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Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Careers Information

Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) make up around one third of the health and social care workforce. AHPs play a very important role in enabling individuals to live life to the full. There are 14 different Allied Health Professions within NHS Scotland, and all have unique roles to play in improving the quality of life for all.

The AHP groups are:

  • Diagnostic Radiographers
  • Dietitians
  • Drama Therapists
  • Music Therapists
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Orthoptists
  • Orthotists
  • Paramedics
  • Podiatrists
  • Physiotherapists
  • Prosthetists
  • Speech and Language Therapists
  • Therapeutic Radiographers
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Career Path

This information aims to provide some insight into each of the different Allied Health Professions to help you decide on the right career path for you. This material may be useful to you if you are:

  • at school, choosing subject and career options;
  • looking to change career path;
  • already a qualified AHP who has had a break in service and wishes to return to practice

The remaining information provides you with all the details you need to start considering your AHP journey.

Become a registered AHP practitioner

Returning to practice

Become an AHP Health Care Support Worker (HCSW)

Other information

AHP Career Information Resources

Professional specific websites / regulatory bodies

Contact us

If you can’t find what you are looking for or have any suggestions to improve the information in this section, please contact us on the email address below:

aa.aaahppracticeeducation@aapct.scot.nhs.uk