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Physiotherapy is virtually ignored in the latest guidelines on managing tuberculosis (TB) in England, said Helen Ricketts, principal respiratory physiotherapist at St George’s Hospital, London.

More than 200 homeless people received physiotherapy in London this Christmas from volunteers with the charity Crisis.

Two physiotherapists came to the rescue when a woman collapsed at a busy railway station – and their skills helped save her life.

Scientists at the University of Sydney have found regular exercise is the best way to treat back pain.

A visually impaired physio is helping a charity to distribute second hand wheelchairs to severely disabled people living in remote communities in Kenya.

Physiotherapy staff at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, teamed up with other allied health professions (AHPs) to host an event aimed at raising awareness about their professions.

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:

Critical care physiotherapist Jess Whibley beat surgeons to the prestigious British Journal of Surgery oral presentation prize at a national surgery conference at the end of last year.

A university has teamed up with three NHS trusts to offer a physiotherapist the opportunity to spend a year working in Sierra Leone.

Proposals to cut access to musculoskeletal (MSK) physiotherapy in Mid Essex would increase medical investigations, drug costs and GP appointments, said the CSP’s head of practice Steve Tolan.