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  • Physios support first Sporting Senior Games

    Physiotherapists helped military veterans who took part in the UK’s first Sporting Senior Games, held in Glasgow on 19 September.

    News — 29 September 2015 - 2:48pm
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    Physios support first Sporting Senior Games
  • Physios and GPs could work more closely in Scotland’s new-look primary care

    A redesign of primary care in Scotland will focus on multidisciplinary working between GPs and other health professionals, including physiotherapists.

    News — 29 September 2015 - 11:48am
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  • Redcar physios make step-change in equipment design

    Physiotherapists in north Yorkshire have teamed up with clinical engineers to design an innovative set of mock stairs.

    News — 28 September 2015 - 12:57pm
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  • Physio student funding review must safeguard entry to the profession and workforce supply, CSP chief tells ministers

    Any changes to funding for physiotherapy education must safeguard workforce supply and entry to the profession, Karen Middleton says in letters to three government ministers

    News — 25 September 2015 - 11:10am
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    Physio student funding review must safeguard entry to the profession and workforce supply, CSP chief tells ministers
  • University of Oxford physios to launch back pain management programme

    Physiotherapy researchers at the University of Oxford are launching an evidence-based programme that combines a cognitive behavioural approach with exercise to help people manage persistent low back pain.

    News — 23 September 2015 - 5:01pm
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    University of Oxford physios to launch back pain management programme
  • Physios should communicate more with home care staff, says NICE

    Healthcare practitioners, such as physiotherapists, need to liaise with home care workers to ensure older people receive integrated, person-centred care.

    News — 23 September 2015 - 1:14pm
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    Physios should communicate more with home care staff, says NICE
  • Physios help cricket heroes raise funds for injured soldiers

    Two military physiotherapists have helped some of the world's best known cricketers to raise money for wounded British soldiers.

    News — 22 September 2015 - 11:20am
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  • Children’s therapy team offers whole family support

    Physiotherapist Helen Dabbs has been leading a project that aims to improve therapy staff’s family support skills.

    News — 21 September 2015 - 4:17pm
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    Children’s therapy team offers whole family support
  • Awards highlight 10 years of Fit 4 Wales project

    A physio-led programme in Cardiff has celebrated a decade of helping people with learning disabilities to get fit and combat obesity.

    News — 17 September 2015 - 4:06pm
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    Awards highlight 10 years of Fit 4 Wales project
  • TUC congress: End workplace discrimination against pregnant women, says CSP

    The CSP has called for action to improve the rights of pregnant women and new mothers at work.

    News — 16 September 2015 - 2:41pm
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