First Contact Physiotherapy Case Study: Insight from colleagues at Central Cheltenham PCN

The video features CSP member, Zoe Jones, a first contact physiotherapist who job shares with another physio in 1.4 full-time equivalent FCP post, which covers patients registered with six GP practices in Cheltenham. Zoe is employed by Gloucestershire Health and Care Trust, who contract to Cheltenham Central PCN. Dr Olesya Atkinson, a GP and clinical director of Cheltenham PCN, also features in the video. She explains how integrating first contact physiotherapy into their GP surgeries has streamlined the MSK pathway, reduced the workload of other clinicians, within the network, resulting in better outcomes for patients and has received excellent patient satisfaction feedback. Read more: https://www.csp.org.uk/embedguideFCP