The British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists

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National AHP Dementia WEBEX

All AHPs have been invited to join the National AHP Dementia WEBEX – sharing practice; connecting people, connecting support.

Date   –   Wednesday 27th November

Time   –   3.30 – 4.20pm (50 min session)

Topic  –     The delivery of a person-centred, Food First model of care, for people living with dementia in Highland social care settings

Guest presenter –Evelyn Newman, Dietician NHS Highland 

 

To join the WEBEX you need to

  1. Email 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 25th November

email:      wendy.chambers@nhs.net

Twitter :  @wendyAHPDem

work mobile:   07843345627

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Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Association Congress 2019

Australia’s P&O conference

#AOPA19 returns to Melbourne for three days of unmissable education, networking and collaboration for all professionals involved in orthotic and prosthetic care. Please join us at the purpose-built Crown Conference Centre from October 24th-26th for Australia’s premier orthotic and prosthetic event.

Date:                           24th-26th October 2019

Location:                     Crown Conference Centre, Melbourne

Title:                            AOPA Congress 2019 “Innovation in Action”

Hyperlink:                    https://www.aopa.org.au/events/event/aopa-congress-2019

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Social Prescribing

RSPH have just launched a new framework for social prescribing for AHPs

Social prescribing, sometimes referred to as community referral, is a means of enabling people to be referred to a range of local, non-medical services. 

Recognising that people’s health is determined primarily by a range of social, economic and environmental factors, social prescribing seeks to address people’s needs in a holistic way. It also aims to support people to take greater control of their own health.

Social prescribing can meet a wide range of needs, with many schemes aiming to improve mental health and physical wellbeing. It can be used to support adults, young people and children as well as people with learning disabilities or mental health problems. It can take place in primary and secondary care. Social prescribing can also help to address social issues such as debt, unemployment, gambling and loneliness.

Social prescribing and community-based support is part of the NHS Long-Term Plan’s commitment to make personalised care[i] business as usual across the health and care system in England. The NHS Long Term Plan[ii] published in January 2019 has a commitment to personalised care and increasing access to social prescribing for the whole population. 

This approach to holistic care is not new to allied health professionals who frequently have conversations and provide support related to the wider factors influencing the health of the people they work with. 

To illustrate the way AHPs already support this agenda and to provide a framework to support them to do more; a new social prescribing framework for AHPs[iii] has been developed by the Royal Society for Public Health, Public Health England, NHS Improvement and NHS England along with AHP professional bodies and voluntary sector partners.

The framework is divided into 4 sections to reflect the varying intensity of AHP interventions, these include:

  • Active signposting – a light-touch approach where staff provide information and choice to signpost people to services, using local knowledge and resource directories.  This works best for clients who are confident and skilled enough to find their own way to services after a brief conversation. 
  • Referral to a link worker – In cases where a person needs more support than active signposting can provide, it may be appropriate to refer them to non-medical link workers who can provide more time to understand what matters to the individual and connect them to relevant community groups and other agencies for practical and emotional support.
  • Undertaking social prescribing – AHPs are likely to undertake social prescribing themselves when they are already providing long-term intensive support to a person as part of their job role. It will involve supporting people to work out which local groups and services would be beneficial to them and helping them to access them in a variety of ways. You may need to work through multiple options with a client and accompany them on first visits. Some AHPs are likely to do this than others because of the nature of their role.
  • Supporting the development of social prescribing – for example by providing community groups and services and providing guidance, supervision and training to link workers.

Over 2500 AHPs engaged with the development of this framework by completing a survey, joining a twitter chat, providing feedback on early drafts and submitting case studies.  This shows the enthusiasm for this agenda amongst the professions.  We hope the framework will support all AHPs to articulate their current role in social prescribing and consider how they could do more.

Click here to access the site

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[i] https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/

[ii] https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-term-plan/

[iii] https://www.rsph.org.uk/our-work/resources/ahp-social-prescribing-frameworks/ahps-promoting-growing-and-developing-social-prescribing.html

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E-Learning, Public Health and Returning to Work

The new Work and Health e-learning programme, developed by Public Health England and Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare, helps healthcare professionals to recognise the value in talking to patients about work.

The e-learning will support them to make brief interventions such as discussing the health benefits of work with patients, talking about return to work and advising on adjustments at work.

Good work is crucial to good health – in fact, unemployment increases the risk of early death by 63%.  Healthcare professionals can play a key role in helping patients to improve their health outcomes by remaining in or returning to work.

In recognition of the impact that work can have on our health, the Association of Medical Royal Colleges, the Royal College of Nursing and the Allied Health Professions Federation have published a Health and Work Consensus Statement for Action – this sets out a commitment to support healthcare professionals in supporting this agenda.

For more information about the e-learning programme and details of how to access it visit: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/work-and-health/.



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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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CPD Statement

A working group comprising organisations from across a range of health and social care sectors has launched a set of principles for continuing professional development (CPD) and lifelong learning.

The principles are designed to guide individuals, employers and wider systems to create a culture of continuous improvement, workforce development and improve outcomes for service users. People working in the health and social care workforce operate in a changing, challenging and complex environment. Practicing safely and effectively, now and in the future is essential.

The five principles are that CPD and Lifelong Learning should;
1. be each person’s responsibility and be made possible and supported by your employer
2. benefit the service users
3. improve the quality of service delivery
4. be balanced and relevant to each person’s area of practice or employment
5. be recorded and show the effect on each person’s area of practice

Will Broughton, Director of Professional Standards for the College of Paramedics and Chair of the working group, said:
“We believe that the health and social care workforce should have the opportunity to undertake CPD activity and these five principles clearly illustrate how developing new knowledge, skills and evidence-based working will produce an effective workforce, who are well-equipped and prepared to deliver high quality services.
It is our intention to evaluate the impact of the principles next year ahead of a review in January 2021. We welcome feedback from people working across the health and social care workforce that will contribute to further versions of this document.
Thank you to all members of the working group, the organisations who hosted our meetings and for the behind the scene support that got this to finished project.”

Please follow this link to access the publication:
https://www.collegeofparamedics.co.uk/publications/principles-for-cpd

or Click Here to Dowload

The Interprofessional CPD and Lifelong Learning UK Working Group is made up of: Allied Health Professions Federation Scotland, Association of Clinical Scientists, British Association of Art Therapists, British Association of Music Therapy, British and Irish Orthoptic Society, British Dietetic Association, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, College of Operating Department Practitioners, College of Paramedics, Institute of Biomedical Science, Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of Occupational Therapists, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, The British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists, The British Psychological Society, The Royal College of Midwives, The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, The Society and College of Radiographers, UNISON and Unite the union.