1. Homepage
  2. Our Work
  3. Resources
  4. Allied Health Professions Hub
  5. Reports and Evidence Base

Reports and Evidence Base

Our selected evidence reports and guidance have findings and suggestions for best practice across several Allied Health Professions. If you have a report or guidance you would like to submit to include as a resource, please do get in touch.

The BIOS supports orthoptic led vision screening for 4-5 year olds being made mandatory across the UK and Ireland. Read about why this screening is so important and what you can do to help improve screening rates in young children.

These documents outline approaches to interventions and activities helping prevent falls and fractures to improve health outcomes for older people.

Download the complete falls prevention economic model to show how preventative physiotherapy saves money when planning care for older people. 

Read some examples of interventions delivered by allied health professionals that improve the public's health.

10 years on from the landmark study Fair Society, Healthy Lives (The Marmot Review) this review explores changes since 2010 in five policy objectives, outlining areas of progress and decline since 2010 and proposing recommendations and a clear agenda at a national, regional and local level.

The King’s Fund has worked with AHPs from across the UK to develop a framework to support any AHP to think through and understand their contribution to tackling health inequalities, whatever their role. The framework details how AHPs can raise awareness, take action and optimise advocacy.   

A suite of resources aimed at supporting the health and wellbeing of the ambulance sector workforce and preventing suicide in this service.  

The global pandemic is exacerbating existing health and care inequalities. Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) are a foundational building block of health and care services and are keen to play their role in addressing inequalities. This study undertook a rapid review to explore the impact of AHPs’ practice on health inequalities.

Allied Health Profession Reports

The Allied Health Profession reports have been produced by Public Health England, in collaborations with various partners and stakeholders from across a spectrum of public health organisations. The reports include the first UK wide Allied Health Profession document and a strategic framework for the future of the Allied Health Profession workforce.

Allied Health Professions UK Public Health Strategic Framework 2025-2030

This report provides the vision and goals to support our ambition to further embed public health as part of AHP roles and to ensure the positive impact on public health by AHPs is recognised and valued. It has been co-produced by AHP professional bodies and the 4 UK nations. 

Read the AHP UK Public Health Strategic Framework 2025-2030

WELSH language-AHP UK Public Health Strategic Framework 2025-2030

Impact Report of the UK Allied Health Professions Public Health Strategic Framework 2019-2024

This report details progress against each of the 5 goals in the 2019-2024 UK AHP Public Health Strategic Framework and demonstrates the extent to which AHPs have moved to embed public health into practice.

Read the AHP Public Health Strategy 2019-2024 Impact Report

Past reports

Research