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  • NHS physio staff vote to accept improved pay offer in Wales

    CSP members have voted by a large majority to accept a new pay offer for NHS physiotherapy staff in Wales.

    News — 28 February 2023 - 4:29pm
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    CSP stewards campaign for fair NHS pay
  • Former CSP president Baroness Boothroyd was 'trailblazing'

    CSP has expressed gratitude for the service of our former president Betty Boothroyd, who passed away this week at the age of 93.

    News — 28 February 2023 - 3:00pm
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    Portrait of Betty Boothroyd
  • Launch of the CSP’s Associates’ Network 

    The CSP has launched an Associates’ Network for all associate and student associate members. 

    News — 28 February 2023 - 12:17pm
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  • Physiotherapy staff in England to strike 22 March

    CSP escalates our pay dispute with a near-doubling of our next strike, with members in 56 employers called to action

    News — 27 February 2023 - 9:02am
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    CSP members around a picketer with a megaphone
  • CSP responds to new workforce report that reveals ‘ongoing discrimination’ in NHS England

    A new report shows increasing diversity among the workforce of NHS England, but also highlights that Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff continue to be disproportionately affected by bullying, harassment and a lack of career development.

    News — 24 February 2023 - 5:55pm
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    A piece of paper with the word 'discrimination' written on it, torn in two
  • HCPC agrees 20% fee rise

    The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) annual registration fee is set to increase from £98.12 to £117.74

    News — 24 February 2023 - 9:18am
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    HCPC Fees: rising prices ahead
  • Government to urge NHS to return lost rehab space, after gaining ‘valuable insight’ from CSP survey

    Spurred on by the results of a CSP survey, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Nick Markham announced today that the government will be writing to all NHS chief executives to urge them to restore physiotherapy rehab facilities that were converted into overspill wards, storage rooms and other spaces during the pandemic.

    News — 23 February 2023 - 3:57pm
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    Lord Markham
  • Government progress on digitising NHS is ‘inadequate’, says independent CSP-informed report

    A report by an independent expert panel, which includes submissions from the CSP, has concluded that the government is making inadequate progress on a series of vital commitments it made to digitise the NHS in England.

    News — 23 February 2023 - 11:11am
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  • Pay talks welcome but must be with all unions, CSP says

    The UK government finally opening negotiations about NHS pay in England is a positive development, but talks must be held with all unions involved in the dispute, the CSP has said. 

    News — 21 February 2023 - 9:04pm
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    Physios on strike at UCLH, photographer David Harrison
  • CSP to consult on 2023/24 pay offer from Scottish government

    Following early talks with the Scottish Government, the health unions now have an offer for next year’s pay for NHS staff.  The offer will be put to members in the NHS in Scotland, with our member pay sub group recommending members accept the award. 

    News — 21 February 2023 - 3:42pm
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