Allied Health Professions
(asked on 4th October 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to utilise the expertise of (a) dietitians and (b) other allied health professionals to tackle long-term healthcare challenges.
Dietitians are essential to a range of pathways detailed within the NHS Long Term Plan, including diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke as part of the multi-disciplinary team which includes the other allied health professions (AHPs).
AHPs are critical to the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan, and plans to recover core services including, urgent and emergency care, urgent community services, primary care and community care, elective care, cancer, and diagnostics pathways. This is underpinned by the Allied Health Profession (AHPs) Strategy for England 2022 to 2027 AHPS Deliver, which is available at the following link: