Allied Health Professionals: Framework Principles

Framework Principles

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The AHP Transformation Programme in HEIW has been set up to lead the implementation of the 10-year vision described in the Allied Health Professions Framework: Looking Forward Together (2019).

The AHP programme seeks to realise the vision described by the AHP framework.

Vision Statement 2021 - 2030

Together the Allied Health Professions lead transformational change. Their diversity inspires creativity and innovation in practice, education and research. Their multi-professional partnerships across health and social care empowers and enables the people of Wales to live healthier lives.

The Six Framework Principles

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Inspiring and enabling people to lead healthier live

Working collaboratively with them and others to transform their lives; being responsive to and connected with, people and their communities; supporting and resourcing communities and population health improvement.

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Building resilience in the population

Rebalancing the work of AHPs to promote wellbeing, prevention and early intervention, maximising abilities; supporting personal responsibility; empowering people to manage their own wellbeing.

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Accessibility and responsiveness

Being first to contact practitioners with a strong presence in health and social care, the independent and third sector; easily accessible 24/7 where appropriate and working outside traditional professional boundaries; being flexible, responsive an collaborative responding to peoples needs over the whole life course.

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Strong identity and presence

Recognised as invaluable, essential members of the health and social care workforce; at the forefront of high quality, high impact innovation in existing and emerging services; a credible, strong collective voice for change that promotes evidence based services for the citizen that need them.

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Visible and transformational leadership

AHP leaders at all levels of the system who can influence and inform strategic and political direction; autonomous AHP leaders who foster excellence in the workforce of the future through retaining nurturing and growing talent.

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Working at the top of their professional licence

Articulating value, leading and effecting improvement; continually learning, trail blazing, demonstrating and sharing best practice; adopting technology to improve service provision; reflecting and challenging themselves and others to be autonomous practitioners who deliver high quality and value-based services.


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