Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
@thecsp.bsky.social
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) - the professional, educational and union body for 65,000 UK-chartered physiotherapists, students and support workers.
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'Rehab is key not just to good recovery but to prevention of future demand on the NHS.' ๐
Health Secretary Wes Streeting highlighted the importance of rehabilitation in making the NHS work, following the launch of healthcare reforms and a social care commission in England this week.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting highlighted the importance of rehabilitation in making the NHS work, following the launch of healthcare reforms and a social care commission in England this week.
'Thousands more stroke survivors are being failed simply because there are not enough physiotherapy staff to provide the rehabilitation that enables recovery.'
Ash James featured in Times letters following their coverage of a stroke care crisis.
Ash James featured in Times letters following their coverage of a stroke care crisis.
Times letters: Legality and wisdom of Maduroโs abduction
Sir, William Hague writes that โtoo much can be made of how this will embolden Russia and Chinaโ. But he does not mention the loss of prestige and influence
www.thetimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:20 AM
'Thousands more stroke survivors are being failed simply because there are not enough physiotherapy staff to provide the rehabilitation that enables recovery.'
Ash James featured in Times letters following their coverage of a stroke care crisis.
Ash James featured in Times letters following their coverage of a stroke care crisis.
When physios connect as peers, our community strengthens and our collective influence grows with it.
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#OneCSP #CSPPhysio #PhysioCommunity #ProfessionalDevelopment #InfluentialMovement
Want to understand how One CSP supports this?
Explore more ๐ https://bit.ly/44dq2H0
#OneCSP #CSPPhysio #PhysioCommunity #ProfessionalDevelopment #InfluentialMovement
January 7, 2026 at 8:00 AM
When physios connect as peers, our community strengthens and our collective influence grows with it.
Want to understand how One CSP supports this?
Explore more ๐ https://bit.ly/44dq2H0
#OneCSP #CSPPhysio #PhysioCommunity #ProfessionalDevelopment #InfluentialMovement
Want to understand how One CSP supports this?
Explore more ๐ https://bit.ly/44dq2H0
#OneCSP #CSPPhysio #PhysioCommunity #ProfessionalDevelopment #InfluentialMovement
Introducing One CSP ๐ helping our members find simple, flexible ways to get involved with the CSP.
Volunteer. Network. Represent. Campaign.
Your involvement matters. Be part of it.
Find your route in ๐ https://bit.ly/44dq2H0
#OneCSP #CSPPhysio
Volunteer. Network. Represent. Campaign.
Your involvement matters. Be part of it.
Find your route in ๐ https://bit.ly/44dq2H0
#OneCSP #CSPPhysio
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Introducing One CSP ๐ helping our members find simple, flexible ways to get involved with the CSP.
Volunteer. Network. Represent. Campaign.
Your involvement matters. Be part of it.
Find your route in ๐ https://bit.ly/44dq2H0
#OneCSP #CSPPhysio
Volunteer. Network. Represent. Campaign.
Your involvement matters. Be part of it.
Find your route in ๐ https://bit.ly/44dq2H0
#OneCSP #CSPPhysio
Does your rehab team deserve national recognition this year?
Enter the #RightToRehab Innovation Award at the Advancing Healthcare Awards & give your colleagues โ and your service โ the national profile it deserves in 2026.
๐ Submit your entry here: https://ow.ly/G3ps50XR3z4
Enter the #RightToRehab Innovation Award at the Advancing Healthcare Awards & give your colleagues โ and your service โ the national profile it deserves in 2026.
๐ Submit your entry here: https://ow.ly/G3ps50XR3z4
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Does your rehab team deserve national recognition this year?
Enter the #RightToRehab Innovation Award at the Advancing Healthcare Awards & give your colleagues โ and your service โ the national profile it deserves in 2026.
๐ Submit your entry here: https://ow.ly/G3ps50XR3z4
Enter the #RightToRehab Innovation Award at the Advancing Healthcare Awards & give your colleagues โ and your service โ the national profile it deserves in 2026.
๐ Submit your entry here: https://ow.ly/G3ps50XR3z4
'This analysis should be a warning that we cannot just keep doing the same things year after year.
'Part of the solution is improving access to community services.' - Rob Yeldham
Our response to The Health Foundation data, which found that delayed discharge figures are worsening.
#RightToRehab
'Part of the solution is improving access to community services.' - Rob Yeldham
Our response to The Health Foundation data, which found that delayed discharge figures are worsening.
#RightToRehab
CSP responds to NHS data that shows rise in patients โstrandedโ in beds
The Health Foundation has analysed NHS England data comparing this yearโs and last yearโs delayed discharge figures, warning that they are worsening an already overcrowded winter crisis.ย
www.csp.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
'This analysis should be a warning that we cannot just keep doing the same things year after year.
'Part of the solution is improving access to community services.' - Rob Yeldham
Our response to The Health Foundation data, which found that delayed discharge figures are worsening.
#RightToRehab
'Part of the solution is improving access to community services.' - Rob Yeldham
Our response to The Health Foundation data, which found that delayed discharge figures are worsening.
#RightToRehab
'These new rights will be transformative for our members in workplaces across the country and represent the first pro-worker, pro-union laws in a generation.'
The Employment Rights Bill, which introduces new rights for people in the workplace, cleared its final parliamentary hurdle.
The Employment Rights Bill, which introduces new rights for people in the workplace, cleared its final parliamentary hurdle.
CSP welcomes passing of 'transformative' new workplace rights
The Employment Rights Bill, which introduces new rights for people in the workplace, cleared its final parliamentary hurdle following a vote in the House of Lords yesterday.
www.csp.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
'These new rights will be transformative for our members in workplaces across the country and represent the first pro-worker, pro-union laws in a generation.'
The Employment Rights Bill, which introduces new rights for people in the workplace, cleared its final parliamentary hurdle.
The Employment Rights Bill, which introduces new rights for people in the workplace, cleared its final parliamentary hurdle.
โYour action helped make this happen, now your evidence can help ensure the final guidance truly reflects the needs of physiotherapy and wider AHP services.โ
NHS England has commissioned an evidence review that will help shape new AHP safe staffing guidance.
NHS England has commissioned an evidence review that will help shape new AHP safe staffing guidance.
Major breakthrough on safe staffing levels for AHPs
CSP are urging members to contribute to a review that will shape new allied health professionals (AHP) safe staffing guidance in England- a key non-pay win secured after the 2023 CSP strike.ย
www.csp.org.uk
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
โYour action helped make this happen, now your evidence can help ensure the final guidance truly reflects the needs of physiotherapy and wider AHP services.โ
NHS England has commissioned an evidence review that will help shape new AHP safe staffing guidance.
NHS England has commissioned an evidence review that will help shape new AHP safe staffing guidance.
'MSK disease is the single biggest contributor to Englandโs healthy life expectancy gap.'
Richard Harris in @HSJnews on how community physiotherapy could address the immediate need and support a healthier population in the long term.
Physiotherapy works and pays back.
Richard Harris in @HSJnews on how community physiotherapy could address the immediate need and support a healthier population in the long term.
Physiotherapy works and pays back.
MSK drives Englandโs biggest health inequality gap
Analysis shows musculoskeletal conditions create England's largest health inequality gap, with community physiotherapy offering the best route to tackling preventable ill health in deprived areas
www.hsj.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
'MSK disease is the single biggest contributor to Englandโs healthy life expectancy gap.'
Richard Harris in @HSJnews on how community physiotherapy could address the immediate need and support a healthier population in the long term.
Physiotherapy works and pays back.
Richard Harris in @HSJnews on how community physiotherapy could address the immediate need and support a healthier population in the long term.
Physiotherapy works and pays back.
'We know what works. Physiotherapy-led falls and frailty interventions save lives, maintain independence, and economists forecast they will save the NHS ยฃ534m over the next 5 years.' - Rob Yeldham
A National Audit Office report highlights the key role of physiotherapy in frailty care
A National Audit Office report highlights the key role of physiotherapy in frailty care
National Audit Office report highlights key role of physiotherapy in frailty care
The CSP was interviewed along with other health bodies to inform the findings and conclusions of the report.ย
www.csp.org.uk
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
'We know what works. Physiotherapy-led falls and frailty interventions save lives, maintain independence, and economists forecast they will save the NHS ยฃ534m over the next 5 years.' - Rob Yeldham
A National Audit Office report highlights the key role of physiotherapy in frailty care
A National Audit Office report highlights the key role of physiotherapy in frailty care
Member Karen Poole represented the CSP in Parliament, giving evidence to inform the 10-year workforce plan for the NHS in England.
We're calling for a plan that fully recognises physiotherapy and rehabilitation as central to achieving the NHSโs goals: www.csp.org.uk/news/2025-11...
We're calling for a plan that fully recognises physiotherapy and rehabilitation as central to achieving the NHSโs goals: www.csp.org.uk/news/2025-11...
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Member Karen Poole represented the CSP in Parliament, giving evidence to inform the 10-year workforce plan for the NHS in England.
We're calling for a plan that fully recognises physiotherapy and rehabilitation as central to achieving the NHSโs goals: www.csp.org.uk/news/2025-11...
We're calling for a plan that fully recognises physiotherapy and rehabilitation as central to achieving the NHSโs goals: www.csp.org.uk/news/2025-11...
๐ท๐ The first independent economic analysis of physiotherapy shows it saves the NHS more than it costs.
Just four interventions save the NHS ยฃ145m a year. Read the report and use the Value Calculator to see what your service saves: www.csp.org.uk/roi
#RightToRehab
Just four interventions save the NHS ยฃ145m a year. Read the report and use the Value Calculator to see what your service saves: www.csp.org.uk/roi
#RightToRehab
Return on investment for physiotherapy in the UK
On this page:ROI for physiotherapy reportHow to use the findings
www.csp.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
๐ท๐ The first independent economic analysis of physiotherapy shows it saves the NHS more than it costs.
Just four interventions save the NHS ยฃ145m a year. Read the report and use the Value Calculator to see what your service saves: www.csp.org.uk/roi
#RightToRehab
Just four interventions save the NHS ยฃ145m a year. Read the report and use the Value Calculator to see what your service saves: www.csp.org.uk/roi
#RightToRehab
'We welcome the development of new neighbourhood health centres that have rehabilitation embedded from the outset - not as an add-on, but as core to how communities stay healthy.' @sarahazzard.bsky.social
Our response to the announcement of 250 new neighbourhood health centres.
#RightToRehab
Our response to the announcement of 250 new neighbourhood health centres.
#RightToRehab
www.csp.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
'We welcome the development of new neighbourhood health centres that have rehabilitation embedded from the outset - not as an add-on, but as core to how communities stay healthy.' @sarahazzard.bsky.social
Our response to the announcement of 250 new neighbourhood health centres.
#RightToRehab
Our response to the announcement of 250 new neighbourhood health centres.
#RightToRehab
'All these achievements show the value you bring not just to the NHS but to society as a whole and this government remains committed to supporting the physiotherapy profession.'
Health minister Karin Smyth MP thanked physiotherapy staff at the CSP's annual conference. #Physio25
Health minister Karin Smyth MP thanked physiotherapy staff at the CSP's annual conference. #Physio25
CSP members making โa profound differenceโ, minister tells conference
A UK government health minister thanked physiotherapy staff across all sectors for their contribution to the health of the nation in a video address to the CSP annual conference.
www.csp.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
'All these achievements show the value you bring not just to the NHS but to society as a whole and this government remains committed to supporting the physiotherapy profession.'
Health minister Karin Smyth MP thanked physiotherapy staff at the CSP's annual conference. #Physio25
Health minister Karin Smyth MP thanked physiotherapy staff at the CSP's annual conference. #Physio25
After a heart attack or surgery, fear of moving again is natural - and exactly why cardiac rehab exists.
Physio Catrin Davies explains how structured, evidence-based rehabilitation helps people rebuild strength, confidence and purpose.
๐ Read her blog: https://ow.ly/2J1C50XpQsG
#RightToRehab
Physio Catrin Davies explains how structured, evidence-based rehabilitation helps people rebuild strength, confidence and purpose.
๐ Read her blog: https://ow.ly/2J1C50XpQsG
#RightToRehab
Rebuilding confidence after a cardiac event
'I came into physiotherapy because I saw, up close, how transformative rehab can be as my grandfather had a stroke when I was you
ow.ly
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
After a heart attack or surgery, fear of moving again is natural - and exactly why cardiac rehab exists.
Physio Catrin Davies explains how structured, evidence-based rehabilitation helps people rebuild strength, confidence and purpose.
๐ Read her blog: https://ow.ly/2J1C50XpQsG
#RightToRehab
Physio Catrin Davies explains how structured, evidence-based rehabilitation helps people rebuild strength, confidence and purpose.
๐ Read her blog: https://ow.ly/2J1C50XpQsG
#RightToRehab
Our response to todayโs Public Accounts Committee report on the NHS in England.
The physiotherapy workforce could make an immediate difference for patients. Yet many newly qualified physios are unable to take up NHS roles because of recruitment pauses and limited entry-level posts. Read more โฌ๏ธ
The physiotherapy workforce could make an immediate difference for patients. Yet many newly qualified physios are unable to take up NHS roles because of recruitment pauses and limited entry-level posts. Read more โฌ๏ธ
www.csp.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Our response to todayโs Public Accounts Committee report on the NHS in England.
The physiotherapy workforce could make an immediate difference for patients. Yet many newly qualified physios are unable to take up NHS roles because of recruitment pauses and limited entry-level posts. Read more โฌ๏ธ
The physiotherapy workforce could make an immediate difference for patients. Yet many newly qualified physios are unable to take up NHS roles because of recruitment pauses and limited entry-level posts. Read more โฌ๏ธ
'At a time when so many people are waiting for care, not enabling new physiotherapists who want to join the NHS to do so is a missed opportunity we can fix quickly.
'Physiotherapists are trained, motivated and ready to help.' 1/2
'Physiotherapists are trained, motivated and ready to help.' 1/2
www.csp.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
'At a time when so many people are waiting for care, not enabling new physiotherapists who want to join the NHS to do so is a missed opportunity we can fix quickly.
'Physiotherapists are trained, motivated and ready to help.' 1/2
'Physiotherapists are trained, motivated and ready to help.' 1/2
For Michael, the toughest battle after lung cancer wasnโt the surgery โ it was recovery.
Physio helped him rebuild his strength, confidence and hope.
Doesn't everyone deserves that chance?
๐ Watch his story: https://youtu.be/4Zu5pTTN1EQ
#RightToRehab
Physio helped him rebuild his strength, confidence and hope.
Doesn't everyone deserves that chance?
๐ Watch his story: https://youtu.be/4Zu5pTTN1EQ
#RightToRehab
Right to Rehab - Michael's story (cancer prehab and rehab)
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November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
For Michael, the toughest battle after lung cancer wasnโt the surgery โ it was recovery.
Physio helped him rebuild his strength, confidence and hope.
Doesn't everyone deserves that chance?
๐ Watch his story: https://youtu.be/4Zu5pTTN1EQ
#RightToRehab
Physio helped him rebuild his strength, confidence and hope.
Doesn't everyone deserves that chance?
๐ Watch his story: https://youtu.be/4Zu5pTTN1EQ
#RightToRehab
Join us at the CSP AGM next Saturday 22 Nov, either in person or online. Register your place by 20 Nov. Prefer to appoint a proxy voter? Just let us know by 17 Nov. Find out more at https://ow.ly/TA5x50XrOlL
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Join us at the CSP AGM next Saturday 22 Nov, either in person or online. Register your place by 20 Nov. Prefer to appoint a proxy voter? Just let us know by 17 Nov. Find out more at https://ow.ly/TA5x50XrOlL
Funding secured to cover redundancies across Englandโs Integrated Care Boards (ICB) and NHS England itself is welcome but huge concerns remain over the process, the CSP has said.
https://www.csp.org.uk/news/2025-11-14-csp-supporting-members-affected-icb-nhs-england-redundancies
https://www.csp.org.uk/news/2025-11-14-csp-supporting-members-affected-icb-nhs-england-redundancies
CSP supporting members affected by ICB and NHS England redundancies
Funding secured to cover redundancies across Englandโs Integrated Care Boards (ICB) and NHS England itself is welcome but huge concerns remain over the process, the CSP has said.
www.csp.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Funding secured to cover redundancies across Englandโs Integrated Care Boards (ICB) and NHS England itself is welcome but huge concerns remain over the process, the CSP has said.
https://www.csp.org.uk/news/2025-11-14-csp-supporting-members-affected-icb-nhs-england-redundancies
https://www.csp.org.uk/news/2025-11-14-csp-supporting-members-affected-icb-nhs-england-redundancies
'In community rehab the person rarely has one problem โ they often have five, ten, or more, and we need to see how those systems connect'- Sajith Narayanan-Lekshmy. Read her reflections on practice at https://ow.ly/AhA650XlYuh
#RightToRehab
#RightToRehab
Helping people breathe - and live - better
ow.ly
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
'In community rehab the person rarely has one problem โ they often have five, ten, or more, and we need to see how those systems connect'- Sajith Narayanan-Lekshmy. Read her reflections on practice at https://ow.ly/AhA650XlYuh
#RightToRehab
#RightToRehab
โFCPs are providing brilliant care for patients across the country but the role has expanded rapidly and now is the right time to take stock.โ
We are supporting an England-wide survey of #FirstContactPhysio services designed to map how the role is operating in primary care.
We are supporting an England-wide survey of #FirstContactPhysio services designed to map how the role is operating in primary care.
Evaluation of FCP launches in England
The CSP is supporting an England-wide survey of first contact physiotherapist services designed to map how the role is operating in primary care.
www.csp.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
โFCPs are providing brilliant care for patients across the country but the role has expanded rapidly and now is the right time to take stock.โ
We are supporting an England-wide survey of #FirstContactPhysio services designed to map how the role is operating in primary care.
We are supporting an England-wide survey of #FirstContactPhysio services designed to map how the role is operating in primary care.
'Physiotherapists and other AHPs have a critical part to play here. Their work sits at the intersection of health and independence.'
Sara Hazzard CSP on the government's shift to neighbourhood health services in the latest article in The New Statesman.
Sara Hazzard CSP on the government's shift to neighbourhood health services in the latest article in The New Statesman.
Care that's closer to home
With an ageing population and more people living with multiple conditions, transformation is overdue.
www.newstatesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
'Physiotherapists and other AHPs have a critical part to play here. Their work sits at the intersection of health and independence.'
Sara Hazzard CSP on the government's shift to neighbourhood health services in the latest article in The New Statesman.
Sara Hazzard CSP on the government's shift to neighbourhood health services in the latest article in The New Statesman.
Welcome news for members in Northern Ireland, following pressure from health unions including the CSP.
https://www.csp.org.uk/news/2025-11-06-csp-welcomes-announcement-restoration-pay-parity-health-service-staff-northern
https://www.csp.org.uk/news/2025-11-06-csp-welcomes-announcement-restoration-pay-parity-health-service-staff-northern
CSP welcomes announcement on restoration of pay parity for health service staff in Northern Ireland
Health minister Mike Nesbitt has confirmed pay parity for health service staff in Northern Ireland, bringing them back into line with colleagues in Wales and England. The pay rise recommended by pay review bodies will be backdated in full to 1 April.ย
www.csp.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Welcome news for members in Northern Ireland, following pressure from health unions including the CSP.
https://www.csp.org.uk/news/2025-11-06-csp-welcomes-announcement-restoration-pay-parity-health-service-staff-northern
https://www.csp.org.uk/news/2025-11-06-csp-welcomes-announcement-restoration-pay-parity-health-service-staff-northern
CSP calls for urgent investment in physiotherapy workforce to keep Britain working
We have welcomed the Keep Britain Working report, a cross-government review that sets out a new approach to tackling worklessness and improving workplace health.
We have welcomed the Keep Britain Working report, a cross-government review that sets out a new approach to tackling worklessness and improving workplace health.
CSP calls for urgent investment in physiotherapy workforce to keep Britain working
The CSP has welcomed the publication of the Keep Britain Working report, a cross-government review that sets out a new approach to tackling worklessness and improving workplace health.ย
www.csp.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
CSP calls for urgent investment in physiotherapy workforce to keep Britain working
We have welcomed the Keep Britain Working report, a cross-government review that sets out a new approach to tackling worklessness and improving workplace health.
We have welcomed the Keep Britain Working report, a cross-government review that sets out a new approach to tackling worklessness and improving workplace health.
Rehabilitation gives people back their lives.
Congratulations to Miriam Duffy and the team at the new National Rehabilitation Centre.
Look out for an exclusive editorial with Miriam in this month's Frontline ๐
#RightToRehab
Congratulations to Miriam Duffy and the team at the new National Rehabilitation Centre.
Look out for an exclusive editorial with Miriam in this month's Frontline ๐
#RightToRehab
Inside the ยฃ105m rehab hospital thatโs about to change lives
Opening on time and on budget, the site near Nottingham will help patients with spinal cord injuries, brain damage and other conditions regain independence
www.thetimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Rehabilitation gives people back their lives.
Congratulations to Miriam Duffy and the team at the new National Rehabilitation Centre.
Look out for an exclusive editorial with Miriam in this month's Frontline ๐
#RightToRehab
Congratulations to Miriam Duffy and the team at the new National Rehabilitation Centre.
Look out for an exclusive editorial with Miriam in this month's Frontline ๐
#RightToRehab