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  • Respiratory physio receives excellence award for developing tracheostomy training tools

    Claire Fitzgerald, a clinical specialist respiratory physiotherapist at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, has received the trust’s Research and Development Excellence Award.

    News — 24 April 2018 - 11:47am
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    Respiratory physio receives excellence award for developing tracheostomy training tools
  • CSP Charitable Trust awards £27,000 for research into mobilisation in diabetic peripheral neuropathy

    Physiotherapy lecturer Vasileios Lepesis has received a CSP Charitable Trust award of £27,000 to help complete his research into improving foot and ankle mobilisation in people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

    News — 20 April 2018 - 4:53pm
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    CSP awards £27,000 grant for research into mobilisation in diabetic peripheral neuropathy
  • NHS guide highlights how physios can improve patient flow

    A new guide shows how physiotherapists and other allied health professionals (AHPs) can decrease congestion in A&E departments and improve patient flow.

    News — 20 April 2018 - 4:35pm
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    Most English CCGs plan spending cuts
  • Massed ranks of physios gear up for London Marathon – but Jonathan Davis wants to do it the hard way

    Among the 174 physiotherapy staff (127 women and 47 men) preparing for the London Marathon on Sunday there can’t be many who have set themselves as tough a pre-race build up as Jonathan Davis.

    News — 20 April 2018 - 3:39pm
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    Massed ranks of physios gear up for London Marathon – but Jonathan Davis wants to do it the hard way
  • CSP demands immediate end to claw back of student loan payments

    The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has today criticised the Student Loans Company for continuing to claw back student loan overpayments.

    Press release — 20 April 2018 - 1:21pm
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  • Report reveals how physiotherapists can play a major role in saving NHS cash

    Physiotherapists can play a significant role in making substantial financial savings by reducing waste and re-using equipment such as mobility aids, according to a new report.

    News — 19 April 2018 - 4:48pm
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    Report reveals how physiotherapists can play a major role in saving NHS cash
  • Three physios will help form NICE guidelines on hip, knee and shoulder joint replacement

    Three physiotherapists have been appointed to the committee that will formulate guidelines on hip, knee and shoulder joint replacement.

    News — 19 April 2018 - 4:14pm
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    Two physios will help form NICE guidelines on hip, knee and shoulder joint replacement
  • Physio team cracks under pressure from TV’s Eggheads

    Knowledge of the world of popular music – or rather the lack of it – let physiotherapists down when they battled with some of the world’s top general knowledge brains on the TV quiz Eggheads.

    News — 18 April 2018 - 4:50pm
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    Eggheads photo
  • Alex MacKenzie will lead new CSP Council

    Long-standing CSP activist Alex MacKenzie is the new chair of the CSP.

    News — 17 April 2018 - 5:32pm
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  • Physios sign up to 70 day challenge to end ‘pyjama paralysis’

    Physiotherapy staff are pledging their support for this year’s #EndPJparalysis campaign, which runs from 17 April to 26 June.

    News — 17 April 2018 - 10:51am
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    Physios sign up to 70 day challenge to end ‘pyjama paralysis’