Individual level
For any individual allied health professional (AHP) who has read and wants to embody the strategy.
AHPs champion and promote diverse and inclusive leadership
- People first: How could I champion inclusion and belonging for my colleagues and patients by asking ‘what matters to you’?
- Optimising care: How could I build the leadership confidence and capabilities of all AHPs to maximise their potential to deliver optimal care?
- Social justice – addressing health and care inequalities: How could I use the My role in tackling health inequalities framework to address health inequalities in the communities and networks I work in?
- Environmental sustainability – Greener AHPs: How could I hold the net zero agenda central to my system-level decision making, and is my AHP community contributing to the delivery of my Green Plan (or equivalent)?
- Strengthening and promoting the AHP community: How can I be a positive representative of and advocate for the AHP community to increase the visibility of the workforce?
AHPs in the right place, at the right time, with the right skills
- People first: How am I working with people to enable them to have an active role in person-centred care where appropriate?
- Optimising care: How could I grow and develop my skillset to optimise care pathways?
- Social justice – addressing health and care inequalities: How could I better address health inequalities in the way I provide care by having more culturally appropriate services and avoiding potential bias in decision making?
- Environmental sustainability – Greener AHPs: Have I completed sustainable healthcare training, understood the principles of sustainable models of care, and do I support people in a way that might reduce their future care needs?
- Strengthening and promoting the AHP community: How can I contribute to an inclusive culture of belonging to help support the AHPs I work alongside?
AHPs commit to research, innovation, and evaluation
- People first: How can I use research and innovation to keep what matters to the people I support at the heart of my practice?
- Optimising care: How can I use or develop my research capabilities to optimise the care I and my organisation provides?
- Social justice – addressing health and care inequalities: How could the services I deliver be improved to counteract social injustice and health inequalities among the communities I support?
- Environmental sustainability – Greener AHPs: How could I embed sustainability into any changes I make in my service, capturing benefits and sharing these through my networks?
- Strengthening and promoting the AHP community: How could I integrate research and innovation into my AHP practice to improve outcomes for the people and communities I support?
AHPs can further harness digital technology and innovation through data
- People first: How can my continued professional development ensure that my digital capabilities support current and future practice, as outlined in A Digital Framework for allied health professionals?
- Optimising care: How can I use advances in technology and digital tools to optimise the care I provide and help achieve the ambitions of the NHS Long Term Plan?
- Social justice – addressing health and care inequalities: How could the data I currently collect be used to help understand and address health inequalities?
- Environmental sustainability – Greener AHPs: Am I using digital technology to maximise benefit for service users and reduce the carbon footprint of care, and do I capture and share these benefits?
- Strengthening and promoting the AHP community: How can I use digital tools to raise the profile of AHPs as a whole and my individual profession?