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Following an intense period of negotiations between health unions and the Scottish government a one-year pay offer has been made.

Physiotherapy teams feature as finalists in several categories of the Health Service Journal’s (HSJ’s) prestigious Value Awards 2021.

Today marks the launch of the 2021 CSP Council elections process.

Physiotherapy staff are being offered a chance to enjoy the benefits of writing – an activity which research shows boosts mental health, wellbeing and builds resilience.

Nearly 40 per cent (38.8 per cent) of NHS workers struggled to do their job properly due to staff shortages and 44 per cent felt unwell because of work related stress - in the 12 months, up to November 2020.  

Guidelines are an important tool to drive up quality of healthcare provision and reduce unwarranted clinical variation in practice

Hundreds of CSP members with an interest in first contact physiotherapy took part in a webinar on Health Education England’s Roadmap to Practice.

The CSP has expressed anger at the failure of the UK government to add physiotherapists and physio support workers to the shortage occupation list (SOL).

The CSP plans to submit evidence to inform a new government women’s health strategy  and is calling on physios to share how the service they provide tackles health inequalities. 

The CSP has helped fund the first ever UK guideline on best practice in the use of pessaries for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) - a condition where the uterus or wall of the vagina around the bowel or bladder bulges downwards towards the entrance of the vagina.