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CSP steward Eileen MacGregor also called for more health promotion in Scottish health policy The issue was raised at the Scottish TUC congress in Inverness, which took place from 23 to 25 April. A CSP Scotland motion calling for improved public awareness...

AHP director of NHS Lothian Lynne Douglas, exercise specialist Carol Maguire and AHP manager of NHS Lothian Morag Barrow. Photo: Nathan Clarke Ann Green, vice president of the CSP, said she welcomed the opportunity to celebrate successful collaborations...

At a meeting in Edinburgh on 28 March that included representatives from the CSP, Ms Sturgeon also said that the costings for the new scheme would need to remain within those set by Westminster. The minister stated that she wanted proposals that ‘...

CSP chief executive Phil Gray gave oral evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s health and sport committee on 13 March. Photo: Scottish Parliament/SPCB 2012 The Scottish government plans to legislate for more integrated service provision and is considering...

Health ministers Lesley Griffiths and Nicola Sturgeon have written to the NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB), stating that they do not ‘favour’ nor see the ‘merit’ in Westminster government proposals for the PRB to consider the introduction of ‘market-facing’...

photo: Gabriel Szabo/Guzelian Katie Wilkie (right), representing Scottish stewards, said both council and the industrial relations committee should start discussions on how to deal with a fully devolved Scotland.

As a first step, the motion called on the CSP to work with other key organisations and trades unions to lobby the government in a bid to persuade ministers to increase the number of families that can claim working tax credits. Ms MacKenzie said working...

The draft plan, which includes targets aimed specifically at AHPs, is also the first of its kind in the UK. Among its key proposals is to redirect NHS AHP resources so that 70 per cent of activity is based in the community by 2015, alongside a 50 per...

The society’s industrial relations committee will be taking the decisions on the shape of the membership consultation on 18 January.  Lesley Mercer, director of employment relations and union services, said: ‘All members will be given an individual...

But they need to make themselves more visible, warns CSP member Sue Parroy, who worked on the Joint Effects 2011 report. ‘Physiotherapists must learn to demonstrate the value of their services,’ she said. ‘They also need to make their services, and all...

photo - Allan Ewing In a call to arms, Forth Valley members ‘raised the CSP standard’ at Stirling Castle on Sunday (27 November). Stewards Allan Ewing, Lorna Cherrie and David MacKenzie were among those leading the rallying call.

Judges in the Scottish Health Awards 2011 chose Katie Hatfield (right), of Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick, from a list of high achievers in all therapy professions. She was also shortlisted for the Unsung Hero award.

Public health minister Michael Matheson said the AHP delivery plan would help inform future planning in health and social care, including service redesign. ‘We will explore waiting times and other aspects of efficiency and productivity in the delivery of...

Physio staff and students are among 200 people from the university who are joining a collective bid to cover 238,857 miles; the equivalent distance between the earth and the moon. The walkers all have pedometers and will monitor their activity by ‘...

Derek Feeley (left) meets Kenryck Lloyd-Jones at the CSP stall Nicola Sturgeon, cabinet secretary for health and well-being, highlighted better waiting times, improved patient safety, shorter hospital stays and faster recovery.

One delegate who was working in Scotland, but originally came from South Africa, spoke of her surprise at how hard it was to access many websites from her NHS workplace. ‘If I used Facebook at work I would probably be disciplined,’ Clair Sparrius from...

Funded by NHS Education Scotland, the Work-Based Learning Resource for Support Workers project aims to create a national database of resources. Organisers intend it to be adaptable to local need but underpinned by a consistent standard of learning...

Mrs Cavan (right) was awarded the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s birthday honours list at the weekend, for services to healthcare in Northern Ireland. ‘It is great to have a physiotherapist and that their work is recognised,’ she told...