Allied health
Allied health represents the second-largest clinical workforce in Australia, after nursing and midwifery. Find out about allied health professions, how allied health services work in Australia, and how we support this key sector of our health workforce.
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Learn about allied health
The professions considered to be allied health in Australia. -
Allied health in Australia
The Australian workforce and how the system works. -
How it helps
Examples of how allied health professionals help people manage their medical conditions. -
What we're doing about allied health
How we support allied health professionals and patients who need their services.
We run webinars on COVID-19 issues to keep the allied health sector updated on this rapidly changing situation.
Did you know?
200,000
is the approximate number of allied health professionals in Australia
Second largest
clinical workforce after nursing and midwifery
200 million
is the number of services the allied health workforce delivers each year
