Promoting allied health professions
Our Mission
Ensuring allied health professions are recognised and contribute to their full potential to enable New Zealanders to enjoy health and wellbeing.
Allied Health Aotearoa New Zealand
Collaboration, Cohesion, Coordination
Allied health professionals are qualified practitioners with specialised expertise in preventing, diagnosing and treating a range of conditions and illnesses. Allied health practitioners often work within a multidisciplinary health team to provide specialised support for different patient needs. They work in diverse settings including: primary care, secondary care, community health hubs, private health clinics, schools, correctional facilities, maraes, hospices, health promotion, health NGO’s, disability services, aged care facilities and sporting organisations.
Allied health professionals are a large, highly skilled, and underutilised component of Aotearoa New Zealand’s health workforce. Spanning over 40 distinct professions and around 30,000 practitioners, allied health plays a critical role across prevention, diagnosis, rehabilitation, mental health, and long-term condition management.
