Allied Health Professions Workforce Research Partnership
Supporting a sustainable and effective Allied Health Professions workforce in rural and coastal regions and in deprived urban areas
Top 10 Research Priorities
The AHP Workforce PSP worked with the UK AHP workforce and with people and communities who use AHP services to identify the most important unanswered questions about the AHP workforce. From April 2025 to June 2026, the AHP WRaP team partnered with the James Lind Alliance to prioritise the key research questions. You can explore the results by downloading the Top‑10 priorities infographic.
Full list of Priorities
The AHP WRaP Priority Setting Partnership gathered input from more than 1,500 Allied Health Professionals through consultation and prioritisation surveys. From this engagement, the partnership identified 61 unanswered research questions, which were refined and distilled into 26 key priorities to guide future AHP workforce research.
What is a PSP?
Priority Setting Partnerships (PSPs) identify and prioritise evidence uncertainties, or ‘unanswered questions’ in a particular area – in this case the Allied Health Professions (AHP) workforce. Unanswered questions will be gathered from people that work in AHP services, or have received care or treatment from them.Together, they will decide the top ten research priorities for the AHP workforce. This kind of prioritisation helps to provide support for funding future research, and helps researchers look at the most important questions. Please scroll down to find out how to take part in the AHP Workforce PSP.
What is the JLA?
The James Lind Alliance (JLA) is a non-profit making initiative, established in 2004. It brings patients, carers and clinicians together in PSPs for many different topic areas. PSPs are supported and guided by JLA Advisers, who are independent consultants and act as neutral facilitators to make sure that the process is followed in a fair and transparent way. They ensure equal input from the perspectives of patients, carers and clinicians.
