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  • Children’s therapy team offers whole family support

    Physiotherapist Helen Dabbs has been leading a project that aims to improve therapy staff’s family support skills.

    News — 21 September 2015 - 4:17pm
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    Children’s therapy team offers whole family support
  • Awards highlight 10 years of Fit 4 Wales project

    A physio-led programme in Cardiff has celebrated a decade of helping people with learning disabilities to get fit and combat obesity.

    News — 17 September 2015 - 4:06pm
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    Awards highlight 10 years of Fit 4 Wales project
  • TUC congress: End workplace discrimination against pregnant women, says CSP

    The CSP has called for action to improve the rights of pregnant women and new mothers at work.

    News — 16 September 2015 - 2:41pm
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  • TUC congress: CSP warns about cuts to physio in mental healthcare

    Mental health services are teetering on the brink of collapse, CSP member Jill Barker warned delegates at the TUC congress in Brighton on 15 September.

    News — 16 September 2015 - 1:44pm
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    CSP warns about cuts to physio in mental healthcare
  • TUC congress: CSP calls for more investment in the NHS

    The CSP has called for more investment in the NHS to raise the quality of care and help make it more sustainable.

    News — 15 September 2015 - 12:52pm
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    Claire Sulliavn at TUC Congress 2014 in Liverpool. Photo: Jess Hurd
  • HCPC to review how it handles physio ‘frauds’

    The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is to examine how it responds to physiotherapists who have complained about people trying to pass themselves off as members of their profession.

    News — 15 September 2015 - 10:42am
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    Physio to lead profession’s regulatory body
  • NHS England should tackle shortfall in lymphoedema care, House of Lords told

    People with lymphoedema who live in England need the same standard of care as the rest of the UK, according to a debate in the House of Lords.

    News — 11 September 2015 - 12:14pm
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  • CSP criticises government’s 'provocative' proposals on workers’ rights

    The CSP has criticised government plans to change trade union rights – which will be debated in parliament this autumn – claiming they are ‘unnecessary’, ‘petty’ and ‘deliberately provocative’.

    News — 10 September 2015 - 12:44pm
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    CSP criticises government’s 'provocative' proposals on workers’ rights
  • Lambeth’s Fit Kids programme extends its reach

    Fit Kids, a weekly exercise session for children with physical difficulties, is extending its reach to include children with more complex needs.

    News — 10 September 2015 - 12:29pm
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    Lambeth’s Fit Kids programme extends its reach
  • Physio treats cyclists in Tour of Britain race

    A Cumbria-based physiotherapist is supporting cyclists in today’s stage of the Tour of Britain.

    News — 10 September 2015 - 10:35am
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    Janet Smedley, Tour of Britain physio