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  • CSP: stop overlooking quality rehabilitation in the community

    The Care Quality Commission (CQC) says that fragmented health and social care can have serious consequences for patients.

    News — 10 October 2017 - 1:42pm
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    CSP: stop overlooking quality rehabilitation in the community
  • Hampshire physio clinic raises funds for defibrillator

    Physiotherapists in Hampshire have installed an automated external defibrillator on the outside of their clinic after raising more than £1,000 to pay for the device.

    News — 10 October 2017 - 11:39am
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    Hampshire physio clinic raises funds for defibrillator
  • Ipswich physios receive commendation awards for non-stop care of critically ill baby

    Two senior paediatric physios have received awards after helping to support the round-the-clock care of a baby with respiratory problems.

    News — 9 October 2017 - 4:50pm
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    Ipswich physios receive commendation awards for non-stop care of critically ill baby
  • Physio professor wins award for online self-management physio service

    A physiotherapy professor from Glasgow has won £5,000 and on-going business support to help her develop an online service for people with neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory and orthopaedic conditions.

    News — 5 October 2017 - 5:03pm
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    Physio professor wins award for online self-management physio service
  • National award recognises NHS stroke care partnership

    Partnership working between commissioners and providers to improve NHS stroke care in Suffolk has been recognised with an award supported by NHS England.

    News — 5 October 2017 - 3:55pm
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    National award recognises NHS stroke care partnership
  • NHS Wales awards Torfaen falls initiative

    Torfaen’s falls service is the only one in Aneurin Bevan University Health Board to run exercise classes in which other organisations offer advice, said physiotherapist Karen Minton.

    News — 5 October 2017 - 12:05pm
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    NHS Wales awards Torfaen falls initiative
  • London NHS trusts launch ‘back school’ as new care pathway

    Two London trusts are launching a 90-minute education session for people with low back pain, as part of a new care pathway to meet the latest clinical guidelines.

    News — 4 October 2017 - 3:23pm
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  • World’s longest-running pelvic floor dysfunction research set for next phase

    Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) said its researchers are preparing the next phase of the longest postnatal pelvic floor dysfunction research project ever.

    News — 29 September 2017 - 4:21pm
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    World's longest-running research pelvic floor problems set for next phase
  • Too many people letting muscle waste as they age, physiotherapists warn

    Get strong to live long, physiotherapists are urging older people after new polling suggested millions might not even be carrying their shopping each week.

    Press release — 29 September 2017 - 1:00am
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  • Physio staff wear pyjamas to support campaign aimed at getting patients dressed and moving

    Physiotherapy staff in Colchester went to work in pyjamas last month to back a campaign to speed up the recovery of hospital inpatients.

    News — 28 September 2017 - 4:45pm
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    Physio staff wear pyjamas to support campaign aimed at getting patients dressed and moving