Frontline
03 March 2010 issue
Cover story
- Step forward
Leadership is needed at all levels of the NHS at times of budget constraints and reorganisations. So why do physios fight shy of the concept? In the first of our new series, Daloni Carlisle investigates
Author: Daloni Carlisle
Features
- The Write Moves?
What do physiotherapy and journalism have in common? Jennifer Trueland talks to practitioners who have sampled both careers
Author: Jennifer Trueland
Focus
- Moving on or sliding back?
Physio is key for stroke patients but a survey reveals gaps in provision. Graham Clews looks at patients’ experiences
Physiotherapy is key in the successful treatment of many stroke patients once they have left hospital.
Author: Graham Clews
- The BIG debate
Frontline has been asked by the Department of Health Workforce Directorate to take part in a high-profile series of debates on the vital topic of leadership within the NHS.
News
- Physio face promotes NHS jobs
A senior physiotherapist has been chosen as one of the ‘faces’ of NHS Jobs, having been selected from 800 applicants to appear on promotional material for the NHS Employers jobs website.
Author: Graham Clews
- Warning on injection training
Private practice physiotherapists considering taking a course in injection therapy are being urged to contact the CSP first to make sure they will be able to use the skills they acquire.
Author: Graham Clews
- CSP funding to help recovery process in Haiti
The CSP will provide £5,000 to help pay for physiotherapists to travel to Haiti to provide rehabilitation for the victims of the earthquake that devastated the country and left hundreds of thousands seriously injured.
Author: Graham Clews
- Equality and Diversity Toolkit
Comprehensive guidance and advice on equality issues will be provided by the CSP’s first Equality and Diversity Toolkit, due to be launched this week.
Author: Graham Clews
- ‘U-turn’ over job cuts plan
The CSP and other health unions have welcomed a trust’s decision not to make around 200 staff compulsorily redundant as part of a financial recovery plan.
Author: Matthew Limb
- Private firm a cert to run hospital
Hinchingbrooke hospital in Huntingdonshire will become the first in the NHS to be entirely taken over by a private firm, after the only NHS organisation in the bidding pulled out.
Author: Graham Clews
- RA services are creaking, report says
Services for people with rheumatoid arthritis need a radical overhaul to improve patient outcomes and save money, according to MPs.
Author: Joy Ogden
- Champion the profession, students urged
Massive opportunities exist for physiotherapists if they promote their skills in the economic downturn, Dr Patrick Doherty, physiotherapist and chair of rehabilitation at York St John University, told the CSP Students Conference.
Author: Joy Ogden
- Protests over proposals to slash training
Draft proposals from the Department of Health for a 14 per cent cut in AHP student training places are being challenged by the CSP and other professional organisations.
Author: Matthew Limb
- Vancouver calling
How does three weeks in the swish skiing resort of Whistler sound?
Author: Graham Clews
- United call for better stroke care services
The CSP and the Stroke Association are stepping up their efforts to boost the quality of post-hospital stroke care.
Author: Matthew Limb
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