This guidance has been commissioned by NHS England, and is designed to support social care providers who want to improve the health and therefore the lives of the people they support. The guidance has been developed by National Development Team for Inclusion with the support of VODG and many of its members.
Inclusion International: Participating in Politics
Inclusion International’s new video talks about “Participating in politics”!
What are the things that need to change so more people with intellectual disabilities can have a say in politics?
What can you do as a self-advocate if you want to get involved?
ARC: “Shining a spotlight on Mate Crime”
Rod Landman, who has lead the charge against ‘Mate Crime’ at ARC for many years now, through various projects and work with providers, people who access support, the Police, academic institutions and advocacy groups. His passion is to ensure it continues to be recognised, acknowledged as a real ongoing issue, and moreover, tackled.
Read Rod Landman’s conference presentation summary here.
Within the summary you can find out about Mate Crime: ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ film.
VODG: Social care needs to transform itself to become fit for the future
Social care providers must adopt new approaches if they are to survive the challenges of funding cuts and policy changes, according to a new publication released today.
The VODG discussion paper, Challenges can fuel change, outlines what social care providers believe are the future hopes for the sector as well as the barriers that block progress. The publication is a contribution to Civil Society Futures, the national independent inquiry into English civil society.
National Workforce Strategy – Consultation, webinar and tweet chat invite.
Beverley Harden, AHP Lead, Health Education England
Following the recent publication of “Facing the facts, shaping the future. A draft health and care workforce strategy for England to 2027” (link below) it is vital that AHPs engage in the discussions, the following opportunities have been crafted to give you a variety of ways to be heard #AHPsintoAction
Formal consultation
The consultation will run until 17:00 Friday 23 March 2018 so please have your say. It is vital that the voice of AHPs is heard through the formal routes to make sure that all of comments are taken into account – you can formally respond online or join the online workshop at https://consultation.hee.nhs.uk. Workforce is all our business, wherever we work whatever we do.
Webinar
We are also offering other ways to engage to support you to formally respond as above. We would like to invite you to a national interactive webinar where we will discuss the opportunities of this strategy for our wider AHP community. We will be discussing the broad themes, key messages, and any questions which may arise. We also encourage you to answer the consultation questions of this draft document (https://consultation.hee.nhs.uk). By adding your voice to the consultation you will have the opportunity to help shape this workforce strategy for the future .
When is the webinar? Monday 12th March 12.30-1.30pm. If you cannot make this date/time we will be recording this webinar and placing it on the HEE website.
Who is invited? Allied Health Professionals from across health, social care, housing and the voluntary sector.
What do I need to do? Simply click on the skype broadcast link and click ‘join the event’ as a guest.
https://join-emea.broadcast.skype.com/hee.nhs.uk/9070a954468a4014aed4eb6302554caf
Please mute the outgoing audio on your computer. You may need to use a set of earphones if you are working in a shared office space. You will have the opportunity to ask questions via the ‘chat’ function.
If you have any concerns about your NHS firewalls, please check this link with your IT department prior to the webinar date to allow time for troubleshooting.
Tweetchat
We will also be discussing general questions and any questions which may arise after this webinar during a tweetchat for the allied health professions on 15th March 2018 at 8.30pm with @WeAHPs using #WeAHPs, . Find out more here: http://www.wecommunities.org/tweet-chats/chat-details/4151.
Please get involved – your opinions, perspectives and experiences are valuable.
Thank you to Laura Rogers, HEE AHP Fellow and Rebecca Tyrell, HEE South an Naomi McVey, NHSE for organising these consultation opportunities.
Kind regards,
Beverley Harden
AHP Lead. HEE
National Clinical Advisor, New Care Models Programme, NHSE
Associate Director of Education & Quality, South
