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Stroke statistics make case for rehab ‘ever more urgent’, says CSP
The average age of people in England who have a stroke for the first time has fallen over the past decade, new figures show.
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NHS expert adviser gives approval for physios to issue fit notes
Carol Black, principal of the Newnham College, Cambridge and NHS adviser on work and disability, told Frontline that she backed the government’s strategy to enable physiotherapists to provide fit notes.
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PPA study day: Chronic pain may be a by-product of human evolution, says clinical psychologist
More research is needed to explain why humans, unlike wild animals, experience chronic pain and display their pain more than other primates do.
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PPA study day: Beliefs and expectations can influence the effect of exercise on pain
Exercise can help people with persistent pain, but their expectations and beliefs can affect the outcome, physiotherapy clinician Ben Cormack told the Physiotherapy Pain Association study day on 26 January.
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PPA study day: Physio professor outlines new model of pain
Physiotherapists need a new model of pain that takes account of a ‘predictive’ sensory and cognitive interaction, and the influence of people’s emotions and expectations.
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Health minister gets the rehab matters message
Health minister Steve Brine saw rehabilitation in action during a visit to a specialist private neuro practice in his Winchester constituency.
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Scottish GPs accept new contract that paves way for more physios in primary care
GPs in Scotland have approved a new contract that will see more physiotherapists acting as the first point of contact for patients in GP settings.
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Half of UK heart attack survivors don’t get rehab, audit finds
A national audit of cardiac rehabilitation shows that about 68,000 people who had heart attacks missed out on cardiac rehabilitation in 2015/16, nearly half (49 per cent) of those who were eligible.
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Physio starts climbing club to help disabled people reach new heights
A physiotherapist from Birmingham has set up a climbing club for people with disabilities.
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CSP responds to new Kings Fund report