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AHP lead gains prestigious fellowship to research public engagement with health care
Michelle Tennyson, assistant director of allied health professions and personal and public involvement at Northern Ireland’s Public Health Agency, has received a fellowship that will allow her to conduct international research into how public involvement can help shape health services.
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Respiratory physio receives excellence award for developing tracheostomy training tools
Claire Fitzgerald, a clinical specialist respiratory physiotherapist at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, has received the trust’s Research and Development Excellence Award.
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CSP Charitable Trust awards £27,000 for research into mobilisation in diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Physiotherapy lecturer Vasileios Lepesis has received a CSP Charitable Trust award of £27,000 to help complete his research into improving foot and ankle mobilisation in people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
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NHS guide highlights how physios can improve patient flow
A new guide shows how physiotherapists and other allied health professionals (AHPs) can decrease congestion in A&E departments and improve patient flow.
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Massed ranks of physios gear up for London Marathon – but Jonathan Davis wants to do it the hard way
Among the 174 physiotherapy staff (127 women and 47 men) preparing for the London Marathon on Sunday there can’t be many who have set themselves as tough a pre-race build up as Jonathan Davis.
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CSP demands immediate end to claw back of student loan payments
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has today criticised the Student Loans Company for continuing to claw back student loan overpayments.
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Report reveals how physiotherapists can play a major role in saving NHS cash
Physiotherapists can play a significant role in making substantial financial savings by reducing waste and re-using equipment such as mobility aids, according to a new report.
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Three physios will help form NICE guidelines on hip, knee and shoulder joint replacement
Three physiotherapists have been appointed to the committee that will formulate guidelines on hip, knee and shoulder joint replacement.
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Physio team cracks under pressure from TV’s Eggheads
Knowledge of the world of popular music – or rather the lack of it – let physiotherapists down when they battled with some of the world’s top general knowledge brains on the TV quiz Eggheads.
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Alex MacKenzie will lead new CSP Council
Long-standing CSP activist Alex MacKenzie is the new chair of the CSP.