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These are two of the key findings of a study ‘Leadership of Allied Health Professions in Trusts: what exists and what matters’ commissioned by NHS Improvement and compiled by Kingston University.
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Come and visit our first pop-up library at Severn Fields, Shrewsbury 19th July 11.00am-3.00pm. Join the library, borrow and return books, get help finding information and evidence, set up an Athens account, find out what the library can do for you and your team.
The Fitness to practise annual report 2016 and accompanying key information document are now published. These highlight our work in considering allegations about the fitness to practise of our registrants between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2016.
Whilst our Register increased in 2015–16 by 3.3 per cent, the number of new fitness to practise concerns we received decreased by 1.98 per cent. The proportion of the Register affected still remains low, with only 0.62 per cent of registrants being subject to a new concern.
We've added 10 new Be Aware updates following your suggestions:
Musculoskeletal ; Osteoporosis ; Nutrition and obesity ; Falls ; HR ; Research Methods ; Information Governance ; Bladder, bowel and pelvic healthcare ; Rheumatology ; Medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency (circulated email)
Open access. Healthcare professionals are recommended to use evidence-based practice (EBP) principles to update and improve clinical practice. Well-designed educational initiatives, together with practice and feedback opportunities can improve individuals’ EBP knowledge, skills and attitudes.
Health Education England (HEE) is running an allied health professionals (AHPs) online recruitment event for school-age students.
Starting at 10am on Wednesday 26 June, WOW Show Live will provide an opportunity for pupils to hear from AHPs about their careers, and offer information on the various pathways to a rewarding career in the NHS.
Two £25 vouchers are up for grabs in the library’s ‘Making the Most of Information’ survey.
To take part, just visit http://goo.gl/AdN4ok by Friday 19th February.
The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) has today published its continuing professional development (CPD) audit report for the period 2013-2015.
The report shows that in this period 8,164 registrants, across all 16 professions regulated by the HCPC, were randomly selected to submit CPD profiles. Nearly 81% of these met the CPD standards with most accepted after their first assessment.
As with previous audits, the majority of registrants invited to submit a profile engaged with the CPD process. A small minority sought voluntary deregistration (4.8%) or did not renew (3.2%). Some registrants deferred their audit (10.7%) with the most common reasons being on maternity leave or health issues.
Following a successful bid for HEE funding in 2015-2016, a physiotherapist simulation fellow was appointed.
With support from Health Education England and RUH simulation experts, the physiotherapist has gained valuable knowledge and skills.
Even though the fellowship has finished, the Head of Therapies at the RUH continues to support the same physiotherapist to deliver one day per week of simulation alongside their Band 7 clinical role.
NHS England has launched a new video describing the important role allied health professionals (AHPs) play in improving care for patients, streamlining services and supporting other NHS staff.
The video explains how AHPs are crucial in providing a more joined up experience of care for patients across primary, community and hospital services, and ensuring services are sustainable over the next decade.
This interactive guide describes the common features of the AHP leadership journey, by combining insights and evidence from trust chief executives and chief AHPs. Its primary audience is aspiring AHP leaders and those with responsibility for developing the AHP workforce. It will also interest trust boards, commissioners and other system leaders, keen to recognise the AHPs’ potential for leading and delivery transformation across the health and care infrastructure.
West London NHS Trust had very high vacancy rates for allied health professionals (AHPs) in January 2016, and so developed a strategy to retain more AHPs and close the vacancy gap long-term. When developing their strategy they looked at their own data and engaged with staff to find out more about why they leave.
HCL Workforce Solutions’ Claire Billenness on the positive contribution made by the AHP workforce to the country’s health and wellbeing. Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) has joined other health and care regulators to agree a joint statement on handling conflicts of interest.
It sets out the expectations of how HCPC-regulated professionals should act in relation to avoiding, declaring and managing actual or potential conflicts of interest
We’ve just heard that SSOTP will not be renewing their agreement with SSSFT LKS for library services for this financial year. Because of this we will be reviewing our Be Aware bulletins. Sadly we won’t be accepting any new sign-ups from SSOTP staff and will be withdrawing some of the physical healthcare bulletins that we…
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The collaborative aims to enable AHPs to lead improvement work across multiple disciplines and agencies, bringing a new perspective and focus to delivering solutions. Participants also had the opportunity to develop transferable skills in quality improvement.
This resource demonstrates the value and impact AHPs have on patient flow and shows examples of how trusts have staged interventions to reduce avoidable hospital admissions, patient length of stay and promote a home first approach.
The pragmatic language outcomes of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were explored across two feasibility studies. SSSFT staff - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
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Although allied health clinicians play a key role in the provision of healthcare, embedding a culture of research within public and private health systems remains a challenge. In this rapid review we critically evaluate frameworks for embedding research into routine allied health practice, as the basis for high quality, safe, efficient and consumer-focused care.
Open Access Article
As part of the Autumn immigration rule changes, all medical practitioners have been added to the shortage occupation list.
Other roles that have been added include:
occupational therapists
psychologists
radiographers
speech and language therapists
all social workers.
There is no change for nurses, who have been on the list since 2018. Nurses will still require a resident labour market test (RLMT), whereas the newly added professions will not. The changes were accepted by the government in July this year following recommendations by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC).
This systematic review aims to make explicit how therapists can optimise their collaboration with parents of young children with developmental disabilities, according to the perspectives of parents and therapists. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
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