Subject to Review of Central Returns and Information Standards Board approval, the DH is committed to mandating the collection of data on referral to treatment times for services provided by Allied Health Professionals (AHPs).To enable timely access to quality services for patients, this letter explains how we are working with the NHS to support the delivery of this commitment.
East Midlands Improvement Network 11/09.
AHP Bulletin, Issue 74, November 2009
The bulletin's aim is to address matters related to the organisation and delivery of allied health professional services and includes items of direct interest to AHP staff.
Department of Health website 11/09.
Alice Cory Early Research Training Fellowship Scheme
Support for research training for GPs, Nurses and Allied Health Professionals:
The scheme is aimed at GPs, Nurses and Allied Health Professionals who wish to enrol on a full-time or part-time Masters Degree course containing a significant research component. A prior interest in research, for instance involvement in clinical trials or community based studies, would be desirable, but is not essential.
Closing date 11th January 2010.
Medical Research Council website 11/09.
UK Occupational Therapy Research Foundation: Outcome measures and effective practice. This event is aimed at OTs and other AHPs who wish to develop their knowledge of outcome measures and effective practice. Participants will hear from several experts on how outcome measures can be used for practice, research, service evaluation and service commissioning purposes. Delegates will learn how to develop skills in selecting and appraising outcome measures and how using outcome measures will routinely demonstrate the effectiveness of their practice.
On 11th march 2010 at College of Occupational Therapists, 106-114 Borough High Street, Southwark, London
BAOT website 11/09.
RCSLT Assistant Practitioners' Conference 2010
Friday 5th March 2010 at the Research Beehive, Old Library Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle.
The theme for this event is the influencing and empowering impact that assistant practitioners have within the speech and language therapy workforce.
RCSLT website 11/09.
NHS staff passport launched
A ‘staff passport’ launched today will enshrine NHS physiotherapists and other NHS staff rights in England on transfer to new types of employers and set out the human resources standards they are entitled to expect wherever they work delivering NHS services.
CSP website 11/09.
Analysis of breast screening appointment lengths survey:
In August 2009, the Society of Radiographers (SoR) surveyed members carrying out breast screening in the UK about nominal appointment lengths. Over 200 respondents answered a range of questions in an online questionnaire about how much time they have per client, their workload and the effects of setting nominal appointment lengths.
Society of Radiographers 10/09.
Protein and energy supplementation in elderly people at risk from malnutrition:
An intervention review which examined trials for improvement in nutritional status and clinical outcomes when extra protein and energy were provided, usually as commercial 'sip-feeds'.
Milne AC, Potter J, Vivanti A, Avenell A. Protein and energy supplementation in elderly people at risk from malnutrition. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 2.
Cochrane Library 11/09
Research news:
NIHR conference: making the most of your RDS.
11th February 2010 at Burleigh Court, Loughborough University Conference Centre.
Overview of NIHR and partner sources of funding:
Half day course run by NIHR RDS for the East Midlands on 27th January 2010 at the Lecture Theatre, Post Graduate Centre, Grantham Hospital at 1.00 – 4.00pm.
NIHR RDS for the East Midlands:
Take Five featuring training events, research funding and the latest health news, and websites in neat little sets of five.
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