Promoting Excellence In Psychological Health & Wellbeing
PPN Website update - Yorkshire & Humber official page
We are pleased to announce that the newly established Yorkshire and Humber Psychological Professions Network (PPN) is now open to membership registration. Similar to the North West PPN, the Yorkshire and Humber PPN a multi-professional, regional membership network, for all psychological professionals contributing to NHS commissioned healthcare.
The Yorkshire and Humber PPN is being established by Dr Paul Boyden, Development Lead. Paul is also a Senior Clinical Psychologist currently working into the North Sheffield Home Treatment Team and is based at the University of Sheffield’s Clinical Psychology Unit.
What is the Yorkshire and Humber PPN?
The PPN aims to establish a joined-up voice for all psychological professionals in workforce planning and development, and to support excellence in practice. This includes anyone whose primary role is providing NHS funded therapies and interventions for individuals, families and communities. The Yorkshire and Humber PPN also aims to be inclusive of the voluntary sector organisations also.
To achieve this we:
- Champion the role of psychological professions across health care;
- Engage and connect all psychological professionals so that we can have a strong voice together;
- Improve access to services and knowledge
- Promotes clinical excellence and informs workforce planning, training and education;
- Advise policy-makers, workforce planners and commissioners;
- Support the safe and effective expansion of the existing and new psychological professions.
The PPN also offers a single point of contact for anyone wanting to learn more about the psychological professions and its workforce.
Membership
It is free to join and if you would like to become a member you can simply enter your details here.
Membership is open to all Clinical Psychologists, Counsellors, Psychotherapists, Experts by Experience, Educators and Commissioners. Whether members work with adults, children or another population, and whether qualified or in training, all are invited to join and contribute. Being a member of the Yorkshire and Humber PPN is free, and will help join up all the psychological professions with other key stakeholders by being part of a broader community.
The PPN will support members in sharing clinical excellence, developing leadership skills, linking into research and innovation, and promoting education and training opportunities.
Members will benefit from the following:
- Joining a community of psychological professionals, and other key stakeholders, working across the region for NHS commissioned services and higher education institutions;
- Keeping up to date with news, events and current issues through a regular newsletter, and the Psychological Professions Network for Yorkshire and Humber (YH PPN) website;
- Access to a wide variety of resources and opportunities to contribute and influence;
- Sharing good practice and clinical excellence;
- Learning about research and innovation;
- Influencing workforce development and contributing to decision making;
- Developing leadership skills.
If you would like to find out more about the PPN, meet with Paul, or contribute information to the news bulletin, please e-mail
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