The Allied Health Professions (AHPs) are the third largest workforce in the NHS and cover a wide range of professions, the majority with degree-level training.
Find out more about the different AHPs below and what a career in each of them could involve.
Art Therapists
Art Therapists use art as a form of psychotherapy to promote positive health and wellbeing for individuals with a wide range of conditions and difficulties.
Dietitians assess, diagnose and treat diet and nutritional problems at an individual and wider public health level using the most up–to-date public health and scientific research on food, health and disease.
Music therapists engage with patients through musical interaction to promote their emotional wellbeing, improve communication skills, self-confidence and independence as well as develop concentration skills
Occupational therapists support patients using tailored care plans that enable them to return to or optimise participation in all aspects of daily life including work, hobbies, socialising, and personal care
Operating department practitioners (ODPs) typically work in operating departments and support patients of all ages during each phase of the patient’s care before, during, and after surgery.
Orthoptic clinical practice involves the diagnosis and treatment of eye conditions. Orthoptists help with eye conditions that people are born with or develop, including retinopathy and reduced vision due to a squint.
Osteopaths consider the whole structure and function of the body to diagnose and treat any conditions that disrupt the healthy collective function of the skeleton, muscles, ligaments and connective tissues.
Prosthetists work with patients with limb loss to design and provide prostheses that replicate the structural or functional characteristics of the patient’s absent limb. Similarly, Orthotists work with orthoses that offer physical support, such as braces and splints.
Paramedics are the senior ambulance service healthcare professionals at an accident or a medical emergency. Often working by themselves, paramedics are responsible for assessing the patient’s condition and then giving essential treatment.
Physiotherapists use physical practices and exercises to help individuals optimise their functional ability and potential. Physiotherapy treatment allows individuals to promote, maintain and restore their physical, psychological and social well-being.
Speech and language therapists (SLTs) help people of all ages overcome or adapt to a vast array of disorders of speech, language, communication and swallowing.
Diagnostic radiographers use a range of techniques to produce high quality images to diagnose an injury or disease. Therapeutic radiographers play a vital role in the treatment of cancer as they are the only health professionals qualified to plan and deliver radiotherapy.
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