News

19th February 2021
ARRS/FCP funding
CSP welcomes extra funding for first contact physios and advanced practice roles in England Funding for first contact physiotherapists, and other additional roles in primary care, is set to increase by up to £300 million in England this year. https://www.csp.org.uk/news/2021-02-18-csp-welcomes-extra-funding-first-contact-physios-advanced-practice-roles-england
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8th February 2021
Celebrating LGBTQIO+ history month
Have you taken a look at the CSPs cover feature in February’s Frontline by Ella Braidwood a must read https://www.csp.org.uk/frontline/27/2/01-feb-2021
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8th February 2021
CSP to fund additional BAME spaces for Leadership programme
For full details go to: https://www.csp.org.uk/news/2021-01-22-csp-fund-additional-bame-spaces-leadership-programme CLOSING DATE 12/2/21
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30th January 2021
COMING SOON April webinar, date TBC
Update on three of HEE’s AP curriculum frameworks! Older People, Community Rehab and Long Term Conditions The session will provide you with an update on three of HEE’s advanced practice curriculum frameworks! The HEE/Royal College of Physicians -older people, HEE/Skills for Health community rehab and HEE/Skills for Health Long Term Conditions. With the launch of […]
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14th January 2021
APPN Research
Are you a MSK physiotherapist trained in Making Every Contact Count Healthy Conversation Skills? Please consider taking part in a study, funded by University of Bath and HEE, exploring perceptions and experiences delivering MECC. For more information, please contat adp56@bath.ac.uk This research is funded by Health Education England and the University of Bath, and my […]
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10th December 2020
Thinking Differently about Support Workers
Thinking Differently about Support Workers www.csp.org.uk/thinkingdifferently has been developed in collaboration with Health Education England to showcase the important contribution of the physiotherapy support workforce to the profession. The impact of the support workforce on patient care and service productivity is unfortunately too often overlooked and misunderstood in workforce planning so the video aims to […]
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23rd November 2020
CSP Headquarters are re-locating
The CSP has been based at 14 Bedford Row, a prestigious address and a beautiful historic building, since the 1960s. However it no longer meets our needs or reflects our modern profession and Council has made a decision to seek alternative premises. For almost two years, we have been reviewing how the building is used […]
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23rd November 2020
CSP : Call for abstract reviewers and moderators
The CSP are pleased to announce the Abstract Reviewers Survey for Physiotherapy UK 2021 is now open! Physiotherapy UK hosted by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) is recruiting for two important roles: Reviewers for abstract submissions Abstract moderation group members to oversee the peer review process (three positions are available to fill in an […]
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20th October 2020
A Roadmap to Practice
The First Contact Practitioners and Advanced Practitioners in Primary Care: (Musculoskeletal) A Roadmap to Practice is a supportive document that provides a clear educational pathway from undergraduate to advanced practice for clinicians wishing to pursue a career in primary care. It was released in October 2020 setting the standard for MSK FCP and AP practice […]
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12th October 2020

20th September 2020
Keele online survery : MSK Standardised Dataset Survey
Please can you take time to complete and share the Keele online survey which is part of a process to get agreement for a standardised MSK PROM and PREM dataset:- The primary aim of the survey is to reach consensus on the minumu dataset (core outcome set) that should be collected across Musculosketal (MSK) community […]
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15th July 2020
Helping to ensure an essential supply of AHPs
Delivery of the ambitions of the NHS Long-Term Plan requires a sustainable supply of trained and highly skilled AHPs. HEE is working closely with the Office for Students (OfS) to monitor the number of students training to become AHPs. We are developing a long-term strategic plan to stabilise and develop the professions, working with the AHP professional bodies and […]
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15th July 2020
PACE Evaluation : Physiotherapy after COVID
As more and more patient with COVID-19 are discharged to community settings into the care of community rehabilitation services, there is an urgency to support these services to understand the needs of this largely unknown patient population and review and repurpose their service delivery models accordingly. Without this data there is a risk that services […]
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6th April 2020
Coronavirus : keep up with the latest developments
The latest from the CSP : Information guidance and latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic. Other useful links:- www.gov.uk/coronavirus www.nice.org.uk/covid-19
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23rd March 2020
NICE guidelines : Coronavirus (COVID-19)
For information on how NICE is supporting the NHS and social care, view our new rapid guidelines and evidence summaries. Learn about the government response to coronavirus on GOV.UK. www.nice.org.uk/covid-19
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1st October 2019
Advancing Practice in Rheumatology Physiotherapy
My Journey from ‘Senior II’ to ‘Consultant’ travelling from bank 6 to 8 https://www.astretch.co.uk/communications
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23rd September 2019
NICE media statement : medicines and prescribing
EMBARGOED UNTIL: 00.01 BST TUESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2019 MEDIA STATEMENT Responding to Public Health England (PHE) first ever evidence review of dependence and withdrawal problems associated with five commonly prescribed classes of medicines in England, Dr Paul Chrisp, director of the Centre for Guidelines at NICE, said: “We welcome this important work from Public Health […]
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14th August 2019
North Cumbria and North East Integrated Care System : Open Forum
I am writing because the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy is working to provide Chris Gray, NHS England North East Medical Director, with a list of members who are willing to sit on an open forum designed to have input into the new North Cumbria and North East Integrated Care System. We hope that this will […]
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1st August 2019
NHS England e-learning package for MSK primary care
A useful resource for anyone looking at AP or FCP roles and had CPD accreditation, best of all it’s free : www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/musculoskeletal-primary-care/
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23rd July 2019
The Charitable Trust’s Research Priorities Award
The Charitable Trust’s Research Priorities Award is now open for applications. The Trust is looking to fund a research project based on one of the top 10 research priorities with up to £295,000. Outline applications are due by midday on Monday 2nd September 2019.
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3rd July 2019
Summer Report from Nick Downing, APPN Chair
Advanced Practice (AP) Physiotherapy is going through a period of rapid change and development. Whilst the terminology of Advanced Practitioner has been broadly accepted replacing Extended Scope Physiotherapists/Practitioners there remains a clear gap in understanding of titles, roles, banding, context and accreditation of AP roles. As the APPN we are pushing to drive forward advanced […]
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4th April 2019
Gabapentin and pregabalin to be reclassified as controlled drugs
Joint statement agreed by NHS England and CSP. In order to provide evidence to extend the list of controlled drugs physiotherapists can prescribe we need to gather data. Please can all IPs collect information for the next 2/12 on when they would have prescribed gabapentin/pregabalin/codeine/tramadol and what they did instead ie tricyclic, refer to IP […]
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9th March 2019
Good Practice Guidance for Ward Rounds
APPN are contributing to Royal College of Physicians to update their good practice guidance for ward rounds. If you would like to share examples of Physio AP practice that demonstrate our skills please contact appn-physio@outlook.com Click here to view the full publication
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12th February 2019
MRI reading in axSpA for Physiotherapists
Many thanks to all of you who responded to this offer. Applications are now closed. Novartis are considering holding a similar event in the near future, we will keep you posted : ORIGINAL NOTICE : Novartis are pleased to announce that they are holding a national education meeting focused on MRI reading in axSpA for […]
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10th December 2018
ACP Apprenticeship
The CSP have provided us with some guidance for members in relation to the Advanced Clinical Practitioner apprenticeship, details of which are due to be published shortly to their site. They have also provided a paper which seeks to explore interest in a proposal for a non-medical consultant apprenticeship which we hope members find useful. […]
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