Medical alert advises follow-up of patients with metal-on-metal hip implants
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency says that all people with metal-on-metal (MoM) hip replacements should receive follow-up appointments to detect adverse soft tissue reactions.
End 'insulting' pay cap, CSP tells Northern Ireland executive
The CSP in Northern Ireland has called on the executive to end the pay cap, which means many of the country’s healthcare staff are the lowest paid in the UK.
CSP calls for extra funding, fair pay as NHS marks its 69th birthday
The CSP is celebrating the NHS’s birthday on 5 July, praising the dedication and professionalism of physiotherapy staff and their colleagues in delivering quality care despite unprecedented pressures.
Health unions call for the government to act on public sector pay
Seventeen unions representing employees across the NHS, including the CSP, have today expressed anger and deep disappointment at the government's failure to deal with the ongoing public sector pay crisis.
South Wales health board appoints first consultant physios
The appointment of two consultant physiotherapists at Swansea’s Morriston Hospital is a first for the local Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board.
Pay gap between health staff in Northern Ireland and rest of UK unacceptable, says CSP
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy in Northern Ireland has put forward a motion at the Irish Congress of Trade Unions conference in Belfast today, calling on the NI Executive to address the difference in pay that currently exists between health service workers in Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
Newcastle critical care unit physiotherapy team takes on support workers
A critical care unit has introduced band 4 physiotherapy associate practitioners to provide seven-day enhanced mobilisation to elective surgical post-operative patients.
Talks could lead to bigger role for physios in issuing fit notes, CSP says
The CSP moved speedily to talk all things physio with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) – the party of power following its ‘confidence and supply’ deal with Theresa May’s minority UK-wide government.
