Call to action on reducing avoidable deaths
Improvements in the fight against the five major causes of death, including new plans to tackle cardiovascular disease, could save 30,000 lives by 2020, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced. In a...
View ArticleAHP ‘Darzi’ Fellows offer advice for new applicants
Two AHP 2012-13 Darzi Fellows, physiotherapist Julie Read and paramedic Jaqualine Lindridge are urging AHPs to apply for the 2013-14 fellowships, which are now open for application. As an added...
View ArticleMaking the most of Allied Health Professionals – thought leadership report...
The Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CfWI) thought leadership report, Making the Most of Allied Health Professionals, has now been published. The report provides high-level thought leadership to...
View ArticleAHP Advisory Fitness for Work Report launched
The new Allied Health Professions (AHP) Advisory Fitness for Work Report is now available. This complements the existing Statement of Fitness for Work used by GPs to determine if patients can remain in...
View ArticleKaren Middleton to Chief AHP post at Commissioning Board
Karen Middleton CBE, Chief Health Professions Officer at the Department of Health (DH), will be taking up the new Chief AHP role at the NHS National Commissioning Board (NHS CB) on 1 April 2013....
View ArticleVoicepiece March 2013 – Karen Middleton
This is the last Department of Health AHP Bulletin* as the Chief Health Professions Officer post moves to the NHS Commissioning Board from 1 April. I feel privileged to have been successful in my...
View ArticleIssue 94 – AHP Bulletin March 2013
Welcome to the March 2013 edition of the Allied Health Professionals Bulletin. In this edition we have details of the new AHP Advisory Fitness for Work Report, the CfWI thought leadership report, an...
View ArticleMental Health Awareness Week
For one week each May, The Mental Health Foundation campaigns around a specific theme for Mental Health Awareness Week. The theme for this year’s campaign, which runs from 13-19 May, will be physical...
View ArticleWebsite update
The NHS Commissioning Board is to take over responsibility for communicating with all NHS staff from 1 April 2013. As a result, from 26 March 2013, this AHP Bulletin website will no longer be updated...
View ArticleNHS pension scheme: government response to consultation
The government response to the consultation on draft NHS pension scheme regulations is published. The draft regulations were confirmed with some proposals modified or withdrawn based on the comments...
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