There are Leadership and Management apprenticeship programmes for every level - First Line Managers to Senior Leaders. 

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This is a space for you to talk about what matters to you about working in health and social care.
We want to hear your ideas on 5 main areas to make things better for people working in health and care. Your comments will feed into the development of the long term plan for the NHS and the Social Care Green Paper. 
This is a public site so other people will be able to see your comments and respond to them. Ministers and staff from the Department of Health and Social Care will get involved in the conversation too. 
Find out more and start sharing your ideas. 
You can choose to be anonymous on this platform by ensuring the information you provide in the sign-up process does not identify you.

This tool helps you understand the different community groups in your local population, and how you can better engage with, recruit and retain people from these groups.

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This opinion piece from the BBC looks at team-building exercises and how counter-productive they can be. The article argues that good managers are at the heart of a strong team and real team building is in performing effectively together every day. 

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With flu vaccination season approaching and trusts getting ready to start their local campaigns to promote the flu jab, here’s a reminder of the facts behind flu and how being vaccinated helps protect staff and patients.

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Take a look at a new video from NHS England, which sees Simon Stevens highlight the importance of allied health professionals and how these roles can support integrated care across the NHS.

BestEvidence is a free web-based app available for clinicians to get access to research and guidelines.

City University of London, funded the development of BestEvidence in order to facilitate the use of research evidence to inform and improve learning, practice and policy and thereby improve patient outcomes.

To get the app on your device, smartphone, tablet or desktop computers, go to www.BestEvidence.Info

The development of research capability and capacity for the Integrated Clinical Professions is an important priority.  To support this Health Education England (working across the North), with the support of NHS R&D North West,  has launched applications for the Health Education England North / NIHR BRIDGING SCHEME.
 
This Bridging Scheme offers the opportunities for Nurses, Midwifes, Allied Health Professionals, Pharmacist or Healthcare Scientists with a keen interest in pursuing a clinical research & academic career to apply for funding to support their development  with a particular focus in supporting their development and work towards a successful NIHR Fellowship application.   This scheme is particularly targeted at those clinical colleagues who have completed a Masters Level Degree and are looking to undertake a PhD or are seeking a Post-Doctoral Fellowship.
 
For full application details please visit Here.  Please note that applications for this high value development opportunity will close at 5pm Monday 17th September.

Take a look at the infographic below exploring the different routes into nursing for employers. Until recently, the routes to developing registered nurses within the workforce have been limited, with the university degree being the main way to train this group of staff. 
The introduction of the nursing degree apprenticeship gives a new opportunity for employers to train nurses, while the creation of the new nursing associate role can help to be a bridge between healthcare assistants and graduate registered nurses. These new routes can create a confusing picture for employers and so the infographic has been developed to support you to make the most of the new and existing routes into nursing.

• You can learn more about each of the different routes and good practice here.
• Click on the image to download the PDF
  

Take a look at the new framework from Acas, designed to help organisations promote positive mental health in the workplace. The resource includes manager guidance for supporting work-life balance, managing mental health at work and handling difficult conversations. 

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