Sugar tax should be ring-fenced for public health, says CSP
The estimated £1bn revenue from a sugar tax should be ring-fenced for public health if introduced to reverse the damage being done by cuts, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy says today.
Government wrong to impose contract on junior doctors, says CSP
The decision by the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, to press ahead with imposing a controversial new contract on junior doctors in England has been criticised by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
Critical that every contact counts in obesity fight, says CSP
Taking more patients' BMI scores in GP settings and referring them into weight management services would be a proactive step in the fight against obesity, says the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
Northern Ireland physiotherapy staff angry and upset over health minister’s pay award
Responding to the decision by the Minister for Health, Simon Hamilton MLA, to impose a one per cent cent across the board pay uplift for all Agenda for Change (AfC) health and social care staff, Claire Ronald, CSP senior negotiating officer for CSP Northern Ireland said:
CSP expresses anger at cuts to physiotherapy training places in England
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has condemned an announcement made today that Health Education England will cut the number of physiotherapy training places by 6.7% in 2016/17.
Northern Ireland funding welcome but big issues such as pay remain, says CSP
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy in Northern Ireland has welcomed the announcement of an increase in funding for the Department of Health as part of the Northern Ireland Executive's 2016/17 budget.
