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A study of more than 640,000 patient records shows that people from ethnic minorities are less likely to have hip or knee replacement surgery than their white counterparts.

A private orthopaedic and sports injury clinic has introduced an app so that patients can arrange appointments on their iPhones.

Despite funding pressures on England’s NHS, elective hip replacements increased by 90 per cent in the six years to 2016, says the King’s Fund.

A list of controlled drugs that independent prescribing physiotherapists are able to use is to be revised.

Arthritis Research UK has published a guide to physical activity interventions for people with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions aimed at commissioners and providers of local services.

A central London GP practice is still running physio-led exercise classes for NHS patients, despite the withdrawal of public funding three years ago.

The CSP has undertaken to continue to clarify scope of practice issues raised by a trailblazing approach to the treatment of children with club foot.

New research shows that NHS patients needing physiotherapy are being forced to attend millions of unnecessary GP appointments for a referral, according to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP).

Growing pressures on the health service have prompted the development of new and expanded roles for physiotherapists in primary care.

Scotland’s largest health board is to run annual stress-busting events for MSK physiotherapy staff.