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  • 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:

    Press release — 12 January 2016 - 12:45pm
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  • 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.

    News — 12 January 2016 - 4:09am
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    Critical care physio wins British Journal of Surgery award
  • Wanted: physio volunteer for year-long Sierra Leone mission

    A university has teamed up with three NHS trusts to offer a physiotherapist the opportunity to spend a year working in Sierra Leone.

    News — 11 January 2016 - 1:11pm
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  • 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.

    News — 8 January 2016 - 7:10am
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    NHS England’s AHP data lead could be a physiotherapist
  • CSP members help NHS choir hit number one

    When an NHS choir made the Christmas number one it was as if a star was shining upon it.

    News — 7 January 2016 - 5:33pm
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  • Hand physio is awarded NIHR fellowship to develop carpal tunnel rehab guidelines

    Specialist hand physiotherapist Lisa Newington has been awarded a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) fellowship.

    News — 7 January 2016 - 12:13pm
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    Hand physio is awarded NIHR fellowship to develop carpal tunnel rehab guidelines
  • Cancer physio is recognised for voice in Welsh Assembly

    An oncology physiotherapist has been recognised for her contribution to cancer rehabilitation beyond her professional role.

    News — 6 January 2016 - 4:59pm
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    Cancer physio is recognised for voice in Welsh Assembly
  • 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.

    News — 6 January 2016 - 9:44am
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    Physio seconded to ‘world’s first’ study into exercise as a treatment for prostate cancer
  • Physio becomes first AHP to graduate from new Harvard scheme

    A physiotherapist has become the first allied health professional (AHP) to graduate from a new training programme run by a prestigious US university.

    News — 5 January 2016 - 11:11am
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  • 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.

    Press release — 23 December 2015 - 5:16pm
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    CSP expresses anger at cuts to physiotherapy training places in England