EPA Region: United Kingdom

Welcome to the UK region page of the EPA! There is a large and growing network of EPA members in the UK who are embracing environmental physiotherapy. Listed below are the most relevant groups, documents, websites and policies for the region.

Hopefully no matter where or how you practice physiotherapy in the UK there is something below that is of interest or relevance to you. This is an evolving space for the region so if you are from the UK and want to add or change something please get in touch using the form below.

For everyone…

For educators…

Guidance document: Education for sustainable healthcare within UK pre-registration curricula for allied health professions. https://www.councilofdeans.org.uk/resource/guidance-education-for-sustainable-healthcare/

Munford, D. (2023). Introducing Environmental Sustainability to 3rd-year Physiotherapy students at University of Plymouth, UK. Inspirational Case Report. Environmental Physiotherapy Association.

For clinicians…

Clinical case studies and the Greener NHS program

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare: Physiotherapy case studies of sustainable practice

Greener NHS Progress Report (2025): https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/progress-report-delivering-a-greener-nhs-five-years-on/

For leaders…

BMJ Leader Planetary Health special topic collection: https://bmjleader.bmj.com/pages/topic-collection-planetary-health

NHS Green plan refresh guidance: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/green-plan-guidance/

Government guidance as part of ‘All our Health’ for patients, families and communities to reduce the contribution of the health and care system to the climate crisis. It also recommends important actions that managers and staff holding strategic roles can take: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/climate-change-applying-all-our-health/climate-and-health-applying-all-our-health

For researchers…

Matt Low’s philosophy and physiotherapy substack: https://substack.com/@mattlow128

Podcasts

MACP · Reimagining Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy – A Conversation with Paula Bright

Notable organisations and initiatives

The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (UK) – Environmental Physiotherapy Network

Read the CSP Climate and Nature emergency declaration here

Physiotherapy Declares (a climate and ecological emergency)

Our aims:
1. Provide a network to support climate activism by UK based physiotherapy professionals.
2. Lobby the CSP to encourage sustainable physiotherapy practice.

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