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  • Codi a Mynd: CSP falls prevention booklet gets Welsh translation

    Public Health Wales (PHW) has paid £5,000 towards a print run of 23,000 bilingual versions of a falls prevention booklet.

    News — 26 February 2016 - 1:17pm
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  • Physio plans charity to help colleagues work in disaster areas

    A physiotherapist is setting up a new charity designed to support physios wanting to use their skills in disaster and conflict zones.

    News — 26 February 2016 - 12:13pm
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  • NHS England must reduce variations in neuro services, says government

    People with neurological conditions, such as Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease and epilepsy, are not receiving consistent services.

    News — 26 February 2016 - 11:17am
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  • Scottish university launches first doctorate of physiotherapy course in the UK

    Physiotherapists in Scotland have developed the UK’s first doctorate of physiotherapy course.

    News — 26 February 2016 - 9:48am
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  • AHP prescribing extension praised by CSP

    The CSP has welcomed an announcement that other AHP groups have been granted prescribing powers.

    Press release — 26 February 2016 - 9:28am
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  • Physios are key to multidisciplinary approach to motor neurone disease, says NICE

    People with motor neurone disease (MND) should receive specialist care from a clinic-based multidisciplinary team that includes physiotherapists.

    News — 24 February 2016 - 5:21pm
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    Physios are key to multidisciplinary approach to motor neurone disease, says NICE
  • Physios must influence Hunt’s £4.2 billion investment in a ‘paperless’ NHS

    Jeremy Hunt’s announcement of £4.2 billion to digitise the NHS in England will create opportunities for better patient care, but it’s important that physiotherapists influence how the money is used.

    News — 23 February 2016 - 5:15pm
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  • Falls assessments are a ‘must’ for care home residents, says Royal Pharmaceutical Society

    Care home residents must have regular falls assessments, says a report from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

    News — 23 February 2016 - 3:14pm
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  • CSP responds to NHS staff survey

    Investing in staff health and wellbeing is essential to delivering high quality patient care, says the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

    Press release — 23 February 2016 - 1:47pm
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  • Give heart failure patients more cardiac rehab options, says NICE

    People with heart failure should receive an exercise-based rehab programme to do at home, hospital or a community venue, says the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

    News — 23 February 2016 - 12:42pm
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