Allied health professionals (AHPs) are the third largest clinical workforce in the NHS, and AHPs Day is an annual opportunity to celebrate all the invaluable work they do, the impact they make to the delivery of high-quality care!

For more information on AHPs Day as a whole, please click here to visit NHS England & Improvement's site.

Partners across the region and country will be celebrating in a multitude of ways, but here's a couple, for your information:

• Address from Suzanne Rastrick (Chief Allied Health Professions Officer, NHSEI) | 9.30 - 9.45

  Suzanne Rastrick will livestream an address to the AHP Workforce at 9.30, giving thanks and acknowledgement to each and every one of them.

  To watch the livestream, copy and paste this link into your web browser: tinyurl.com/3smx6hff

  To watch the recording, please email nhsi.ahpteam@nhs.net after 9.45. You will receive an automated response, detailing how to access it.

• Chief Allied Health Professions Officer (CAHPO) Awards Ceremony | 18.15 - 19.30

  The Office of the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer will be hosting the annual CAHPO Awards this evening. It will be entirely virtual, and you'll be able to live stream it at this link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/livestreams/

  You do not need to register to join, simply go to the link for 18.15!

  It will feature an introductory speech from Suzanne Rastrick, followed by the awards proper, with a showcase of all the fantastic work carried out by AHPs in the past year and a recount of the AHPs Day celebrations!