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Back pain pilot slashed number of onward referrals
A pilot primary care service in Hertfordshire has managed to discharge 80 per cent of people with low back pain after their first appointment.
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Octogenarian completes first 5km race thanks to long-term physio support
After four years of physiotherapy Ann Rowe, a previously wheelchair-bound care home resident, has taken part in her first 5km race at the age of 87.
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Pioneering MSK practitioner role gets RCGP recognition
Amanda Hensman-Crook’s pioneering work developing a first point of contact specialist physio role in GP clinics has been shortlisted for a Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) service innovation award.
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Public Health England publishes resource pack for falls and fracture prevention
Public Health England has published a resource pack to accompany its Falls and fracture consensus statement: supporting commissioning through prevention, published in January.
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"Government to lift the public sector pay cap"
CSP responds to The Sun article which suggests the government will lift the public sector pay cap
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Heroes wanted for healthcare support worker award sequel
Members are encouraged to nominate physiotherapy support workers for the UK-wide Our Health Heroes Awards 2017 by 15 September.
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Northern Ireland’s health service being used as a ‘political football’, as trusts ordered to make £70m cuts
The CSP’s senior negotiating officer Claire Ronald took a leading role in speaking out against proposals to axe £70m from Northern Ireland’s health services during a recent interview for BBC Radio Ulster.
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CSP says data supports its call for physios to issue fit notes to patients and ease GP pressures
More than one million fit notes for musculoskeletal (MSK) problems were issued in England from December 2014 to this March – adding ballast to the CSP’s push for physiotherapists to be allowed to sign patients off work.
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CSP and Neo G agree long-term partnership
Physiotherapy staff will get a 20 per cent discount on orthopaedic products as part of a deal between Neo G and the CSP.
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Octogenarian to compete in first 5km race thanks to long-term physio support
After four years of physiotherapy Ann Rowe, a care home resident who used a wheelchair, has taken part in her first 5km race at the age of 87.