Breakout sessions

11.40 Morning Breakouts -    AHP Solutions for the population of Wales

Room

Speakers/Facilitators

A - Public health and prevention

Health Inequalities and me as an AHP

Sophia

Hall

Sammer Tang, Judith John, Rhian Fewtrell

An interactive session to explore how you can make a difference to peoples experience and outcomes by considering health inequalities in your practice 

‘’With more than four million client contacts every week, AHPs hold tremendous power to tackle health inequalities (Royal Society for Public Health and Public Health England 2015)’’.

B - Person centred care and enabling people to live well

Cricket Museum

Michelle Price, Jo Burchell, Andrea Shelford, Natalie Griffiths, Diana Mansbridge, Victoria Llewellyn, Zara Grant, Claire Jones, Rachel Skippon

Participants will receive presentations from AHPs working in different settings, with different populations. They will explain how they strive to deliver person centred care, to enable people in Wales to live their best lives.  You will hear some common themes and challenges emerging, and some ideas and inspiration for how you may be able to overcome these challenges in the settings you work in.

C - Improving the psychological health and wellbeing of our population

Hospitality Boxes

17-18

Dr Chris O’Connor, Ainsley Bladon, Dr Catherine Bradfield, Abigail Weale, Alexis Foran-Conn, Kevin Jones, Kerrie Phipps, Benna Waites

An interactive workshop that will provide participants with the opportunity to explore some of the work AHPs are undertaking across Wales to improve the mental health and wellbeing of the population. The workshop will also consider what is required to maximise the contribution AHPs can make to meet the mental health needs of the population.

D - Early years: Getting it right for future generations

Lewis

Lounge

Lucy Smothers, Pippa Cotterill, Margaret Manton, Elizabeth Doe

The early years of a child’s life is a critical period which impact on both short- and long-term health outcomes with less positive experiences early in life relating closely to unhealthy behaviours, poor physical and mental health, poverty, unemployment and homelessness. As AHPs we can play a significant role in the marmot principle ‘Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life’. Research tells us that investment in the early years has the most potential for action and is cost effective. Join us in sharing good practice and innovative ways in how AHPs can support investment into the future of our next generation. Join them to also find out about empowering AHPs through Research Partnerships

12.40 – 13.40 Lunch

13.50 Afternoon Breakouts

Enablers for change

Speakers/Facilitators

E - Delivering sustainable healthcare in the NHS

Sophia

Hall

Mark Brand ​ 

Delivering Sustainable Healthcare​ 

In the workshop, participants will explore practical strategies for embedding sustainable healthcare while managing high patient volumes and resource constraints. Attendees will gain actionable insights and practical solutions to create a more sustainable healthcare environment, improving both patient outcomes and operational efficiency. ​ 

F - Demonstrating impact and value

Cricket Museum

Michelle Price, Christian Newman

How can we systematically use data to drive improvement in our services?

In this breakout session, participants will be challenged to think about the importance of demonstrating the impact and value of what they do at an individual, team, service, organisational, regional and national level.  

We will look at the common approach that is being recommended and explore how that could work for those in the session. Participants will have an opportunity to inform what is included in the common approach and learn what is being done to make the capture, collating and reporting of data more systematic and less of a burden both on AHPs and the people they work with. 

G - Innate evolution or revolution? Authenticity as a driver for leadership

Hospitality Boxes

17-18

Ian Mathieson

This session will consider the process of leadership development, illustrating how the interplay of professional, personal experiences and opportunities can facilitate development as a leader, offering reflections on how these can be recognised and exploited. The audience will be challenged to consider their own leadership narrative, and its origins, and to reflect on the opportunities they have for leadership influence and development.

H - Workforce wellbeing: Schwartz round

Lewis

Lounge

Dr Adrian Neal, Dr Benna Waites, Peter Carr, Robert Stubbs, Paul Stott

Schwartz Rounds are designed to allow health care staff to listen to, engage in and experience a facilitated conversation about aspects of their work they may normally not have the opportunity or permission to. Schwartz rounds focus on the essential but unspoken elements of our work as professional carers, helping us acknowledge, share, and process the emotional and social demands that may seem invisible but which we know are highly relevant. Importantly Schwartz Rounds are an evidence-based resource to help sustain ourselves and our social groups in highly pressured healthcare environments.