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  • Make occupational health part of mainstream care, says report

    Occupational health should be integrated into mainstream healthcare so people with work-related illnesses get better help, says a report for the Council for Work and Health.

    News — 6 April 2016 - 2:28pm
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    Make occupational health part of mainstream care, says report
  • MSK director for England reappointed

    Orthopaedic surgeon Peter Kay has been reappointed as England’s national clinical director for NHS musculoskeletal (MSK) services, a post he has held since 2013.

    News — 5 April 2016 - 5:19pm
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    MSK director for England reappointed
  • Scottish physio to study cutting edge joint replacement rehab across the world

    A physio is to spend six weeks in Japan and the US to help her draw up Scotland-wide guidelines on rehabilitating patients after hip and knee replacements.

    News — 5 April 2016 - 5:17pm
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    Scottish physio to study cutting edge joint replacement rehab across the world
  • Cutting physiotherapy services a false economy, says CSP

    Proposals by CCGs covering Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country to restrict access to physiotherapy could drive up costs for the NHS, the CSP has warned.

    Press release — 5 April 2016 - 2:05pm
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    'Cutting services such as physiotherapy will always prove to be a false economy'
  • Physio keeps Eddie Izzard on track for 27 marathons in 27 days

    Eddie Izzard started from ‘below zero’ in terms of fitness when he set out to run an astonishing 27 marathons in 27 days according to the physio who accompanied him every step of the way.

    News — 4 April 2016 - 2:22pm
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    Physio keeps Eddie Izzard on track for 27 marathons in 27 days
  • New rehabilitation guidance offers major opportunity, says CSP

    New NHS guidance for rehabilitation is a chance to ‘give people back their lives’, according to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

    Press release — 1 April 2016 - 12:31pm
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  • NHS England’s rehab guidance could help physios to ‘improve provision’

    The importance of a ‘person-centred approach’ and self-management are highlighted in NHS England guidance on commissioning rehabilitation services.

    News — 1 April 2016 - 9:50am
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  • NICE tackles complex health issues for people with multimorbidity

    CSP members are urged to make their voice heard as part of a major consultation on how patients with two or more long-term health problems are treated.

    News — 31 March 2016 - 2:12pm
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  • Scotland’s physios urged to contribute to NHS guidelines

    The CSP is encouraging members in Scotland to raise the profile of the physiotherapy profession in clinical guidelines for NHS services.

    News — 29 March 2016 - 4:05pm
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  • CSP welcomes publication of NHS Wales Workforce Review

    The CSP has welcomed the publication of the independent NHS Wales Workforce Review, which was commissioned in the wake of Wales' two year Agenda for Change pay award in 2014.

    News — 29 March 2016 - 10:24am
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