Early Career Networking – What can the North West AHP Network do for you?

On 11 March 2015 the North West Allied Health Professions Network hosted ‘Early Career Networking – What can the North West AHP Network do for you?’ at the Macron Stadium, Bolton. The event was attended by approximately 80 allied health professionals (AHP) from a range of disciplines, from dietitians to speech and language therapists, who are in the early stages of their career.In 2014, Norah Flood, the Chair of the North West AHP Network, set an informal objective of broadening engagement and encouraging new faces to the network. In line with this goal, this event targeted an audience of early career AHPs, and indeed, when the delegates were asked who had not been to a North West AHP Network event before the room was filled with a show of hands. The aim of the event was to introduce the delegates to the network and to explore the symbiotic relationship between the AHPs and the network. It also provided a valuable opportunity for the delegates to make new contacts in their profession and across other professional groups.