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21/07/2021

04/12/2020

https://www.england.nhs.uk/gp/expanding-our-workforce/first-contact-physiotherapists/

Health and high quality care for all, now and for future generations

28/10/2020

Advanced practice and consultant physiotherapists are invaluable career development routes. Physiotherapists in these roles work with a high degree of autonomy, use complex decision-making within multi-professional teams, and work across the health and social care system to enable quality and integr...

19/10/2020

Physiotherapists are acknowledged experts in the management of musculoskeletal problems, injury and post-operative rehabilitation and spinal pain.

NHS England’s “first contact practitioner” pilot schemes are testing whether directing patients with musculoskeletal conditions to specialist physiotherapists rather than to a GP can ease the workload on primary care, streamline care and improve recovery. Georgina Pike outlines how one pilot i...

02/10/2020

A national evaluation into the First Contact Physiotherapist (FCP) role in England showcases the strength of the model, the CSP says.

09/09/2020

I’ve never seen anything like coronavirus before. Recovering will be a Herculean task for patients, but we are here to help

09/09/2020

When Charlie Coulton regained consciousness after 42 days in intensive care fighting Covid-19 - half of that time on a ventilator - he wondered if he had woken up in a science fiction film.