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CSP highlights first contact physiotherapy to GPs
GPs heard how first contact physiotherapy could lessen their workload and improve primary care services during the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) annual conference, in Glasgow from 4-5 October.
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Falls champions bring awareness week alive across the professions
Falls awareness week at the end of September was marked at Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, by four staff falls champions.
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Salford therapy team initiative cuts overnight hospital stays by 5%
A therapy team providing in-reach services at Salford Royal NHS Trust’s emergency department has reduced overnight bed stays by five per cent over the last year.
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YouGov survey shows physiotherapy is popular therapy for arthritis
Physiotherapy is a popular treatment for half of people in Wales, Scotland and England who have been diagnosed with arthritis, according to research commissioned by Arthritis Action.
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Physios help military veterans compete for medals at Sporting Senior Games
Physiotherapists provided vital support to military veterans taking part in the Sporting Senior Games Glasgow on 30 September.
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Offer women training and advice to manage incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse, says NICE
Women should receive pelvic floor muscle training and lifestyle advice as a first step, before surgery for stress urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse is considered.
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Kilimanjaro climb helps to raise awareness of amputee support charity
Quadruple amputee Corrine Hutton has just scaled Mount Kilimanjaro for Finding Your Feet, the charity she founded in 2013 to support other amputees in overcoming social isolation.
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Physio flexes her muscles for European Strongwoman Championships
Physiotherapist Lisa Corrallini has gone from strength to strength this year – now she’s Britain’s third strongest woman and ready to take on the world!
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Craigavon hydrotherapy pool gets £120,000 revamp
Physiotherapists have welcomed the re-opening of a hydrotherapy pool in Northern Ireland, following a £120,000 refurbishment project.
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Occupational health physiotherapy service saves NHS trust £200,000 by helping staff recover faster
An NHS trust in South Yorkshire has reduced sickness absences among staff by introducing a physiotherapy provision, as part of its health and wellbeing strategy.