Allied Health Professional or AHP describes a range of highly skilled staff groups:
- Art Therapists
- Chiropodists/Podiatrists
- Drama Therapists
- Dietitians
- Music Therapists
- Occupational Therapists
- Operation Department Practitioners
- Orthoptists
- Osteopaths
- Paramedics
- Physiotherapists
- Prosthetists/Orthotists
- Radiographers (Diagnostics and Therapeutic)
- Speech and Language Therapists
AHPs work across a broad range of services, often acting as a crucial bridge for patients in their health and care journey. Given their links across all sectors, AHPs are vital to supporting and achieving the overall ambition of the SYB ICS to give people the best possible start in life, with the support to stay healthy and live well for longer.
An AHP strategy for South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw has been developed through work with all partners, including Higher Education Institutes, involving a broad cross-section of AHPs. The strategy describes how the AHP workforce will work collectively to ensure all services – across community, primary care, secondary care, social care and within education – are utilising the skills and capability of AHPs in the best possible way to meet the needs of our patients, which in turn, will support the streamlining of services, reduce duplication and variation and provide innovative and integrated solutions for demand in other areas of our health and care system. Read the Strategy here.
South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw was the first ICS nationally to establish an AHP Council (see Terms of Reference) as an advisory group to drive the aims of improving the health and wellbeing of the region, supporting primary and secondary care, working across boundaries and delivering evidence based best practice solutions. The AHP Council provides valuable perspective and expertise to influence the development of new models of care.
Useful resources
AHP COUNCIL MEMBERS & DEPUTY CONTACT LIST
NOMINEES
|
Name |
Title |
Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Kirsty Slack | Admin Support | SYB ICS |
| Diane Simpson | Professional Lead Therapies & Dietetics (Physiotherapist) Deputy Council Chair | Rotherham NHS FT |
| Roger Watson | Deputy Clinical Director (Paramedic) | East Midlands Ambulance Service |
| Angharad Truelove (Harry) | System Support & Delivery Manager, Urgent Care & Integration Team | Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) |
| Christine Smith | Head of Department Allied Health Professions (SHU) | SHU |
| Liz Copley | Consultant Occupational Therapist | Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber NHSFT |
| Patricia Cowell | Professor, Head of Communication Sciences (Speech & Language Therapist) | University of Sheffield |
| Amanda Jones | Director of Allied Health Professionals (Occupational Therapist) / Chief AHP | Sheffield Health & Social Care |
| Lucy Smith | Head of Therapy Services (Physiotherapist) | Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHSFT |
| Ursula MacFarlane | Occupational Therapy Service Manager (Occupational Therapist) | Barnsley Hospital NHSFT |
| Amanda Greenhalgh | Principal Strategic Occupational Therapist (Occupational Therapist) | Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Dr Della Money | Associate Director for Allied Health Professionals (SLT) | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Sandra Whiting (Sandy) | Programme Lead for Assistive Technology and Occupational Threrapy | Rotherham Council |
| Matthew Worthy | Principle Occupational Therapist | Sheffield City Council |
| Laura Evans | Professional Head of Occupational Therapy / | STH / Sheffield City Council |
| Stuart Conquer | Interim Lead for AHP’s & Principal Respiratory Physiotherapist, Sheffield Children’s (NHS) FT | SCH / SHU |
WORKSTREAM LEADS
|
Name |
Title |
Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Heather Jackson | Clinical AHP Advisor Advanced Practice to PCWTH | Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHSFT |
| Rachel Smith | Integrated Pathway Manager for ARC & Active Programmes & Head of Physiotherapy ( Learning Environments) | Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Natalie Jones | ICS AHP Council Digital Lead | Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Trudy Sevens | ICS Lead Radiographer ( 2 days per week - Thurs /Frid) | ICS 722 Prince of Wales Road / SHU |
DEPUTIES
|
Name |
Title |
Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Graham Moore | Orthotist | Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHSFT |
| Julie Nightingale | Professor of Diagnostic Imaging | Sheffield Hallam University |
| Helen Davis | Professor, Ophthalmology & Orthotics | University of Sheffield |
| Hannah Godfrey | Lead Art Therapist | Sheffield Health & Social Care NHSFT |
| Rebecca Sheldon | Occupational Therapy | Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHST |
| Karen Glencross | Radiographer | Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHSFT |
| Ashlie Wright | Ophthalmologist | Barnsley Acute Trust |
| Sharon Sweeting | Physiotherapist | South West FT (SWIFT) |
| Lisa Hickling | Rotherham FT | |
| Greg Cox | Paramedic | East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) |
| Sara Daws | Occupational Therapist | Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Suzanne Avington | Deputy Associate Director for Allied Health Professions (Physiotherapist) | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust |
CITIZENS PANEL REPRESENTATIVES
|
Name |
Title |
Organisation |
|---|---|---|
|
Hazel Brand |
Citizen Rep |
SYB ICS |
ICS MEMBERS ON THE AHP COUNCIL
|
Name |
Title |
Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Andrew Cash | ACS Lead / Chair CEO | Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust / South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw Shadow ICS |
| Professor Des Breen | Medical Director | South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw Integrated Care System |
| Ben Chico | Workforce, Transformation Lead | Health Education England |
| Louise Berwick | Programme Manager | Primary Care Workforce & Training Hub |
| Sophie Stevens-Jones | Macmillan Communications and Engagement Lead for the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Cancer Alliance | South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw Integrated Care System |
OTHER & REGIONAL
| Sally Fowler-Davis | Associate Professor / Advanced Wellbeing and Research Centre | SHU/STH |
| Regional Representatives | ||
| Mike Curtis | Local Director, Health Education England Working across Yorkshire & The Humber | Heath education England - Don Valley House |
| David Marsden | Allied Health Professionals Workforce Lead NE & Y Region | Clinical Advisory Team, Health Education England, Manchester |
| Thumbnail | Title | Date Posted |
|---|---|---|
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Clinical Academic Careers .pdf | 23/09/2020 |
|
An introduction to degree apprenticeships.pdf | 23/09/2020 |
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South Yorkshire Region Excellence Centre.pdf | 23/09/2020 |
