Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
| Founded | 1894 |
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| Type | Professional Organisation |
| Focus | Physiotherapy |
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Area served
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UK |
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Members
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> 53,000 |
| Website | www |
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) is the professional body and trade union for physiotherapists in the United Kingdom.
Founded in 1894, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has grown to become the profession's largest membership organisation with more than 53,000 members.
Queen Mary was royal patron from 1916 until her death in 1953, when Queen Elizabeth II became royal patron.
The CSP’s membership is made up of a range of physiotherapy professionals: qualified and retired physiotherapists, students of physiotherapy and associate members (support workers and other professionals whose work involves some delegated physiotherapy duties).
CSP members work in a variety of settings across the NHS, in the community, in private practice and in sports.
Members are entitled to use postnominals 'MCSP'; fellows 'FCSP'.
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy's stated aims are to:
The Society was established in 1894 as the Society of Trained Masseuses by four nurses - Lucy Marianne Robinson, Rosalind Paget, Elizabeth Anne Manley and Margaret Dora Palmer - who wished to protect their profession after stories in the press warned young nurses and the public of unscrupulous people offering massage as a euphemism for other services.
In 1894 the British Medical Association (BMA) inquired into the education and practice of massage practitioners in London, and found that prostitution was commonly associated with unskilled workers and debt, often working with forged qualifications. In response to what became known as "the Massage Scandals of 1894", legitimate massage workers formed the Society of Trained Masseuses (now known as the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy), with an emphasis on high academic standards and a medical model for massage training.
In 1900 the Society acquired the legal and public status of a professional organisation and became the Incorporated Society of Trained Masseuses.
Under the new name of the Chartered Society of Massage and Remedial Gymnasts the society was granted a Royal Charter by King George V on 11 June 1920. In the same year the Society amalgamated with the Institute of Massage and Remedial Gymnastics.
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