TeamHealth360 - Boosting Healthy Team Communication to Support New Communities 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.

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).

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.

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.

Summary/description: This podcast is a conversation between Robin Lansman and Katy Wilson around her role as the project lead of the HEE SW Paramedic reducing attrition and improving retention in early career (REPAIR) project. Katy’s shared the project teams experience of coproducing recommendations that will support student paramedics and preceptees increase their confidence in clinical decision making as they transition from learners to autonomous practitioners. She also shared her personal development gained by taking on this regional project lead role.

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 Katy Wilson a Speech and Language Therapist by profession from Cornwall who is currently working as a south west regional reducing attrition and improving retention in early career (REPAIR) paramedic project as the project lead.

Summary/description: In this podcast the Somerset AHP Faculty members share what they have been working and explain from their lived experience the value of working together across the system to develop and grow the AHP workforce. They reflect on what is important to them, the benefits of collaboration and their motivations to get involved in the work of the AHP Faculty and the opportunities these roles provide to develop leadership capabilities.

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 Somerset AHP Faculty including Louise Albrich (Somerset AHP Faculty Chair), Ralph Hammond (Somerset AHP Faculty Projects Lead), Juliet Sturgess (Somerset AHP Faculty workforce development lead), Agnieszka Waligora (Somerset AHP Faculty AHP support worker development lead), Rosie Harry (Somerset AHP Faculty student placement expansion lead / clinical educator) and Claire MacFadzean (Somerset AHP Faculty L&D lead)

Summary/description: In this podcast Sarah shares some of the priorities being worked by the Cornwall AHP Faculty to invest in an allied health professional workforce to be proud of across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, in relation to being proud to be Cornish and achieving their ambition to deliver thriving health services and lifelong careers for those in the local communities wanting a rewarding career working as an AHP in health and social care.

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 Sarah Richards the Cornwall AHP Faculty Support Worker Lead

Summary/description: This podcast is a conversation between Robin Lansman and Carrie Biddle which explores the background to the COGUK key speaking skills leadership training programme that was designed to provide AHP Faculties, Fellows and Project Leads with an opportunity to build their communication confidence and engagement with wider stakeholders. The outputs of the training programme resulted in them each recording a podcast episode to put their skills into action.

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 in conversation with Carrie Biddle Regional Head of AHPs for the south west in Health Education England.