Northern Ireland physiotherapy staff angry and upset over health minister’s pay award
Responding to the decision by the Minister for Health, Simon Hamilton MLA, to impose a one per cent cent across the board pay uplift for all Agenda for Change (AfC) health and social care staff, Claire Ronald, CSP senior negotiating officer for CSP Northern Ireland said:
Critical care physio wins British Journal of Surgery award
Critical care physiotherapist Jess Whibley beat surgeons to the prestigious British Journal of Surgery oral presentation prize at a national surgery conference at the end of last year.
Mid Essex CCG physio cuts plan contradicts evidence
Proposals to cut access to musculoskeletal (MSK) physiotherapy in Mid Essex would increase medical investigations, drug costs and GP appointments, said the CSP’s head of practice Steve Tolan.
Physio seconded to ‘world’s first’ study into exercise as a treatment for prostate cancer
A physiotherapist involved in investigating whether exercise can be a primary treatment for prostate cancer said the study was the first of its kind in the world.
CSP expresses anger at cuts to physiotherapy training places in England
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has condemned an announcement made today that Health Education England will cut the number of physiotherapy training places by 6.7% in 2016/17.