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AHP Vision 2026 to 2028

Background

Allied Health Professionals are the third largest workforce; they are central to the delivery of integrated and collaborative safe, high-quality care.

Background

Allied Health Professions (AHPs) are the third largest workforce; they are central to the delivery of integrated and collaborative safe, high-quality care. This is our shared ambition as an AHP community. Every AHP colleague has a part to play by listening, learning, speaking up, trying new ideas and working with people to improve care. Together, we can build fairer, more joined-up services, support our workforce and help people across Birmingham to live healthier, more independent lives. In doing so, we will shape the future of Allied Health Professions at Birmingham Community Healthcare.

 

 

Impact of AHP Strategy 2020 to 2024 

Key achievements include:

  • AHP Leadership: Divisional AHP Professional Leads across all five Clinical Divisions; Trust Wide Professional Leads for 5 or the 9 AHP Profession at BCHC; new Associate Director of Therapies and a fixed term Lead for AHP Support Workers have all led to new ways of working and significant developments.
  • New AHP roles: Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Clinical Academic Roles, Clinical Research Fellows; AHP Workforce Lead, AHP Advanced Clinical Practitioners within the Urgent Community Response Team and Divisional Leads for Research and AHP Job Planning.
    National and international recognition for the innovative work of our AHPs.
  • New ways of working; increasing Podiatry and Dietetic prescribers and the use of medicines by the Orthoptists.
  • Increasing the workforce by increasing student placements, apprenticeships, return to practice and maximising clinical care by rolling out e-Job plans to all registered AHPs.
  • Communication and joint learning across BCHC improved with the development of AHP profession specific and AHP Support Worker Networks.

 

 

Local, regional and national context

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