AHPs4PH

Today we launched the new UK AHP Public Health Strategy 2025-2030 This builds on progress from the first UK public health strategic framework 2019-2024. The new framework has been created by UK AHP teams, professional bodies, and partner organisations. As part of the development of the new framework, we surveyed AHPs to find out their perspectives about public health in relation to their roles and the opportunities to embed a prevention approach. We heard that AHPs want to be involved in public health; can make significant contributions; and want to deliver more in public health. This framework is therefore intended to provide a shared roadmap to continue to support the AHP community to improve the public’s health. Our vision is that public health is a core part of all AHP roles and that the positive impact on public health by AHPs is recognised and valued. This can be achieved by enabling AHPs to develop and deliver health and care services with communities that are based on promoting wellbeing and preventing ill health, with a focus on addressing health inequalities and ensuring sustainability. Our goals: Knowledge and skills - The current and future AHP workforce will have the skills, knowledge, competence, and behaviours to promote, improve, and protect the health and well-being of individuals, communities, and populations. Inequalities - AHPs will ensure individuals and communities have equitable access to health and care services without discrimination and prejudice. They will co-produce services with people, including marginalised communities and vulnerable groups, and work collaboratively with individuals to empower them to have choice and control over their health and well-being. Sustainability - AHPs will deliver services and interventions that are economically and environmentally sustainable, including minimising negative impacts on the environment and making effective use of resources to generate long-term stability for the current and next generation. Impact - AHPs will be able to demonstrate their contribution to improved outcomes from individual to population level through delivering evidence-based practice. They will use data and intelligence from evaluation and research to guide decision-making, design new models of care, and show impact. Leadership - AHPs will be empowered to lead and influence across the entirety of the health and care landscape to improve health outcomes for individuals, communities, and populations through developing leadership at every stage in their careers. We have aimed to create a framework that both serves the AHP workforce and the communities they live in. Every AHP has the potential to be a leader in embedding a public health approach and we want this document to amplify this message. https://lnkd.in/esKAAYgV