Clinical Psychology and the Future NHS Workforce

Presented by Esther Cohen-Tovee, Tony Lavender, Jo Hemmingfield, Gary Latchford and Jan Hughes. This is a joint event with DCP Yorkshire and the Humber.

To register please use this link www.bps.org.uk/DCPYorkHumber-ClinicalPsychology-15July

If you are not a DCP member you will need to follow this process: In order to Register you will need a web account, which is free. To do this please follow the instructions below: Go to the sign-in page on the BPS website: www.bps.org.uk/user/login Under the sign-n portal click ‘Create an account’. Fill in your details and click ‘Create account’ After this you will be able to complete Registration. There are limited places available: places will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

This joint DCP Yorkshire and the Humber and PQT event will focus on the changing roles of clinical psychologist particularly in light of the NHS Long Term Plan and the Interim People
Plan. An event is happening in London in June with this focus and the morning will be spent synthesising the information and considering possible ways forward. This will be led by Esther Cohen-Tovee and Tony Lavender. In the afternoon preliminary findings from a DCP funded project on ‘Newer Ways of Working’ will be presented. The project aims to map new roles, settings, populations, contexts and ways of delivering services - to better understand recent evolution and innovation within the profession. This is being done in two ways. The first is a literature review since 2007 (and the publication of New Ways of Working’) on innovative ways clinical psychologists have been working. The second is a national survey that has been circulated widely. There will also be an opportunity to discuss the implications for the future clinical psychology workforce within population-specific groups.