Allied Health Professions

The Advisory Committee for Allied Health Professionals (ACAHP) has approved a proposal to develop a new regional Strategy for AHPs. A steering group has been established to oversee this process, chaired by Nuala McArdle. This steering group will oversee a small working group, which will be taking the formulation of the strategy forward. It is considered that this is a particularly crucial time for the development of this strategy. The strategy will indicate the positions of AHPs in a patient-centred service and link into Departmental documents and strategies.

A consultation process will be established to capture views and issues from service users, professions, education and commissioners and staff-side representatives throughout the HPSS. This process will be in the format of a framework of 5 regional workshops based on the theme of modernisation for the Allied Health Professions. The contribution of the AHPs at these workshops will feed into the overall strategy. Each workshop will address separate AHP issues. The first workshop is planned for Friday 19th November 2004, venue The Dunadry Hotel, Belfast and a second workshop for 13th December 2004 at The Fitzwilliam Hotel, Belfast International Airport with one each month until March 2005.

Information and application forms are available for download:

An AHP Regional Strategy was developed through a series of 5 workshops from November 2004 to March 2005. The writing up of the Strategy commenced in April 2005 and there was a period of consultation during the summer of 2005. The strategy workshops had the overall theme of AHP Modernisation. One of the key aims of the workshops and ultimately the new Strategy was to share learning across the Allied Health Professions and the HPSS generally.