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Physios can help give GPs five extra minutes with patients, says CSP
GPs could spend on average five extra minutes with patients if they made physiotherapy available at their surgery, according to new figures from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
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Budget 2016: sugar tax, £150m for prosthetics but no more money for the NHS
George Osborne’s latest budget left NHS spending unchanged – despite the pressures facing services due to growing patient demand, falling resources and staff shortages.
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ARC16: Delegates call for more supportive sickness absence policies
Physiotherapy staff who feel unwell may go to work because harsh workplace policies punish them for taking days off sick.
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Cost calculator helps to make case for physio services in GP practices
Physiotherapists can now quickly calculate how much time and money they could save a GP practice, thanks to a new tool developed by the CSP.
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New models of frailty care need physios, King’s Fund hears
There is an important role for physiotherapists in redesigning and delivering new models of care for older people with frailty, speakers at a King’s Fund event acknowledged.
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ARC16: CSP should combat the rise of technology-related MSK problems in children, say delegates
Physiotherapists are warning that increasing numbers of young children are developing musculoskeletal (MSK) problems – known as ‘text neck’ or ‘computer hump’ – because they are using electronic devices in schools.
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ARC16: Attacks on union representatives' facilities time must be stopped, conference decides
The CSP’s Annual Representative Conference (ARC) could be the last if the government’s Trade Union Bill goes ahead.
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ARC16: Delegates back call for society to lead cycling safety campaign
The CSP should promote the safety benefits of wearing cycle helmets and campaign for safer cycling routes.
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ARC16: CSP chief outlines priorities for the physio profession
The greatest concern of UK physiotherapy staff is the sense of deterioration in services, the profession’s leader, Karen Middleton, said on the opening day of CSP's Annual Representative Conference (ARC).
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NHS England offers trusts £450m incentive to provide workplace physio for staff
NHS trusts in England may be able to ringfence income from services they provide to commissioners to pay for workplace physiotherapy and other physical and mental health services for staff.