AHP conference 2016: Simon Stevens urges AHPs to ensure £450m to improve workplace health is used
The head of NHS England has urged allied health profession (AHP) leaders to ‘bang on the doors of finance directors’ and tell them to take up the £450 million on offer to improve the health of NHS staff.
Royal College of GPs prioritises physical activity and lifestyle issues
The CSP has welcomed a programme to support primary care professionals with evidence-based information to prevent and manage lifestyle-related diseases.
Physio staff ‘crucial’ in keeping Welsh NHS on its feet, says health secretary Vaughan Gething
Welsh cabinet secretary for health Vaughan Gething has thanked physiotherapy staff for their hard work in helping and supporting people with long-term and multiple chronic conditions.
A physiotherapy-led falls prevention team in South London has won an award for a project that helps older people to stay fit and remain in their own homes.
CSP welcomes opportunity for physios to influence digital strategies
The door of NHS’s England’s National Information Board (NIB) is open for physios and other allied health professionals to contribute to digital developments, Frontline has been told.
Let physios provide fit notes and reduce strain on GPs, says CSP
The CSP is highlighting how physiotherapists can reduce unnecessary GP appointments, following calls by doctors to allow employees to self-certify sickness for up to two weeks.
