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Rehab, injuries, and bone density in menopause - August in the media
Physiotherapy continued to feature prominently in the media in August.
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‘Physiotherapy is essential to a sustainable NHS’ is the message at the SNP annual conference
The future of healthcare, workforce, sustainability and access to care was foremost at a fringe meeting at the annual conference of the Scottish National Party.
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Physio student’s golden Paralympics debut in Great Britain rowing squad
As the first woman in sports history to win double world championship titles in one regatta and smashing multiple world records, Oxford Brookes physiotherapy student Frankie Allen powered her way to victory in the most successful Paralympics games for TeamGB Rowing.
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CSP recommends that members accept Scottish government’s pay offer
Scottish members have until 9am on Monday 23 September to vote to accept or reject this offer.
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CSP members in Northern Ireland champion equality at Foyle Pride parade
Foyle Pride parade took place on 24 August - CSP members marched alongside other trade unions and community groups at the Pride event in Derry/Londonderry.
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Scottish government makes pay offer to healthcare unions
Following negotiations between the Scottish government and health unions, including the CSP, a one-year pay offer has been made.
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Scale up best practice to fix the NHS
The CSP is calling on the government to join up healthcare to treat people until they are fully well – or risk the NHS remaining broken.
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CSP staff and members unite against racism and hate crimes in Northern Ireland
This week, the CSP Northern Ireland (CSP NI) took a stand against the rising tide of racism and hate crimes affecting ethnic minorities.
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CSP calls for improved training, development and delegation in response to national support worker review
The CSP is calling for improvements in support worker training, career development and implementation of safe and effective delegation practices.
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Government funding for more GPs provides a short-term solution, but more FCPs in primary care needed
The government has announced that it is removing the ‘red tape currently preventing GP surgeries from hiring doctors’, but this must not distract from the need for more First Contact Physiotherapists (FCP) in primary care.
