Professional Affairs

NHS England and NHSI have produced a new guide to developing AHP Leaders.

This new interactive PDF resource shares the findings from a project thye have been working on to explore common factors which contribute to AHP leadership development.  By combining trust executives’ expectations of AHP leadership, with individual accounts from chief AHP leaders (see also – ‘Investing in chief allied health professional leadership: insights from trust executives’), they have identified the common features that combine to create a platform and framework for AHP leadership at all levels and an extensive list of helpful resources, hints and tips.

It was developed to provide ideas and opportunities for aspiring AHP leaders and those who support the development of the AHP workforce, to ensure that the AHP workforce is developing the leaders required for the future.

guide will also be useful for:

• AHPs with leadership aspirations
• those supporting the development of future AHP leaders
• those developing AHP leadership capacity and capability within their organisation and system
• those supporting AHP workforce appraisal processes
• career coaching and mentoring conversations

It can be downloaded on the NHSI website: https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/developing-allied-health-professional-leaders-guide. or can be downloaded by clicking here

 

 

NHS Improvement & AHP colleagues have produced a joint supporting publication for the AHPs into Action programme for supporting healthcare in care home.  

It is available at https://www.england.nhs.uk/ahp/ahps-into-action/  or can be downloaded here: Quick Guide AHPs Enhancing Health in care homes

This quick guide will support AHPs and service leaders to meet the priorities and ambitions for care home residents detailed in the NHS long term plan.  The NHS long term plan details 4 strategic priorities for community health services, one of which was the roll out of the Enhancing Health in Care Homes Framework. The ambition includes a focus on nutrition and hydration and provision of support from the right professionals when care home residents have been unwell, including rehabilitation.

BAPO’s Professional Affairs Committee have prepared a resource to direct all BAPO members towards MHRA medical device legislation and guidance relevant in a P&O contex

This can be found in the Proffesional Affairs resources tab or downloadable below

MHRA Guidance 2019

Today marks the publication of two new strategy documents for AHPs.

The first is a Public Health Impact Report, this report is a joint publication by Public Health England and the AHP Federation.  It is available on the AHPF web site: http://www.ahpf.org.uk/Publications_and_Speeches.htm or downloadable below:

The second is the strategic Framework which goes with this document and is downloadable here:

NICE are recruiting for members to join the Osteoarthritis update guideline committee. All the information about the role including how to apply can be found at the link below:

https://www.nice.org.uk/get-involved/our-committees/join-a-committee/member–osteoarthritis-guideline-update-committee

The following roles are being advertised:

• a GP
• a consultant rheumatologist
• 2 physiotherapists
• an orthopaedic surgeon
• an occupational therapist
• a geriatrician/general physician with an interest in osteoarthritis
• a musculoskeletal service commissioner
• a clinical pharmacist
• an orthotist or podiatrist

Please note the closing date for applications is 31^st May 5pm.