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About the first Allied Health Professionals Day #AHPsDay

 

A day in the life / Twitter / Chairman’s visit

 

15th of October was the first AHPsDay – Allied Health Professionals Day. The idea for the day developed from conversations on Twitter #AHPsIntoAction.

 

AHPs into Action is an NHS England initiative. A programme of work focusing on the role of Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) in transforming health, care and wellbeing.

Allied Health Professionals into Action
AHPs Into Action - One year on

About AHPs Day

The Chief Allied Health Professions Officer for NHS England Suzanne Rastrick explains the origins of this annual day for AHPs: It started with a twitter conversation in April 2018, and on Monday 15 October we celebrated the first AHPs’ Day– a grassroots initiative led by Carrie Biddle, Speech and Language Therapist, and Rachael Brandreth, Dietitian. It is a day to understand, recognise and celebrate the fundamental role allied health professionals (AHPs) have in transforming health, care and wellbeing for patients and citizens. Read a Blog by Suzanne Rastrick

AHPs Day

How we celebrated the day in North Cumbria

In North Cumbria we marked the day by celebrating the diversity of our community of Allied Health Professionals (AHPs). It was also an opportunity to say “Thank you” for the great work that AHPs do.

Chairman’s visit to West Cumbria

On Monday 15th October Robin Talbot visited the Integrated Care Community in West Cumbria (Copeland) to meet the Jo, Community Manager for West Cumbria (Copeland) and the Integrated Care Community team and learn more about the work they are doing.

‘A day in the life’ of different AHPs in North Cumbria

Five of our Allied Health Professionals’ shared a short story about a ‘Day in the life’ of their profession. These provide a snapshot of the diversity of the roles of an Allied Health Professional and value they bring to health, care and wellbeing. This included a: Pediatric Dietitian, Physiotherapist, Therapy Assistant, Dietitian and an Occupational Therapist.

If you are an AHP and would like to share your story of a Day in the life of your profession you can email your story and a photo of yourself in your workplace to communications.helpdesk@cumbria.nhs.uk

We would love stories from a: Paramedic, Art Therapist, Drama therapist, Music therapist, Chiropodist/podiatrist, Operating Department Practitioner, Orthoptist, Osteopaths, Prosthetist and Orthotist, Speech and language therapist and Radiographers. Get in touch: communications.helpdesk@cumbria.nhs.uk

Occupational Therapist

Hollie O’Connor - Occupational Therapist

Hello my name is Holly and I am an Occupational Therapist. Firstly I need to explain that I have to consider our community role as a 3 in 1 role! Read Hollie’s Story

Paediatric Dietitian

Sophie Logan - Paediatric Dietitian

Hello my name is Sophie – Each day starts at 8:30, however, what I do day to day changes so I thought I would give you an idea of my role. Read Sophie’s Story

Physiotherapist

Jamie Bell - Physiotherapist

Hello my name is Jamie and I am an Physiotherapist. As a physiotherapist within the community team I work with patients to help them return home following a hospital admission or work to keep people at home preventing such events. Read Jamie’s Story

Dietitian

Orla Martin - Dietitian

Hello my name is Orla and I am based at West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven and I work across both the acute and community setting. For me there is no such thing as a ‘typical day’ and my role varies greatly from one day to the next Read Orla’s Story

Therapy Assistant

Joanne Burns - Therapy Assistant

Hello my name is Joanne – I work with Patients and their families in the community as a Therapy Assistant to support patients to be as independent as possible. Read Joanne’s Story

About the Allied Health Professions

Read more about the 14 Allied Health Professions.

A new Twitter account for AHPs

As the idea was to have a virtual celebration linking to events happening in the local area.  We launched a new Twitter account  We shared 100 tweets to celebrate the diversity of the AHP role Supported by the North Cumbria AHP forum the new account will share best practice information and shine a light on the great work happening around our area.

North Cumbria AHP forum includes all AHPs working in North Cumbria across a range of organisations.

What happened on Twitter on the Day

Here are tweets from some of our Allied Health Professionals PLUS … the most popular tweets that @AHPsNCumb shared on the day.



Contact us

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