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Starting in the spring with a larger five-person team, we will have got to over 100 workplaces by the end of the year in meetings attended by approximately 1,000 physiotherapists and support staff - in addition to holding dozens of virtual meetings with you. It has been an inspiring and energising experience. Lack of space to work, parking, equipment and staffing shortages, workload pressures and burnout, and on call policies were among the top issues cited by physios and support workers. We also heard about barriers to career progression; for example, members in Scotland raised accessing

The CSP is moving to an Industrial Action ballot in Scotland. Due to open in October, our elected Council will recommend members vote YES to take industrial action, to reject the Scottish government’s NHS pay offer of 5 per cent, which is already higher than the award in England and Wales for many of our members in higher bands. Council was only able to take decisive action in Scotland due to a high member turnout in our earlier, informal consultative survey. Over 60 per cent of our members voted in this ‘indicative vote’. 90 per cent rejected the offer, with 80 per cent saying they were