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  • Kylie Minogue sends Christmas message to physio-led team of Pacific rowers

    Pop star Kylie Minogue has sent a festive message of support to a physio-led team of four women who are rowing from America to Australia.

    News — 9 December 2015 - 5:04pm
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  • Strategy aims to make AHPs the ‘go to’ public health professionals

    AHPs must be recognised as an integral part of the public health workforce, with responsibility for designing and delivering improvements to healthcare and reducing health inequalities, according to a joint strategy document published today.

    News — 8 December 2015 - 4:37pm
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    Strategy aims to make AHPs the ‘go to’ public health professionals
  • Physio says weight-bearing scanner is helping diagnose patients with MSK problems

    The NHS’s first MRI scanner to produce images of patients standing is improving the diagnoses of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, said physio Richard Robinson of Glan Clwyd Hospital, Denbighshire.

    News — 8 December 2015 - 3:13pm
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    Physio says weight-bearing scanner is helping diagnose MSK patients
  • Your chance to influence scope of NICE guideline

    NICE is developing a clinical guideline on Neurological Problems.

    News — 7 December 2015 - 3:43pm
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  • iCSP helps therapist change surgeons’ advice post-hip replacement

    Orthopaedic therapists at a Norfolk hospital have persuaded surgeons that hip replacement patients do not need to follow post-surgery precautions on movement, thanks to the CSP.

    News — 4 December 2015 - 11:30am
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  • Film is ‘invaluable resource’ for people with cerebral palsy

    Cerebral people, a film in which young people with cerebral palsy take over the camera to tell their own stories about life with the condition, was premiered in November.

    News — 4 December 2015 - 9:49am
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  • MS physio gets surprise award

    Physio Wendy Hendrie was on the judging panel at an awards ceremony recognising the quality of multiple sclerosis care, so she was delighted to find she was also among the winners.

    News — 3 December 2015 - 11:56am
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    MS physio gets surprise award
  • NICE say MDTs can support early discharge from hospital

    Multidisciplinary team working can help prevent people with social care needs from staying in hospital unnecessarily, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

    News — 2 December 2015 - 5:27pm
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    NICE say MDTs can support early discharge from hospital
  • NHS Choir aims for Xmas number one

    Two physiotherapists are part of an NHS choir hoping to top the charts with a powerful charity single.

    News — 2 December 2015 - 1:09pm
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  • Scottish sports injury practice wins ‘customer satisfaction’ award

    Optimal Physio in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, won the excellence in customer satisfaction prize at Global Health and Pharma magazine’s healthcare and pharmaceutical awards 2015.

    News — 1 December 2015 - 8:56pm
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    Scottish sports injury practice wins ‘customer satisfaction’ award