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 the independent and voluntary sectors. Through adopting an holistic approach to healthcare, AHPs are able to help manage patients’ care from birth to palliative care.
Their focus is on prevention and improvement of health and wellbeing to maximise the potential for people to live full and active lives within their family circles, social networks, education/training and their workplace.
AHPs at Locala
Locala is proud to have a range of AHPs working with us to care for our communities including:
- Occupational Therapists – Working with our Urgent Community Response Team (UCR), Discharge Team, Intermediate Care Bed Bases, Re-ablement, Community Rehabilitation Services (frailty & orthopaedics, community stroke, neuro & complex disability), Childrens Expert Team.
- Physiotherapists – Working with our UCR Team, Discharge Team, Intermediate Care Bed Bases, Re-ablement, Community Rehabilitation Services (frailty & orthopaedics, community stroke, neuro & complex disability), Care Home Support Team, Cardiology, Respiratory, Long Covid, MSK, Childrens Expert Team, Continence Service.
- AHP support workers – UCR, Discharge Team, Intermediate Care Beds, Community Rehabilitation Services (frailty & orthopaedics, community stroke, neuro & complex disability & Speech and Language Therapy & Dietetics), Children’s Expert Team, Care Home Support Team.
- Dieticians – Community Rehabilitation Services includes HEN, Diabetes Team, Intermediate Care Beds, Care Home Support Team
- Speech & Language therapists – Community Rehabilitation Services, Childrens Expert Team
- Podiatrists - Podiatry Team
In addition, Locala has a number of non-traditional AHP roles including:
- Freedom to Speak Up Guardian
- Operational Manager
- Director of Operations
- Assistant Director of Professional Practice, Nursing & AHPs
Other AHP roles in the NHS
The NHS also hosts a number of other AHP roles:
