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  • Alex MacKenzie will lead new CSP Council

    Long-standing CSP activist Alex MacKenzie is the new chair of the CSP.

    News — 17 April 2018 - 5:32pm
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  • Physios sign up to 70 day challenge to end ‘pyjama paralysis’

    Physiotherapy staff are pledging their support for this year’s #EndPJparalysis campaign, which runs from 17 April to 26 June.

    News — 17 April 2018 - 10:51am
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    Physios sign up to 70 day challenge to end ‘pyjama paralysis’
  • Physios urged to help review NHS supply chain product availability

    Dan Lewin is the only physiotherapist on a team of 12 clinicians who are part of a national Department of Health programme to reduce spending inefficiencies in the NHS supply chain, and he is calling on physios to give their input at stakeholder events.

    News — 12 April 2018 - 1:51pm
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    Physios urged to help review NHS supply chain product availability
  • Respiratory specialist replaces medic to become trust’s first physio consultant

    Sam Pilsworth has replaced a medical consultant to become the first physio consultant at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS trust, the largest single site specialist heart and chest hospital in the country.

    News — 12 April 2018 - 1:11pm
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    Respiratory specialist replaces medic to become trust’s first physio consultant
  • Join in CSP consultation on NHS pay offer, urges council chair

    Council chair Catherine Pope is urging all members working for the NHS in England to engage with the CSP consultation over the three-year pay proposals.

    News — 10 April 2018 - 5:23pm
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    Join in CSP consultation on NHS pay offer, urges council chair
  • Community physio braves extreme cold on RAF reservist training exercise

    Physiotherapist and Royal Air Force (RAF) reservist Sarah Jones tested her resilience last month during a week-long winter survival exercise in the frozen mountains of Norway.

    News — 10 April 2018 - 4:18pm
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    Community physio braves extreme cold on RAF reservist training exercise
  • One physio’s journey from clinical respiratory lead to adviser on the digital self-management of long-term conditions

    Jane Stokes believes she is one of the first CSP members to have taken on the role of physiotherapy lead with a mobile health applications developer.

    News — 10 April 2018 - 11:30am
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    One physio’s journey from clinical respiratory lead to adviser on the digital self-management of long-term conditions
  • Lifestyle specialist physio is invited to speak at prestigious liver symposium in Paris

    Dr Kate Hallsworth, a lifestyle specialist in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), believes she could be the first UK physio invited to speak at an international liver symposium.

    News — 9 April 2018 - 3:39pm
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    Lifestyle specialist physio is invited to speak at prestigious liver symposium in Paris
  • Advanced practice apprenticeships: standard for final assessments approved

    The assessment plan for how advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) apprentices in England are tested at the end of their programmes has been approved.

    News — 6 April 2018 - 11:27am
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    Advanced practice apprenticeships: standard for final assessments approved
  • NIHR sets five strategic goals for AHPs to blaze a trail in research

    The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has published five strategic goals for allied health professionals to ‘blaze a trail’ in research.

    News — 5 April 2018 - 4:49pm
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    NIHR sets five strategic goals for AHPs to blaze a trail in research