The Chief AHP Officer (CAHPO) relates to two UK wide regulators: the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC). There are currently fourteen registerable titles for Allied Health Professions (AHPs). The brief descriptions below were co-produced with the Workforce, Training and Education (WTE) Directorate in NHS England and the professional […]
Patients under the care of a suitably trained and qualified Dietitian, Orthoptist or Therapeutic Radiographer will shortly be able to access some of their medication without visiting a doctor, thanks to changes in legislation. Following an announcement today by George Freeman MP, Minister for Life Sciences, patients will have timely access to the medicines they […]
The Allied Health Professions Medicines Project Lead at NHS England gives her views on the impact new legislation relating to prescribing, supply and administration of medicines will bring to the quality of care patients receive from eligible Allied Health Professions (AHPs): The announcement by Ministers that the law will change to include the introduction of […]
NHS England’s Chief Allied Health Professions Officer explains why she is playing her part in helping sell the Health Service to a new generation: I was delighted to be asked by the Chief Executive of NHS Employers, Daniel Mortimer, to write a blog as part of a fascinating series being run by his organisation. The […]
NHS England’s Chief Allied Health Professions Officer reflects on 2015 and looks ahead to the New Year: Christmas and New Year is a time when many of us are able to relax with family and friends, forget about the pressures of work for a few days at least and generally enjoy ourselves. But for the […]
Fifty vanguards are leading on developing new care models which will act as the blueprints for the NHS moving forward and the inspiration to the rest of the health and care system. As we head into winter, they have come together today to jointly address an age old challenge – how to transform services whilst […]
Delivery of NHS 111 and General Practice Out of Hours services are to be brought closer together to provide patients with a “new front door” to urgent health care services. The new service will offer patients improved access to a new 24/7 urgent clinical assessment, advice and treatment service – bringing together NHS 111, GP […]
More than £150,000 will be awarded to new ideas to address England’s biggest healthcare challenges in the first wave of this year’s NHS Innovation Challenge Prizes. The Challenge is part of a broader drive to embed innovation across the NHS which includes the NHS Innovation Accelerator and Test Bed programmes, the vanguard sites around the […]
NHS111 today refuted suggestions that it refuses to send ambulances to patients who are seriously ill. In a rebuttal of claims made in a national newspaper, the helpline service said it had an exemplary safety record while dealing with around 38,000 calls a day across the country. And NHS England defended the service saying it […]
NHS England is backing the development of a groundbreaking mobile diagnostics service that will deliver laboratory standard test results outside of hospital and allow patients to be diagnosed and treated at the point of care. The Labkit® Near Patient Diagnostics service is a portable bag containing devices capable of producing a range of patient test results […]