The latest news and frontline articles about support workers, their roles, working lives and contribution to physiotherapy.
Support workers in the news
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Workplace wins
Your CSP steward and safety reps are there to support you on individual workplace problems and to help coordinate collective responses to problems
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Proudest moments
Nominations for CSP Council are open until 16 May and we hope it may inspire you to nominate yourself for council
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Supervision and my role
Here we answer your questions about supervision and your role in the NHS, Jean Byrne, CSP professional adviser for Northern Ireland provides a
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Blind physiotherapy - will it still belong?
Dr Robert Jones, a blind person himself, warns we could be well into the process of losing blind physiotherapy from the profession completely
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Tackle service pressures by expanding the physio workforce, CSP tells government
Physiotherapy staffing numbers need to be increased, to help relieve pressure on the NHS and to meet the commitments made in the NHS Long Term Plan.
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‘Exciting’ AHP support worker optimisation project
An important programme of work in England being led by Health Education England has been developed to support NHS trusts to deliver robust allied health professions (AHP) workforce plans.
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Apprenticeship success for support worker
JC Bird has been successful at getting on a level 6 apprenticeship programme.
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Value of support workers recognised in national award nomination
Chris Richards is a physiotherapy technical instructor working at Hywel Dda University Health Board and a member of the CSP Associate member support worker reference group.
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New support worker representation group member’s passion for education
Beverly Harrison has spoken of her vision for the support worker profession as she takes up a new role on the CSP’s Associate member support worker representation group (SWRG).
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On the parliamentary agenda
On the Agenda going forward from December 21 to mid 2022, here are some dates to remember