The award is presented to those organisations that demonstrate transformation through innovation in AHP workforce supply. This can include or be from pre-registration through to post programmes settings e.g., new ways of offering work experience, return to practice, advance practice and international recruitment. Applications need to demonstrate how the delivery of their work has increased the expansion of learning opportunities for current and future staff and will provide a sustainable flow of a future workforce.

Sally York, Deputy Associate Director for AHPs Sussex Community Foundation Trust tweeted: ‘Super excited to be here with @3healthpursuit @gaposteopath @HennyB6 and Rob on our table , shortlisted for AHP Workforce Transformation Award with our brilliant osteopaths @gosc_uk @scft_ahp @sussexahps’ We were highly commended! Well deserved winners dietetics in Birmingham community health care Trust #CommunityTrusts’

AHPs are the third largest clinical workforce in the NHS. The awards provide an opportunity to highlight the incredible work being carried out by AHPs and demonstrate the vital role they play in delivering the ambitions set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.

The awards in held in partnership with Council of Deans Of Health, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Health Education England, National Institute of Health and Social Care (NIHR), Council for AHP Research (CAHPR), Greener NHS and the NHS Race and Health Observatory.

To read more about the CAHPO Awards, click here.