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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Get involved with the CSP – look where it may take you
‘After working as a therapy assistant for nearly 11 years, I recently started a new role as a healthcare apprenticeship assessor/coach, at Birmingham Women’s & Children’s NHS Trust.
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Difference welcomed
Karen Middleton explains why we all have a stake in the CSP Council elections and why improved diversity is in all our interests
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Workplace Wins
Your CSP steward and safety reps are there to support you on individual workplace problems, we share some of their successes
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Your CSP Council needs you
Help us to shape the future of the CSP and the profession by putting yourself forward to join council
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CSP anger at latest visa decision
The CSP has expressed anger at the failure of the UK government to add physiotherapists and physio support workers to the shortage occupation list (SOL).
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Lakshman Thuraisingham
Physio Lakshman Thuraisingham speaks to Mark Gould about becoming a matron for quality – a senior role usually the domain of nurses
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Taking your health and wellbeing seriously
It doesn’t matter who I speak to at the moment everyone seems to be struggling with their mental health in one way or another.
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Health and safety rep reassures staff at different stages of the pandemic
Being a health and safety representative during the pandemic has been busy, challenging, emotive and also very rewarding.
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A tale of two waves
I have said before to my fellow peers that I felt like a fraud when hearing about them being swamped in the first wave and some of them being redeployed to critical care.
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Social life
Chris Richards and Steve Huckstep have worked to set up a Facebook group for associates and support workers to share experiences