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The CSP has welcomed an announcement that other AHP groups have been granted prescribing powers.

People with motor neurone disease (MND) should receive specialist care from a clinic-based multidisciplinary team that includes physiotherapists.

Jeremy Hunt’s announcement of £4.2 billion to digitise the NHS in England will create opportunities for better patient care, but it’s important that physiotherapists influence how the money is used.

Care home residents must have regular falls assessments, says a report from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

Investing in staff health and wellbeing is essential to delivering high quality patient care, says the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

People with heart failure should receive an exercise-based rehab programme to do at home, hospital or a community venue, says the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

Health professionals have a duty to speak out against air pollution which has been linked to cancer, asthma, stroke and heart disease, diabetes, obesity and dementia, says a landmark report.

Physical therapists should make a ‘considerable effort’ to support the inclusion of people with disabilities in their professions.

Department of Health priorities set out in a new report can only be achieved through innovation and investment, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has warned.

Sports massage therapists are wanted to treat prospective athletes aiming for the Olympic and Paralympic games in Brazil in August.