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Musculoskeletal (MSK) services for conditions such as back and neck pain are becoming gridlocked by increasing demand and restricted capacity in many parts of the country, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Scotland is warning.

Older people should be asked about falls when they have routine assessments and reviews with health and social care practitioners, says the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

The government should commission an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the sugar levy, according to a major report on child health.

Ministerial approval has been given for a degree apprenticeship standard to be developed for physiotherapy. Once developed and launched, this will enable people to combine working and studying as a way of entering the profession.

A physio at Belfast’s Marie Curie Hospice plans to build on a fitness week for staff by arranging ongoing exercise classes, cycling and walks.  

Physiotherapists are likely to face more requests to act as witnesses in court proceedings, according to the national lead clinician for chronic pain in Scotland.

An expert in evidence-based practice has warned physiotherapists to be aware of bias, including their own, when interpreting research results and other information about managing chronic pain.

Physiotherapists should work together to challenge the ‘nonsense’ that surrounds back pain and to promote sensible strategies that actually work.

A senior physiotherapist has called for a revolution in the management of pain, saying that change isn’t happening fast enough.

More than a hundred physiotherapists in the UK gained independent prescribing rights in the last five months, bringing the total to nearly 500.