Pharmacy Students exploring the Wider Determinants of Health

Pharmacy Students exploring the Wider Determinants of Health

Charlie Roberts, a pharmacy student and our student ambassador, recently co-hosted With Trustee Robin Lansman, a lively webinar organised jointly with IHPE and the University of Nottingham (UoN). The event aimed to increase recognition of the Determinants of Health.

What do we mean by ‘Determinants of health’? And does it matter?Charlie started the webinar with a clear explanation of the ‘rainbow’ model of health determinants, outlining the many influences on health from our home, school, work and the wider environment.

IHPE provided a discussion panel with diverse interests and experience:

• Karen Neil, pharmacology, public health and mental health;
• Katherine Whittingham, BSc Health Promotion course lead at UoN;
• Robin Lansman, osteopathy and health promotion;
• Sylvia Cheater, dental public health, nutrition and settings based approaches.

Maximising the potential of the AHP workforce – a conversation with the BSW AHP Faculty

Summary/description: In this podcast BSW AHP Faculty members share what they have been working and explain from their lived experience the value of working together across the system, paving the way for the wider health and social care workforce to deliver the highest quality of care to our population through maximising the potential of the AHP workforce. They reflect on the value of working together as a team, their learning on health and social care integration and how their experiences of working in the AHP faculty has supported leadership development and changed their perspectives.

Biography: This podcast was facilitated by Robin Lansman an Osteopath AHP, former President of the Institute of Osteopathy and founder of COGUK which he set up to provide training programmes to help health practitioners communicate more confidently and effectively with others. In this podcast Robin is interviewing members of the BSW AHP Faculty including Scott Buxton AND Claire Guyatt (BSW AHP Faculty Programme Leads), Michelle Houchin, Gemma Collins, Esther Webb, Sue Elliott and Mary Harvey (BSW AHP Faculty Workforce Development Leads).

What is an AHP Fellow? - a conversation with SW AHP Workforce Fellows Vicky Gill and Mandy Tuckey HEE.

Summary/description: In this podcast Vicky Gill and Mandy Tuckey share with Robin their lived experiences of working in a new environment within an arm’s length body. They explain their role as workforce fellows, how this opportunity to complete a fellowship is supporting their professional development and offer some suggestions and advice to others who may wish to consider taking on a fellowship.

Biography: This podcast was facilitated by Robin Lansman an Osteopath AHP, former President of the Institute of Osteopathy and founder of COGUK which he set up to provide training programmes to help health practitioners communicate more confidently and effectively with others. In this podcast Robin is interviewing Vicky Gill a physiotherapist from Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Mandy Tuckey from the University of the West of England, who are currently working as AHP Workforce Fellows in the HEE SW AHP Programme Team.

What is an AHP Fellow? - a conversation with SW AHP Workforce Fellows Vicky Gill and Mandy Tuckey HEE.

Summary/description: In this podcast Vicky Gill and Mandy Tuckey share with Robin their lived experiences of working in a new environment within an arm’s length body. They explain their role as workforce fellows, how this opportunity to complete a fellowship is supporting their professional development and offer some suggestions and advice to others who may wish to consider taking on a fellowship.

Biography: This podcast was facilitated by Robin Lansman an Osteopath AHP, former President of the Institute of Osteopathy and founder of COGUK which he set up to provide training programmes to help health practitioners communicate more confidently and effectively with others. In this podcast Robin is interviewing Vicky Gill a physiotherapist from Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Mandy Tuckey from the University of the West of England, who are currently working as AHP Workforce Fellows in the HEE SW AHP Programme Team.

Taking a network approach to system working - a conversation with the Dorset AHP Faculty

Summary/description: In this podcast Dorset AHP Faculty members share what they have been working and explain from their lived experience the value of taking a network approach to delivering the work of the AHP Faculty working closely and on behalf of the Dorset AHP Council. They share how their AHP faculty has matured, developed and embedded into the wider system architecture. They share useful information on how they meet and support participation from across the different range of AHP professions and stakeholders, that has enabled them to take positive action and support the development of future AHP leaders within their system.

Biography: This podcast was facilitated by Robin Lansman an Osteopath AHP, former President of the Institute of Osteopathy and founder of COGUK which he set up to provide training programmes to help health practitioners communicate more confidently and effectively with others. In this podcast Robin is interviewing members of the Dorset AHP Faculty; Rachel Christian-Edwards and Debbie Lane.