Integrated care boards (ICBs) and integrated care partnerships (ICPs) were established in July last year and have been born into the most difficult times. For many, their ways of working and cultures are still new and 2023 will continue to map out how they will work (recognising that there is a lot of variation across … Read More
Author: Rich Shorney
Health policy year in review 2022
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any stranger, 2022 happened. So, here’s The King’s Fund annual look at what the health policy year had in store.
Launch of the BAPO Leadership Programme
The inaugural BAPO Leadership Programme was launched on the 25th November 2022. Sixteen candidates were shortlisted to attend this year’s programme. BAPO have been successful in obtaining an educational grant from Health Educational England (HEE). The intention of this funding is to implement a professional development programme to support the next generation of leaders in … Read More
Proud to be supporting the BAPO Leadership programme
Why? Prosthetists and orthotists will be most effective in delivering and improving healthcare if thereis sufficient leadership to maximise their contribution and impact their future.This programme is aimed at harnessing the potential of prosthetists and orthotists to transformhealthcare. Like other AHP professions, outcomes in prosthetics and orthotics (P&O) are oftenpoorly understood, resulting in missed opportunities … Read More
The Empty Chair
As more and more people return to work, we are beginning to get some insight into the challenges people will now be facing. More obvious are the physical changes required by the return to work and reconfigured team dynamics driven by increased remote working. If you were to scratch the surface though, the less visible … Read More
How does the NHS in England work and how is it changing?
What are the key organisations that make up the NHS? And how can they collaborate with partners in the health and care system to deliver joined-up care? Watch this King’s Fund animation to find out.
Adaptability in Healthcare
As we move forward in 2022 have you highlighted your Number One challenge for this year? Has that challenge changed from your thoughts back in January? If so why? Something new on the horizon perhaps or merely the changing landscape in which you work? Whether you work as a healthcare professional or in industry what … Read More
Royal College of Podiatry Leadership Programme
The changing demands on health and care services are creating different development needs among staff in the NHS/ HEI’s/ Industry and Private Practice. There is a true need to equip and encourage healthcare staff to deliver continuous improvement in local health and care systems and gain pride and joy from their work, something the RHS … Read More
The new ICS World – Acronym Soup
As we navigate our way through the new world of ICS’s in the NHS do we truly know our ICP from our PBP’s. This article from the King’s Fund will support you to navigate through the new structure and identify the partnerships of relevance.
Virtual Advisory Boards in 2021 – what we have learnt
Our valued support service of developing, hosting and facilitating Virtual Advisory Boards has gone on-line. Following on from the success of supporting hundreds of national and international ad boards; focus groups; forums and discussion panels in the “real world” we extended our on-line facilitation offering in 2021. We were able to adapt to the challenge … Read More