Audit reveals major expansion of physiotherapy role in general practice
Growing numbers of patients who seek a GP appointment for back pain and other musculoskeletal conditions are being offered the chance to see a physiotherapist instead, new data shows.
Government plans new MSK services to get disabled people into jobs
New musculoskeletal (MSK) services to support disabled people and help them into employment will be trialled under proposals from the Department of Health and the Department of Work and Pensions.
Press coverage leads physio lecturer to defend hip replacements
A physiotherapy lecturer was inundated with calls from concerned members of the public following the publication of research that showed that hip replacement patients were no more active after their surgery than before.
MPs say government must boost local physical activity services to tackle arthritis
It is ‘crucial’ for the government to ensure people can access effective, local physical activity services, said Strangford MP Jim Shannon, leading parliament’s first debate on arthritis for five years.
Increased role of physios to be examined as part of major Northern Ireland heath review
The CSP has welcomed government promises to explore the impact that AHPs can have when working with primary care teams, announced as part of a package of measures designed to overhaul the Northern Ireland health system.
Physios need the time to transform services for ‘Devo Manc’
Devolved health and social care would only succeed if frontline staff were fully engaged in transformation, the CSP’s director Sue Hayward-Giles has argued.
