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
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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.
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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
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.
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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”.