Provider level

For an AHP, or person working alongside or in support of AHPs, with leadership or oversight within a health or care provider organisation.

AHPs champion and promote diverse and inclusive leadership

  • People first​: What coaching and support is in place in my organisation to nurture the talent of AHPs?
  • Optimising care​: How could diverse AHP leadership help champion the breadth of AHP roles that contribute to delivering optimised care across patient care pathways?​
  • Social justice – addressing health and care inequalities: How well does the region AHP leadership support the addressing of health inequalities?
  • 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 could leadership in my organisation nurture equality, diversity, inclusion, and belonging for the entire AHP community?

AHPs in the right place, at the right time, with the right skills

  • People first​: How could AHPs be supported to put people and their families at the centre of decision making? ​​
  • Optimising care​: How could tools such as e-rostering and job planning be used to support AHPs in optimising the workforce, and to transform care pathways and optimise care provision
  • Social justice – addressing health and care inequalities: How could I ensure inclusive recruitment practice and workforce support and retention to nurture a diverse workforce within the organisation?
  • Environmental sustainability – Greener AHPs​: What structures do I have in place for supporting AHPs to maximise the sustainability of their practice, including the completion of sustainable healthcare training and application of its principles?
  • Strengthening and promoting the AHP community: How can I provide support to care for the health and wellbeing of the AHPs within my organisation?

AHPs commit to research, innovation, and evaluation

  • People first​: How does my organisation support AHPs to embrace research, innovation and evaluation, so as to improve the quality and accessibility of care services? ​
  • Optimising care​: How could my organisation foster an environment of constant improvement towards optimising care provision as standard practice? ​
  • Social justice – addressing health and care inequalities: How can I better understand how my organisation can address health inequalities and meet the diverse needs of the populations we serve?
  • Environmental sustainability – Greener AHPs​: How could I enable AHPs to develop innovative greener practices and service models, and how could I record evidence of improvements and the sharing and spread of adoption?
  • Strengthening and promoting the AHP community: How can my organisation support AHPs throughout their career to be empowered to embed research in their practice through advanced practice and research delivery roles? ​ ​

AHPs can further harness digital technology and innovation through data

  • People first​: How could I support and enable the development of digital careers for AHPs in my trust, as outlined in A digital framework for allied health professionals?
  • Optimising care​: How can I use the AHP quality dashboard to ensure high quality, effective and efficient services?
  • Social justice – addressing health and care inequalities: How could I use data to better understand and address health inequalities experienced by the communities we support?
  • Environmental sustainability – Greener AHPs​: How could I support sustainable procurement and adoption of technology, and use technologies to benefit service users and reduce the carbon footprint of care?
  • Strengthening and promoting the AHP community: How can I better understand data on the discrimination, violence or bullying that staff may face to be better equipped to address it?