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NEWS FROM CSP
Moving on
The CSP and Stroke Association are stepping up their efforts to boost the quality of post-hospital care for stroke survivors.
Two joint documents highlighting what needs to be done to improve services will be launched at the House of Commons on 9 March.
United call for better stroke care services
Physio face for NHS Jobs
 Senior physiotherapist Fiona Heath-Brown (right), has been selected from 800 applicants to appear on promotional material for the NHS Employers jobs website.
Physio is 'face' of the NHS
Physio job cuts 'U-turn'
The CSP and other health unions have welcomed Dorset County hospital foundation trust's decision not to make around 200 staff compulsorily redundant as part of a financial recovery plan.
CSP helps avert job cuts
Rheumatoid arthritis needs early diagnosis
Services for people with rheumatoid arthritis need a radical overhaul to improve patient outcomes and make savings for the economy, according to a report by an influential groups of MPs.
Rheumatoid arthritis services are creaking, report says
The future's bright
Key speakers at the recent annual CSP student conference in Leeds, predicted a bright future for the profession.
Students debate the future
Ready for the ISA?
New measures to safeguard children and vulnerable adults are being put in place this year and in 2011. Our new briefing on the Vetting and Barring Scheme, and Protection of Vulnerable Adults Scheme, looks at changes planned across the UK.
Rules and standards
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CURRENT AFFAIRS
Fit notes
There is new guidance for GPs on how to use the new "fit note" system, which comes into force in April. The notes will outline if a patient should not work at all, or under what circumstances they can work.
Doctors should say what work staff can do instead of signing off sick: ministers
Daily Telegraph - 19 February 2010
Mental health
Money saved from closing mental health beds in Northern Ireland hospitals is not all being ploughed back into community-based services, Dr Philip McGarry from the Royal College of Psychiatrists has claimed.
Warning over NI mental health service 'cuts'
BBC news online - 19 February 2010
Public spending
As leading economists engage in heated debate in the media about whether early spending cuts would aid economic recovery or deepen the current problems, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has warned that early spending cuts could tip the economy back into recession.
Brown insists recovery, not cuts, must be the priority
The Guardian - 19 February 2010
Private care
The Welsh NHS must stop paying for staff to receive treatment privately, says health minister Edwina Hart.
NHS paying private health care for staff will end
BBC news online - 18 February 2010
Robin Hood Tax
 Actor Bill Nighy (right) has joined the CSP, TUC and other organisations in supporting a campaign to put a global tax on the financial transactions of banks.
The Robin Hood Tax
TUC website - 10 February 2010
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