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‘Exercise is the new miracle drug’ north east physios hear
With physical inactivity now recognised as a major health problem, the CSP North East regional network’s seminar Innovation in Exercise aimed to help members tackle the issue.
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Physio led stroke exercise group, LEGS, gains charity status
A physiotherapist has successfully registered her community stroke exercise groups as a national charity.
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Suffolk physiotherapist wins European Stroke Research Foundation investigator award
Ehab Georgy has won the European Stroke Research Foundation investigator award for a research paper about the impact of patient characteristics on rehabilitation goals and functional outcomes.
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Physio staff back a new deal for working people
CSP members, partners, children and staff joined thousands of other health trade unionists marching through London on 12 May.
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Acquired Brain Injury Alliance launches campaign on rehab prescriptions for brain injury patients
The Acquired Brain Injury Alliance has launched a campaign for all patients leaving hospital after treatment for an acquired brain injury to have a copy of their rehab prescription, which must also be forwarded to their GP.
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Workforce strategy a further boost for patients in Northern Ireland, says CSP
A key document’s focus on the role AHPs can play in transforming services in Northern Ireland has been welcomed by the CSP.
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CSP endorses new BAME quality standards on accessible health and wellbeing services
The CSP has signed up to new quality standards to ensure that local health and wellbeing programmes are accessible to black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups.
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NICE calls for physios to chair NICE guideline development committees
Members are encouraged to take up a call from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for people with experience of chairing committees to help develop new health and social care guidelines.
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Neuro physio helps disabled man achieve world record on Everest
Neuro physio Andrea Shipley is on a high after helping her patient Max Stainton, who has cerebral palsy, to become the first person with his physical challenges to reach Everest base camp on horseback.
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NHS in Wales promised £1m a year to transform pelvic health treatment
Wales’ health secretary Vaughan Gething has allocated £1 million a year to create new pelvic health care pathways so that women will receive physiotherapy or other conservative treatments before surgery is considered.