THE VOICE OF PHYSIOTHERAPY 19 March 2014 VOL 20 NO 6 Service change Therapy alliance 3 minutes with ... Team cuts NHS You and your sick levels 24 patients 18 Jill Kent 67 How safe are your staffing levels ? 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Non-members £399 & £309 for two- and one-day tickets respectively. 19 March 2014 3 CONTENT 67 NEWS NHS pay o er provokes anger 8 After the ­ ood: home visits by canoe 8 18 Physio works Parkinson’s lea­ et published 12 Hip joints need to improve 12 FOCUSES Annual representative conference reports 14 10 CSP reps win annual awards 16 11 Physio ndings: research counts 18 On the agenda: conditions in Wales 22 16 FEATURES Physio team cuts sickness levels 24 CPD: reaching consensus 29 32 Industrial clout: chair Jill Barker 32 24 25 REGULARS 24 Service development TALKBACK@CSP Have your say – catch up with the latest debates 6 DIRECTORY Courses, conferences and member information 37 A SHROPSHIRE TRUST S BID TO CUT S CKNESS RATES BY ENABLING EMPLOYEES TO SELF REFERHELEN FOR MOONEY PHYSIOTHERAPY REPORTS RECRUITMENT LED TO A PRESTIGIOUS CSP AWARD. helped o ‘sp ead the good message’ n NHS se vice that p ovides staff It is nea ly four years since the o thopaedic with fast tra k reatment for hospital introdu ed se f refe ral MSK musculoskeletal (MSK) problems physiotherapy se vices for s aff after he A ould be gene ating some f ee ‘pub ic physiotherapy and human ela ions (HR) teams Look no further for your next positive career move 59 for ela ions (PR) mes ages for physio herapy acted to reduce the number of si k days taken Fit Ph lip Hulse be ie es due to MSK problems Mr Hul e is he physiothe apy eam lead at Sin e then 250 members of s aff a year ha e the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt O thopaedic eceived in house physio herapy trea ment and Hospi al NHS Foundation Tru t which is based sc eening for poten ial movement p oblems in Oswes ry He says Promoting physiotherapy They no longer have to visit their GP or to taff means hey can in turn p omo e it to consultant to seek a efer al for physiothe apy heir pa ients’ ins ead hey visit the t ust’s in ranet and hand purpose Indeed Mr Hulse believes the ‘Raising the a se f refe ral form into the phy iothe apy 3 MINUTES WITH... P ofi le f he P ofession’ CSP award that his depa tment team picked up at a ce emony last autumn also Look at for the launch on 4 Apr l Want to apply for the2014 CSP Awards? Jill Kent, North East Regional Network chair 67 F on line – www csp org uk Ph tos Sm n Hadey 19 March 2014 HOW GREEN IS YOUR FRONTLINE? ● FSC certi ed text and cover paper ● Recyclable polywrap Are you a CSP student student studying in Scotland? Apply for the CSP Scotland Student Achievement Award The Award, in association with Thompsons Solicitors, recognises and celebrates students’ achievements in promoting physiotherapy in its widest context. How to apply: • Download the Award overview and application form using this link: www.csp.org.uk/scotland/student-achievement • Check the eligibility section to make sure you can apply • Fill in the application form. 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