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NEWS FROM CSP
Haiti two months on
CSP members have come out in force to help the estimated 300,000 victims of the Haiti earthquake but there's still much more to be done:
"What is desperately needed is large numbers of people with basic rehab skills, compassion and flexibility who are able to cope with hard work in basic conditions."
Physios helping the Haiti earthquake victims tell their stories
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Fit notes
The transformation of the GP 'sick note' into the Statement of Fitness for Work next month will see physiotherapists for the first time involved in the assessment process.
Physios to play role in 'sick to fit' move
Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA)
Employees working, or planning to work, with children or vulnerable adults will soon need to register with the ISA. Employers and voluntary organisations will not be able to recruit workers who are not ISA-registered from November 2010. A new CSP briefing explains what you need to do:
Independent Safeguarding Authority - Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme
Argument won on training places cuts
Draft Department of Health proposals to cut AHP student training places by 14 per cent will be reviewed following concerns expressed by the CSP and other professional organisations.
Proposals to slash AHP training places to be reviewed
More news from CSP
PHYSIOTHERAPY IN THE MEDIA
Stroke recovery
The CSP's 'Moving on' campaign launch this Wednesday got the message across that physiotherapy can help stroke patients recover more quickly - but access to treatment comes down to a postcode lottery.
Stroke: hands-on approach to tackling the effects
Daily Express - 9 March 2010
Arthritis and musculoskeletal alliance
Employers need to do more to help people with back and joint pain stay in work, says the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance. The alliance, which represents 34 charities and health bodies including the CSP, believes more should be done to help those already suffering ill-health.
Back-pain help for workers urged
BBC news online - 2 March 2010
Physio careers
Helping people to regain movement in their bodies can be slow and frustrating — but the rewards are immense says chartered physiotherapist Robert Goddard.
The physiotherapist: Lovely bones
Guardian online - 27 February 2010
CURRENT AFFAIRS
New report critical of NHS market
Competition and other market reforms cannot be shown to have produced any benefit for the NHS, and in fact may have resulted in extra costs, a prominent think tank has concluded.
Market reforms cost the NHS dear, says think tank report
CSP website news - 10 March 2010
Change4Life moves into Wales
Families in Wales are to be offered tailored action plans on how to eat healthily and do more exercise to fight rising levels of obesity. The Change4Life programme, launched in England last year, will be rolled out through the media and the community.
Welsh families offered action plans to reduce obesity
BBC news online - 10 March 2010
Women to be hit hardest by early public spending cuts
A new report by the TUC, Women and the Recession - One Year On, warns that early public spending cuts would hit female employment hardest because around four in ten women work in public sector occupations, compared to less than two in ten men.
Women to be hit hardest by early public spending cuts
TUC website - 8 March 2010
Active future for Scotland
The Scottish Government has launched its Active Nation campaign to improve health across the country before and after the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Scotland to become an 'active nation'
Scottish Government website - 1 March 2010
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