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  • CSP and other health unions launch inflation-busting pay claim

    The CSP and other health unions have launched a claim for a pay rise for all NHS staff in the UK from April 2018 that would deliver a real increase for the first time in years.

    News — 15 September 2017 - 8:56am
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    CSP and other health unions launch inflation-busting pay claim
  • Red Cross physio fatally shot by patient in Afghanistan

    A Spanish physiotherapist working at a Red Cross rehabilitation centre in Afghanistan has been fatally shot by a patient, the aid organisation said.

    News — 13 September 2017 - 5:00pm
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    Red cross physio Lorena Enebral Perez
  • Public health services need physios with the freedom to innovate, says AHP lead

    Public health-focused allied health professional (AHP) services work best when staff have the ability and freedom to innovate, said Linda Hindle, Public Health England’s AHP lead.

    News — 13 September 2017 - 3:50pm
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    Linda Hindle
  • Bradford trust gets staff exercising at their workstations

    An NHS trust selected a physio-led programme, which encourages staff to take care of their musculoskeletal (MSK) health, as a finalist in its annual awards.

    News — 13 September 2017 - 3:00pm
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    Jon Bongcawel
  • Free CPD opportunity to attend Today's Initiative, Tomorrow's Influence

    CSP Northern Ireland organised event on 20 Nov 2017, 9am - 1pm, Maldron Hotel at Belfast International Airport.

    News — 13 September 2017 - 2:44pm
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  • Fire services keen to collaborate with physios on safety

    There are opportunities for physiotherapists to work with fire services to improve the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable people, a King’s Fund event heard.

    News — 13 September 2017 - 1:11pm
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  • TUC Congress 2017: CSP urges a properly funded child health and wellbeing strategy

    The CSP has called for investment in a ‘well thought-out’ child health and well-being strategy and a reversal of public health spending cuts.  

    News — 13 September 2017 - 11:22am
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    Michelle Slack 2017 TUC
  • TUC Congress 2017: CSP wants more investment in public health

    The CSP joined calls for more investment in public health services, criticising government cuts to budgets as short-sighted and placing a long-term burden on the NHS. 

    News — 13 September 2017 - 11:00am
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    Gary Watts at 2017 TUC
  • Physio wins award for bespoke plan that helped young patient go to college

    A physio from Coventry has received a ‘working together’ quality award from his trust, after helping a patient fulfil his dream of going to college.

    News — 13 September 2017 - 10:22am
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    Ashely Rice award win
  • Trust presents award to physios nominated by grateful patient

    Two physiotherapists have won a care and quality award from their trust, after being nominated by an amputee patient they helped to rehabilitate.

    News — 12 September 2017 - 2:22pm
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    Hertfordshire trust award