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Rugby stars from Samoa have been helping physios to motivate young people detained under the Mental Health Act to engage in physical activity by teaching them the world famous ‘ka mate’ haka.

The CSP Charitable Trust (CSPCT) needs five new members for its board of trustees and it wants candidates with a range of skills and backgrounds.

A Leeds physiotherapist will use a £243,637 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) award for research into improving community-based rehabilitation and care pathways for spinal stenosis.

Physiotherapy lecturers at Coventry University have gained recognition for setting up a webpage that helps staff, students and alumni to network and promote their research.

The CSP is urging members to make nominations to this year’s Chief Allied Health Professions (AHP) Officers Awards.

First year physio students at Bournemouth University were treated to a guest lecture on 14 February by Premier League team physiotherapist Jonny King.

Physiotherapy professor Karen Barker has joined the steering committee of the National Joint Registry (NJR), which monitors hip, knee, ankle, elbow and shoulder joint replacement surgery.

CSP Wales has applauded the announcement of a £10 million-a-year national dementia action plan, which includes the development of the first allied health professional (AHP) consultant post in dementia. 

Ruth Crowder started work as the new chief therapies adviser for Wales on 14 February, replacing Alison Strode.

Proposals for a major shake-up to the way physiotherapy and other healthcare professions are regulated have received a cautious response from the CSP.