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  3 minutes with Gita Ramdharry

  Dr Gita Ramdharry is helping community physiotherapists gain tools to support people with neuromuscular conditions.

• CSP tells parliamentary inquiry about benefits of physiotherapy in primary care

  There is growing evidence that physiotherapists working as the first point of contact in primary care can take pressure off GPs, save the NHS money and lead to better outcomes for patients.

  News — 10 November 2015 - 3:14pm

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• Focus

  Cutting edge: the Institute of Sport and Exercise Health

  Graham Clews meets Terassa Taylor-Kaveney, a physio holding a key position at the Institute of Sport and Exercise Health in London.

  

• Physiotherapy Works menu of topics for regional events - 2015/16

  Following the successful Physiotherapy Works locally events we are offering a menu of events for Regional Networks to run as they wish. They are:

  Using population data to make the case e.g. the falls modelWorkforce issues and the new Workfoce Data ModelPrimary care - increasing physiotherapy rolesChronic obstructive pulmonary disease models.

  News — 20 August 2015 - 11:44am

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• Engaging with NICE: a how-to guide

  This guide outlines the ways physiotherapy staff can engage with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Due to the nature of registering as stakeholders with NICE, it is primarily relevant to the Professional Networks (PNs).

  7 August 2015

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• Comment

  Your comments: 15 July 2015

  This week's lead letter pays tribute to Stephanie Turner and Esther Hartsilver.

• Cover story

  Brave young hearts: paediatric heart transplants at the Freeman Hospital

  Physiotherapy plays a vital part in one of the UK’s leading paediatric heart transplant units, as Robert Millett discovered.

  

• Focus

  Greens, blues and high-heeled shoes: memories of training in the 1940s

  Just before her death last year, Brenda Tillotson sent us this reminiscence of physio training in the 1940s.

  

• Viewpoint

  Different strokes: seven-day services and stroke care

  Mark McGlinchey looks at what offering stroke services at weekends might mean in practice.

• Cover story

  Home sweet home: community rehabilitation

  An east London trust’s revolutionary home rehabilitation service is a winner with patients.