecturer and more than 30 students volunteered as ‘superhero sidekicks’ at the UK’s first Winter Wonderwheels sporting event.