Launch of Allied Health Profession (AHP) UK Public Health Strategic Framework 2025-2030

AHP leaders across the four nations are launching their second Public Health Strategic Framework published on the Allied Health Profession Federation (AHPF) webpages today. Building on the successes of its inaugural framework from 2019 to 2024, this collaborative effort has been strengthened by partners across England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. This milestone reaffirms the critical role of AHPs in contributing to people’s health and well-being at all levels and outlines a dynamic strategy to drive positive change across the UK over the next five years, achieving the aims of a Healthier Wales.

Ruth Crowder, Chief Allied Health Professions (AHP) Advisor for the Welsh Government, said:

“I’m delighted that today we are publishing the UK Allied Health Professions public health strategic framework for 2025-2030. This has been developed through collaboration of colleagues throughout the four UK nations. The framework outlines how each Allied Health Professional in Wales needs to embed public health in their daily practice to improve the population’s health and wellbeing, reduce health inequalities and drive sustainable health care.  AHPs have a tremendous range of skills and can make a huge impact on our ambition to create a fairer, healthier Wales.”

Judith John, the national AHP Public Health and Prevention Lead at Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW), played a pivotal role in shaping the framework’s engagement strategy and informing the strategy content. Her leadership involved briefing stakeholders across all four nations and ensuring the successful contribution from AHPs in Wales, 277 completing the survey to help define and shape the strategy. This foundational work has been instrumental to the overall strategy and represents a significant achievement for HEIW and the AHP Workforce Transformation Team.