{"id":253,"date":"2025-09-15T14:56:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T13:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/ahpwrap\/?page_id=253"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:31:30","slug":"what-are-allied-health-professions-ahps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/ahpwrap\/ahp-psp\/what-are-allied-health-professions-ahps\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Allied Health Professions (AHPs)?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7ee84d44 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/ahpwrap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/09\/AHPs.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/ahpwrap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/09\/AHPs.png 709w, https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/ahpwrap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/09\/AHPs-264x300.png 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the UK, \u2018AHPs\u2019 is an umbrella term that is used to describe 14 distinct professions. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The 14 types of AHPs are listed below &#8211; click on each one to find out more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/ahp\/role\/#art\">Art therapists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/ahp\/role\/#diet\">Dietitians<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/ahp\/role\/#drama\">Dramatherapists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/ahp\/role\/#music\">Music therapists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/ahp\/role\/#occupational\">Occupational therapists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/ahp\/role\/#odp\">Operating department practitioners<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/ahp\/role\/#ortho\">Orthoptists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/ahp\/role\/#osteo\">Osteopaths<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/ahp\/role\/#paramedic\">Paramedics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/ahp\/role\/#physio\">Physiotherapists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/ahp\/role\/#podiatrists\">Podiatrists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/ahp\/role\/#prosthetist\">Prosthetists and orthotists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/ahp\/role\/#radiographer\">Radiographers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/ahp\/role\/#speech\">Speech and language therapists<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the UK, \u2018AHPs\u2019 is an umbrella term that is used to describe 14 distinct professions. The 14 types of AHPs are listed below &#8211; click on each one to find out more:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"parent":39,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-253","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/ahpwrap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/ahpwrap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/ahpwrap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/ahpwrap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/ahpwrap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/ahpwrap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296,"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/ahpwrap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253\/revisions\/296"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/ahpwrap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.shu.ac.uk\/ahpwrap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}