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Archives for August 2018

31st August 2018 by BAPO

NIHR Roadshow

 

NIHR Academy Roadshow
Wednesday 19 September 2018
Cosmopolitan Hotel, Lower Briggate, Leeds
13.00 to 15.00

The new NIHR Fellowships and Academy & The NIHR Trainees Coordinating Centre, supported by the Research Design Service is hosting information events about the new NIHR Academy and the changes to the NIHR Fellowship programme.
This session is for individuals who are planning to apply or thinking of applying for a research fellowship.

There will be presentations from the NIHR Trainees Coordinating Centre about the changes to the programme, and the RDS Yorkshire and the Humber about the support available for potential applicants. The session will include information about:
• Changes to the NIHR Fellowships programme,
• Launch of the NIHR Academy
• Information about the support available to applicants
• Q&A discussion.

The event will take place on Wednesday 19 September 2018 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in central Leeds. Refreshments will be available from 13.00 and the session will run from 13.30 to 15.00. Please register in advance for a place here.
If you have any questions, please contact Rose Cliff r.cliff@sheffield.ac.uk or on 0114 222 0828

Applicants flyer September 2018

Filed Under: News, Professional Affairs

23rd August 2018 by BAPO

Prosthetic & Orthotic Review – One Year On

In 2015/16 NHS England published the report ‘Improving the Quality of Orthotic Services in England’ this identified several areas of improvement and suggested some work streams to allow the services to improve.  In 2017 Health Education England (HEE) created a response ‘The Future of the Prosthetic & Orthotic Workforce in England’ which outlines their plan for improvement.

One year on from this response HEE in collaboration with BAPO have produced a ‘One year On’ document outlining the work that has been completed and new actions for the years to come.

Please take a look at the documents by clicking the links above and For more information on the project see the HEE website

Filed Under: Executive, News

22nd August 2018 by BAPO

Research Course – Yorkshire & Humber

 

Do you work in Yorkshire & Humber region with NHS patients? Are you interested in learning more about research? If so this course could be for you!

For more information take a look at the application form and details below:

RiHC Programme Details

Enrolment Form Autumn 2018

Filed Under: News, Professional Affairs

21st August 2018 by BAPO

Bulletin Aug 2018

BAPO’s August 2018 Email Bulletin

Short Courses

Need to improve your Anatomy knowledge?

Learn by seeing rather than a dusty book then this is your unique opportunity?

BAPO in collaboration with HARC is proud to offer you the chance to attend two short courses that combine work in the anatomy lab and revision in the classroom.

 Anatomy – Upper Limb & Spinal Prosection

7th September – HARC Liverpool

 

Anatomy – Fresh Frozen Dissection

20th/21st November – HARC Liverpool

 

Also available to book now:

Orthotic Treatment of Stroke – A Biomechanical Approach to Motor Learning

20th October – Peacocks Medical, Newcastle

 

BOOK NOW AS SPACES ARE LIMITED!

For more information on the above courses see the calendar

 We are planning on running 2 MSK courses, in October and November – We are looking for venues/locations.  If you haven’t attended an MSK yet and would like to, please contact us so we can determine which is the best location.

 

P&O Outreach Officer Recruited

Ali Woodhouse started with BAPO as part of the SIHED programme to market prosthetics and orthotics in the UK to prospective students.

Ali has visited NHS and commercial prosthetic and orthotic clinics in Scotland and London and met with the programme lead and head of school at Salford University. She is working with the other profession outreach officers and marketing company to develop a marketing campaign for P&O in the UK. See issue 3 of BAPOConnect for more details.

Case Studies Requested from Public Health England

Public Health England are looking for case studies from AHP’s who have completed a project or local initiative focused on improving population health and reducing health inequalities.

We would love to capture the great work you are doing to include as part of the AHP Public Health strategy impact report.

Contact: sammer.tang@phe.gov.uk to enquire or see his tweet for more information, including case study template.

SIHED Programme Recruit P&O Practice Placement and Apprenticeship Development Post

BAPO would like to welcome Dr Beverley Durrant in her new role at Salford University to increase the workforce capacity for P&O practice placements, aligning traditional degree level education with contemporary degree level apprenticeships. We look forward to working with you this year.

See Issue 3 BAPOConnect for the full press release.

 

Launch of NHS England MSK Framework

Skills for Health with Health Education England, NHS England, Public Health England and the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance ( ARMA ) have launched a new framework aimed at practitioners who will be the first point of contact for people with musculoskeletal conditions.  Please click here to view

#AHPDay 15th October

Get Involved!

Calling all P&O’s to have a look at their local Trust and see what’s happening on 15th October, 2018 and get involved. Plans are coming together at a national and local level. BAPO has committed to support this initiative and have created marketing materials for our members to promote AHP’s and P&O.

Contact the BAPO office with your local plans and see what we can do to help. 0141 561 7217

 

Prosthetic Service Review

NHS England is responsible for planning and buying specialised services for people who need complex disability equipment. This includes all major upper and lower limb amputees and people with congenital limb deficiencies who have a potential to use prosthesis to help them mobilise or improve upper limb function.

As part of the review into specialised prosthetics services, we held two meetings in June with staff working in prosthetics centres across the country, to understand issues with current service provision that we need to address. There was a strong consensus on the key hopes for the review – and over the next few months NHS England will be setting out what we need to do to start achieving these outcomes in the next three years.

•           All patients should have equal access to high quality care.

•           We need consistent guidelines and equitable policies that are transparently applied and monitored.

•           We need to have a payment system that fairly recompenses activity, where money follows the patient.

•           Success should be measured by outcomes and patient satisfaction, rather than activity.

We would now like to explore some of the issues that have been raised to better understand views and experiences of patients and carers, and we have set up a patient survey so that people can share their feedback with us. The survey is open until 19 September 2018. Please do share this link with other people you feel may be willing to tell us about their experience using prosthetics services. Click here for the link and survey

In addition we would be happy to discuss these questions with patient groups – so if you are holding a group over the next few months, or have ideas how we can engage with patients and carers, please do let us know by contacting the team at england.npoc-trauma@nhs.net

 

Launch of NICE into Action webinar series for Allied Health Professionals (AHPs)

Evaluating, improving and evidencing the impact of AHP services in health, care and wellbeing is a priority for AHPs into Action (link below), so I’m delighted to share the launch of our NICE into Action webinars.

This series of four webinars from NHS Improvement, NICE and NHS England will help AHPs to:

  • understand and engage with NICE’s work
  • influence guideline development
  • take structured approaches to implementing guidelines and using quality standards
  • support greater uptake of NICE guidance to improve care and outcomes for patients and service-users.

 

For links and more information see the news bulletin

 

Workforce profile of all AHP’s across North of England

Based in the North of England? – please take 5 mins to complete the survey below

Manchester Metropolitan University are working on a project with Health Education England that will result in the development of a workforce profile of all Allied Health Professions across the North of England. This will help HEE and its partners to support effective workforce planning to address shortages in AHP and to capitalise on the opportunities the AHP workforce can bring.

As part of this study, we are conducting an online survey to capture the views of AHPs themselves. This survey poses a number of questions about different areas of your working life and experiences of working within your profession. Please help us with this important piece of research to ensure that the views of your AHP profession are heard.

The survey is anonymous and will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. You can access the survey by clicking here

If you would like any further information about this project, please contact Dr Sarah Crozier s.crozier@mmu.ac.uk

 

Multi-professional Perspectives of Assessment and Management of Paediatric Flat Foot

 

I am writing on behalf of my MSc Pre-Registration Podiatry students from University of Brighton. MSc Pre-Registration Podiatry Students from University of Brighton are undertaking a survey looking at multi-professional perspectives of assessment and management of paediatric flat foot.  They are looking for paediatric physiotherapists, orthotists and podiatrists to complete the survey.

 

It is a short survey which will take about 15 minutes to complete.  The survey is anonymous and will not involve the collection of any personal information.  The survey has been approved by the School of the Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee.

Click on the here to complete survey.

 

MSc Research Project about AHPs

Please could you complete the below survey for Christina Goulaki;

My name is Christina Goulaki. On the background of being a qualified Speech & Language Therapist, I am currently an MSc Management with Human Resource Management student at Birkbeck, University of London.

I am in the process of completing my research project. My project aims to study the ways in which Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) in the NHS perceive their role in Human Resource Management – a role that entails a range of non-clinical responsibilities (e.g. recruitment, performance management) which often increase as an AHP’s career progresses within the Service.

Click here to complete the survey

 

Filed Under: Bulletin, News

18th August 2018 by BAPO

NICE in Action – webinar series

Launch of NICE into Action webinar series for Allied Health Professionals (AHPs)

 

Evaluating, improving and evidencing the impact of AHP services in health, care and wellbeing is a priority for AHPs into Action, so we are delighted to share the launch of the NICE into Action webinars.

 

This series of four free webinars from NHS Improvement, NICE and NHS England will help AHPs to:

  • understand and engage with NICE’s work
  • influence guideline development
  • take structured approaches to implementing guidelines and using quality standards
  • support greater uptake of NICE guidance to improve care and outcomes for patients and service-users.

 

The webinars will take place once a month, over lunchtime:

  • An AHP’s guide to NICE – Monday 10 September, 12.30 – 1.15pm
  • The role of NICE quality standards – Monday 15 October, 12.30 – 1.15pm
  • Implementing NICE guidance – everyone’s business – Tuesday 13 November, 12.30 – 1.15pm
  • NICE and you as a professional and practitioner – Tuesday 11 December, 12.30 – 1.15pm

 

Further information on each session is available via the hyperlinks above. The webinars have been designed to complement each other as a series, or accessed as standalone sessions – we hope people will gain the most value by taking part in them all. They can be joined live or viewed afterwards, and registration for each webinar is also via the links above.

 

For more information about CAHPR see their website

Filed Under: Education, News

14th August 2018 by BAPO

Health Education England / NIHR BRIDGING SCHEME

Are you a Nurse, Midwife, Allied Health Professional, Pharmacist or Healthcare Scientist?

Have you completed or are about to complete a masters level degree or a PhD?

Could you be looking to undertake a PhD or a post-doctoral level fellowship?

Do you want to make a difference through undertaking high quality clinical research?

 

The HEE/NIHR ICA bridging scheme offers a 12 month post-doctoral programme with an individual award of up to  £34,000 and up to £10,000 for the 6 month pre-doctoral programme. It is envisaged that the award will make a contribution towards salary backfill costs, training modules, travel expenses and access to high quality academic mentorship.

Awardees will be released for 50% of their contracted hours to focus on the development of their research career and work towards a successful NIHR fellowship application. The programme  will provide ;-

A dedicated period within which to develop your research proposal to form the basis of an application for a HEE /NIHR ICA doctoral or postdoctoral fellowship or alternative. 

– An opportunity for you to assess your current levels of ‘researcher’ skills and competence allowing you to identify, plan and commence your developmental activity. 

– Access to academic and clinical environments that will encourage you to develop creativity and originality in research design and delivery.

– Engagement with advanced research techniques and knowledge specific to your proposed research. 

– Enhancement of your personal development of written, oral presentation and other communicative abilities required by clinical academic researchers.

– The opportunity to widen your research network links at regional, national and potentially international level.

– Development of the skills and knowledge required for you to become investigators and research leaders of the future.

 

In order to be eligible for the pre-doctoral level bridging scheme, individuals who work within the Integrated Clinical Academic professions must hold a Master’s level qualification (or evidence of postgraduate study at Level 7).

In order to be eligible for the post-doctoral scheme, individuals who work within the Integrated Clinical Academic professions must have completed or are about to complete a PhD and are looking to apply for  a post-doctoral fellowship.

Closing date for applications is 5pm Monday 17th September and interviews will be held on Monday 15th October in Leeds.

 

The programme for pre doctoral will commence with a one and a half day residential workshop in Leeds mid November 2018 and the post doctoral programme will commence in January 2019.

 

For an application form please contact joanne.simpson@researchnorthwest.nhs.uk

For eligibility criteria  http://research.northwest.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/TCC-ICA-Eligible-Professions-and-Registration-Bodies-1.pdf

Or for the website http://research.northwest.nhs.uk/work/the-releasing-potential-programme/hee-nihr-bridging-scheme/

Filed Under: Education, News, Professional Affairs

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