There are 14 allied health professions (AHPs) in England. We work across various practice settings, often in specialised mental health roles. Regardless of the setting, AHPs provide instrumental services to help people with complex health needs. We have roles in preventing ill-health, responding to crisis, aiding recovery, promoting health and preserving good quality of life across the life-course.

Thanks to the diverse contexts we work in, AHPs bring unique insights which can deepen and broaden applied mental health research. Across roles, we work with service users, their families and carers and so have developed advanced skills in making sense of nuanced and complex clinical information. AHP skills in thinking, implementing, learning and working together with others make AHPs strong clinicians, strong researchers and capable of combining clinical practice, research and leadership.