Celebrate, appreciate, inspire – AHP day
Monday 14 October 2019
Today is Allied Health Professions (AHPs) day, when we celebrate the impact and work of the allied health professions.
AHPs include art therapists, drama therapists, music
therapists, chiropodists and podiatrists, dietitians, occupational therapists,
operating department practitioners, orthoptists, osteopaths, paramedics, physiotherapists,
prosthetists and orthotists, radiographers, and last but by no means least,
speech and language therapists.
Our School of Health and Society is one of the leading
providers of Allied Health training in the North West, with courses such as Physiotherapy,
Occupational Therapy, Radiography, Podiatry and Prosthetics and Orthotics. We
provide a workforce to the NHS and beyond; making a difference to lives in our
community.
Professor Margaret Rowe, Dean of the School of Health and
Society, said: “I am proud of the impact that our award winning and talented
AHP staff make in training the practitioners of the future. Each day they lead
the way in research, practice and innovation and make a real difference to the
students’ learning, making them fit for practice and changing lives”.
Dr Vicky Halliwell, Deputy Dean for the School of Health and
Society and Chair of the Greater Manchester AHP Workforce Group said: "The
14 AHPs have diverse skills to bring to enhance patient care, improve outcomes
and support the transformation agenda. Whether supporting primary care as First
Contact Practitioners, as Advanced Practitioners or working together in acute
rehabilitation, emergency care or on a diagnostic pathway these professions
offer a fantastic and challenging career. The GM AHP strategy demonstrates the
vision and actions to address challenges and opportunities for this workforce
going forward."
This year we have celebrated increasing our student numbers
in our undergraduate and postgraduate physiotherapy and occupational therapy
courses; more international students on our podiatry training courses than ever
before; being first in the UK and fifth globally for research papers in
radiography; and have been awarded the doctoral training school status for our
prosthetics and orthotics training.
Throughout the day we are hoping to gather the stories,
thoughts and experiences of our fantastic AHP colleagues and students. Share your
thoughts with us on Twitter at @UoS_HealthSoc and use the hashtags #AHPsDay and
#AHPSalford
Find out more
Róisín Schofield
0161 295 2929
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