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NEWS FROM CSP
Haiti needs physios
 Physiotherapists wanting to help treat victims of the earthquake are now being sought by non-governmental organisations and charities working in Haiti.
Agencies are looking for physiotherapists and occupational therapists to help people recover from their injuries, avoid secondary complications, and prevent or mitigate long-term disability.
How physiotherapists can help the Haiti earthquake victims
New call for abstracts
WCPT has announced that the call for abstracts for poster and platform presentations is now open. The theme for next year's international congress is 'Moving Physical Therapy Forward'.
Call for World Physical Therapy 2011 abstracts
More news from CSP
PHYSIOTHERAPY IN THE MEDIA
Wrist pain
Wrist pain is often blamed on excessive computer use or working with heavy machinery. But a new report has suggested another explanation - repetitive movements during lovemaking.
RSI: that's repetitive sex injury
The Sun - 21 January 2010
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Health care providers to report on quality
Legislation has been introduced to require the publication of quality accounts by providers from April 2010.
Quality accounts
CSP website - 28 January 2010
Dementia strategy
The government has been slow to deliver on promises to make dementia services in England a priority, says a report by the National Audit Office. They said the Department of Health deserved credit for its 'ambitious and comprehensive' national dementia strategy, but implementation had not been robust and needed to be addressed immediately.
Dementia service failings identified
CSP website - 19 January 2010
Health inequalities
NHS staff and other public sector employees are to be recruited to tackle health inequalities through improved partnership working. The 'Healthy places, healthy lives' programme will support 30 PCTs and local authorities in England to target locally significant inequalities like obesity, alcohol use, smoking and cardiovascular disease, by testing different approaches.
Working together to reduce health inequalities
CSP website - 21 January 2010
Arthritis drugs
Scottish arthritis sufferers are to benefit from a powerful new treatment that is not available to NHS patients in England and Wales.
Scots to get arthritis drug English say is too expensive
The Scotsman - 19 January 2010
Running research
The health benefits of a regular run have long been known, but now neuroscientists have shown that the reason running has a big impact on mental ability could be because it stimulates the brain to grow fresh grey matter.
Start running and watch your brain grow, say scientists
Guardian - 19 January 2010
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