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Dan Lewin is the only physiotherapist on a team of 12 clinicians who are part of a national Department of Health programme to reduce spending inefficiencies in the NHS supply chain, and he is calling on physios to give their input at stakeholder events.

Sam Pilsworth has replaced a medical consultant to become the first physio consultant at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS trust, the largest single site specialist heart and chest hospital in the country.

Council chair Catherine Pope is urging all members working for the NHS in England to engage with the CSP consultation over the three-year pay proposals.

Physiotherapist and Royal Air Force (RAF) reservist Sarah Jones tested her resilience last month during a week-long winter survival exercise in the frozen mountains of Norway.

Jane Stokes believes she is one of the first CSP members to have taken on the role of physiotherapy lead with a mobile health applications developer.

Dr Kate Hallsworth, a lifestyle specialist in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), believes she could be the first UK physio invited to speak at an international liver symposium.

The assessment plan for how advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) apprentices in England are tested at the end of their programmes has been approved.

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has published five strategic goals for allied health professionals to ‘blaze a trail’ in research.

Physiotherapy technical instructor Chris Packham has sold 1,000 copies of a booklet he co-created to help improve the fitness levels of NHS staff and patients.

GPs in England will have to make all first outpatient referrals electronically later this year in a move to reduce the number of missed physiotherapy and other appointments.