Allied Health Industry Reference Group

Role

The Allied Health Industry Reference Group (AHIRG) supports the Australian Government’s Chief Allied Health Officer (CAHO). It provides a regular opportunity for the CAHO to hear from the allied health sector about national-level allied health policy, program, and strategic issues. The CAHO shares information about the Government’s allied health work program to the group.

Members

Other organisations involved in the Allied Health Industry Reference Group include the:

• Chief Allied Health Officer, Australian Government Department of Health

• Allied Health Professions Australia

• Australian Council of Deans of Health Sciences

• Catholic Health Australia Allied Health Group

• Conjoint Allied Health Professors

• Consumers Health Forum (CHF) of Australia

• Health Services Union

• Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA)

• National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)

• National Alliance of Self-Regulating Health Professions

• National Allied Health Advisors and Chief Officers Committee

• Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner

• PHN Steering Team Allied Health Framework

• Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health

Meetings

The AHIRG meets four times a year in March, June, September and December. Additional meetings may be held if needed, as decided by the CAHO.

Meeting summaries 

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