In this episode, Edel talks to fellow physiotherapist Dr. Esther Clift, who is a Consultant Practitioner in Frailty in the NHS. They discuss Esther's career, advanced practice for HSCPs (AHPs), the consultant practitioner role and virtual wards.

They mention documents and resources including:

• “Multi-professional consultant-level practice capability and impact framework” Health Education England. https://healtheducationengland.sharepoint.com/sites/APWC/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FAPWC%2FShared%20Documents%2FConsultant%2FMulti%2Dprofessional%20consultant%2Dlevel%20practice%20capability%20and%20impact%20framework%2DJune%202023%2Epdf&parent=%2Fsites%2FAPWC%2FShared%20Documents%2FConsultant&p=true&ga=1

-“Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England” Health Education England. https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/multi-professionalframeworkforadvancedclinicalpracticeinengland.pdf

Feedback, questions, suggestions always welcome to askigspodcast@gmail.com