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“Moving Forward Together: AHP Innovation to Inspire Future Solutions”  

Tuesday 5th November 8.30 – 16.00 

Venue: Sophia Gardens, Glamorgan Cricket Ground, Cardiff  

Chairs: Nicky Thomas, AHP Associate Director Workforce Transformation, HEIW and 

Kerrie Phipps, National Allied Health Professions Lead for Primary and Community Care, NHS Executive 

8.30 Registration  
8.45  Exhibition, networking, and refreshments  
9.10

Chairs’ address/ Housekeeping

Kerrie Phipps and Nicky Thomas
9.15

Welcome AHP Framework Programme Board Co-Chairs  

Lisa Llewelyn, HEIW Executive Director of Nursing, Health Professionals and Quality    

Claire Madsen Executive Director of Allied Health Professions, Health Science and Digital, Powys Teaching Health Board 

9.20 Recorded address Rt Hon Eluned Morgan MS, First Minister of Wales 
9.25 

Looking Forward: How to change the future of health and care.

Keynote speaker, Tom Cheesewright - Applied Futurist

10.20 

Meeting the needs of our population: Maximising AHP impact    

Keynote speaker, Ruth Crowder – Chief Allied Health Professions Advisor Welsh Government

10.40  Break - Refreshments   
11.00

The Primary Care Model for Wales

Alan Lawrie, National Programme Advisor Strategic Programme for Primary Care, NHS Executive 

11.20 

Simplifying and making sense of our offer 

Peter Carr, Executive Directors of Allied Health Professions and Health Science Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

11.28 

Can the Community be the Cure? The magic of coproduction 

Dr Emma Cooke, Executive Director of Allied Health Professions, Health Science and Community Development, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board  

11.40  AHP solutions for the population of Wales  

Morning 

Breakouts

A - Public health and prevention (Sophia Hall) 

B - Person centred care and enabling people to live well (Cricket Museum)

C - Improving the psychological health and wellbeing of our population (Hospitality Boxes 17-18)

D - Early years: Getting it right for future generations (Lewis Lounge)

12.40  Lunch and Exhibition
13.50   Enablers for change

Afternoon 

Breakouts

E - Delivering sustainable healthcare in the NHS (Sophia Hall)

F - Demonstrating impact and value (Cricket Museum)

G - Innate evolution or revolution? Authenticity as a driver for leadership (Hospitality Boxes 17-18)

H - Workforce wellbeing: Schwartz round (Lewis Lounge)

  Looking forward together 
14.40

Additional AHP Investment: Rapid exemplars of transformation to achieve substantive long-term change.

Keri Hutchinson, Clinical Lead for Allied Health Professions Primary & Community Care. Strategic Programme for Primary Care. NHS Executive

The role of AHPs in Frailty and Primary Care. Eleri Davies and Bethan Jones, Clinical AHP Frailty Specialists, Powys Teaching Health Board

The Cwm Taf Morgannwg Rapid Assessment and Prevention Occupational Therapy Service. Paula Cornelius, Jane Paxon, Ana Hemborough, Natalie Bell  

The Cwm Taf Morgannwg Podiatry HOT Clinic. Helen Newton, Denise Jenkins  

15.10 

Transforming the workforce of today to meet the challenges of tomorrow  

Nicky Thomas, AHP Associate Director, Workforce Transformation HEIW

15.30

#AHPFutureFocus Panel Discussion  

Chaired by Vanessa Hayward, Welsh Allied Health Professions Committee Chair 

Ruth Crowder, Nicky Thomas, Peter Carr, Emma Cooke,  Kerrie Phipps, Ian Mathieson 

15.55 Ruth Crowder - Closing remarks and evaluation  
16.00  Networking and refreshments on leaving
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