LatestfromourAHPPAG

My name ’ s Danni Bear, and as the Chair of the AHP Professional Advisory Group (PAG) Iwantedtointroduceyoutothegroup,and tell you a bit about what we ’ re up to this year.

The current AHP PAG includes 7 members; four Speech and Language Therapists (Sarah Wallace, Eileen Kelly, Gemma Jones and Carmel Richardson), two Occupational Therapists (James Bruce and Claire Rock) andoneDietitian(Me!)

‘Where are the Physiotherapists?!’ I hear you ask… do not fear, they have a separate PAG and you can read all about the great worktheyaredoingonourblog

WeareinclosecontactwiththePhysioPAG to ensure that we have well rounded discussions and are as inclusive as possible in the decisions that we make on behalfofallAHPs.

The majority of the current PAG were electedin2021andwehavebeenverybusy since

One of our main priorities was to secure representation from Occupational Therapy and we were very fortunate to have coopted James and Claire into the PAG early this year. As we provide insight, advice and guidance to the Intensive Care Society (ICS) for all things to do with AHPs working in Critical Care, it’s very important for us to be able to fairly and accurately represent all professions working in critical care under the AHP umbrella so this was a great achievement for us. We're also very excited to have elected three new members which youcanreadaboutonpage13and14.

We have had a really busy year contributing to multiple streams within the ICS We are really proud to have provided significant input into the strategy for 20232027 to ensure that AHPs are represented throughout.Thiswasaninterestingexercise where we had some time with Sandy Mather, Society Chief Executive to talk through priorities and rank them. It led to some excellent discussions and was a great way to begin to understand more aboutthevaluestheSocietyholds.

Besides contributing to the strategy, we were heavily involved in the State of Art Congressin2022andarebusyplanningfor 2023whichiscomingaroundveryfast!Our PAG session on multi-professional careers was really well received last year so there will be a similarly themed session for this year

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