Archives for March 2019

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Limbpower

LimbPower will be hosting the LimbPower Games at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Aylesbury on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th April 2019.  Completed forms with payment must be returned to LimbPower by Friday 4th May 2018 to secure your place.

 

The Games are open to adults over the age of 18 with a limb impairment.  You may enter as part of a team (a minimum of five people) or as an individual.  The sports on offer include athletics, archery, badminton, climbing, cycling, cricket, football, sitting volleyball, tennis and wheelchair basketball. * Please note this programme is subject to change and will be finalised two weeks prior to the event.

 

Cost

£25 entry fee (includes packed lunch on both days & a LimbPower t-shirt).  Concessions available.

£22.50 for LimbPower members (please quote your membership number).

 

Parking
Free parking is available on-site.  Please make a note of your car registration as you may be required to register your car number plate at reception.

 

Catering

A packed lunch and water are provided for each athlete taking part in the Games.  Please note, LimbPower do not provide lunch for partners or carers, only for the participant who has paid the Event Entry Fee.  Snacks and refreshments can be purchased at the on-site café.

 

Accommodation

If required, accommodation will be available on Friday and Saturday night at the Olympic Lodge, Stoke Mandeville Stadium. You will need to book this directly with the venue and not through LimbPower. http://www.stokemandevillestadium.co.uk/accommodation/

 

Spectators

Spectators are welcome to attend the Games.  If you are bringing friends or family to support you, they need to sign the Spectator Registration Form on arrival at the event

 

If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact LimbPower on 07503 030702 or e-mail andy@limbpower.com.

Final details will be sent out two weeks prior to the event. We look forward to welcoming you.

Kiera Roche

CEO LimbPower

 

LimbPower Games Booking Form 2019

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National AHP Dementia WEBEX

The Scottish AHP Dementia programme delivers webinars to help clinicians and support good practice, they have invited all members of AHPFS (Allied Health Professional Federation Scotland) of which BAPO is a member, to join the National AHP Dementia WEBEX – sharing practice; connecting people, connecting support.

 

Date   –   Wednesday 24th April 2019

Time   –   3.30 – 4.30pm

Topic  –    CPR for feet – the impact of pressure ulcerations on the foot and how to reduce the risk.

Guest presenters – Karen Mellon, podiatrist, Dunfermline NHS Fife

 

To join the WEBEX you need to

  1. Reply to wendy.chambers@nhs.net to register (if you are joining as a group then only 1 person needs to register the group)
  2. Have access to internet/computer to view the slide show during the WEBEX
  3. Have access to a landline phone to join the audio; listening to the presentation and joining the WEBEX discussion

 

Please ensure you have registered by the 23rd April. Requests after this date will not be able to join.

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#BAPO2019

#BAPO2019 will this year be held at Harrogate from the 15-17th March

Online ticket sales are open until the 9th March and you can buy both full weekend, PAYG and Sat evening tickets on the day

For more information please see our conference pages

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Early Day Motion on AHPs & Leadesrhip

MPs call for greater skills diversity in the NHS

A cross-party group of MPs today tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament urging the government to consider a law change, to allow for greater diversity of leadership at the top of the NHS.

Proposer of the motion Norman Lamb MP (Lib Dem) said; “Not many people will be aware that in many hospitals up and down the land today, skilled professionals who are not doctors or nurses, known as Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), are effectively banned from being Executive Clinical Directors on Trust Boards. If we want more creative thinking, and the voices of physios, OTs, radiographers and many other therapists to be heard in NHS boardrooms, then we need a law change. The current rules are holding us back.”

Parmjit Dhanda, Chair of the Allied Health Professionals Federation (AHPF) said: “We’re delighted that MPs have laid this motion before the House today and recognised the importance of AHPs in senior NHS roles.  It is a reminder that our health service values all of its workforce. Doctors and nurses are crucial, but diversity of skills delivers better services. This motion reminds us all of the benefits that could be gained if a wider group of skilled professionals were allowed to take up Medical and/or Nursing Director roles on Foundation Trusts. But it does require the lifting of a legal restriction by the government.”

 

The EDM states:

 “That this House shares the view of the Allied Health Professions Federation (AHPF) that greater diversity of talent in leadership posts in hospitals can boost multi-disciplinary working, reduce pressure on emergency departments and hence improve outcomes for patients; agrees with the AHPF that the rules governing NHS Foundation Trust hospitals which limit Medical Director roles to doctors and Nursing Director roles to nurses, is outdated and excludes over 150,000 Allied Health Professionals from these leadership roles; urges the Government to remove this unnecessary restriction in law, and broaden its diversity of talent in senior roles.”

 

AHPs are the 3rd largest sector in the NHS. There are 158,000 AHPs working within a range of surroundings including hospitals, people’s homes, clinics, surgeries, the justice system, local authorities, private and voluntary sectors and primary, secondary and tertiary education. The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 that established Foundation Trusts specified that Boards had to have a Medical and Nursing Directors with medical or nursing qualifications. While there may be some AHPs who are also Board Directors, historically these are often subsidiary to nursing directors, so AHPs don’t fill the most senior posts.

‘It is an established fact that throughout all sectors and industries, the most successful Boards are those with the greatest diversity. The NHS needs to do everything it can to ensure Boards access the widest talent possible and limiting the executive clinical roles to only two professions is out-dated and exclusive when we should be looking to simply recruit the very best clinicians to these senior positions.’

BAPO are pleased to support this EDM and to see it tabled in Parliament today