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  • Strikes, sickness absence and exercise – January in the media

    Physiotherapy is featuring prominently in the media in 2024.

    News — 7 February 2024 - 8:54am
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  • CSP backs ban on disposal vapes and changes to sale of tobacco products

    The CSP has welcomed the government’s announcement that new legislation will ban the sale and supply of disposable vapes and change the age of sale for all tobacco products in the UK - but we are continuing to call on the government to provide more funding for pulmonary rehab services.   

    News — 5 February 2024 - 11:11am
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    a man holding cigarettes in one hand and a vape in the other
  • Call out for London Marathon volunteers

    Volunteer physiotherapists and physio students are needed to support more than 48,000 people who will be taking part in the UK’s largest marathon on 21 April.

    News — 5 February 2024 - 9:42am
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    London Marathon
  • CSP welcomes Labour’s promise of focus on community healthcare

    The CSP has welcomed Labour’s promise to place an increasing focus on health services in the community, if the party to come to power after the next general election. 

    News — 31 January 2024 - 10:48am
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    Physio doing exercises with patient in home setting
  • CSP calls for restored Northern Ireland Assembly to prioritise fair pay

    The CSP is calling on the restored Northern Ireland Executive to resolve the public sector pay dispute, by providing physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals with fair and equitable pay.

    News — 30 January 2024 - 11:26am
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    Stormont, the Northern Ireland parliament building
  • 'How dare they': CSP marches to protect the right to strike

    CSP members and staff joined the wider trade union movement to defend democratic rights to industrial action at a rally in Cheltenham on 27 January.

    News — 29 January 2024 - 3:54pm
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    The CSP banner among a large trade union march
  • Video case study: Home First approach to rehab in Hywel Dda University Health Board 

    A new CSP case study video highlights the effectiveness of a pioneering 'Home First' approach to rehab, which has helped reduce hospital admissions and improve patient outcomes at a health board in Wales.

    News — 23 January 2024 - 8:00am
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    Still from video case study of Home First service in Wales (2024)
  • Second physiotherapy strike over pay takes place in Northern Ireland 

    Physiotherapy staff working for Health and Social Care Northern Ireland are taking part in their second strike over pay today.

    News — 18 January 2024 - 11:11am
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    Physiotherapists in Northern Ireland taking part in the second strike over pay on 18th January 2024
  • CSP completes sale of former headquarters

    The CSP has completed the sale of its former headquarters in Bedford Row, London.

    News — 17 January 2024 - 11:30am
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    Bedford Row
  • CSP opposes a separate pay spine around a single profession

    The Department of Health and Social Care has opened a call for evidence on a potential separate pay scale for nursing, a move that the CSP is opposed to. 

    News — 12 January 2024 - 10:44am
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