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Allied Health Professions (AHPs)

 

The Allied Health Professions (AHPs) are the third largest workforce in the NHS. 

In the main they are degree level professions, and are professionally autonomous practitioners. 

AHPs provide system-wide care to assess, treat, diagnose and discharge patients across social care, housing, education, and independent and voluntary sectors.  Through adopting an holistic approach to healthcare, AHPs are able to help manage patients’ care throughout the life course from birth to palliative care.  Their focus is on prevention and improvement of health and wellbeing to maximise the potential for individuals to live full and active lives within their family circles, social networks, education/training and the workplace.

Allied Health Professions (AHP’s) are:

  • Art therapists
  • Drama therapists
  • Music therapists
  • Chiropodists/podiatrists
  • Dietitians
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Operating Department Practitioners
  • Orthoptists
  • Osteopaths
  • Prosthetists and Orthotists
  • Paramedics
  • Physiotherapists
  • Diagnostic Radiographers
  • Therapeutic Radiographers
  • Speech and Language Therapists