Allied Health Professions Federation Cymru (AHPF Cymru)

Ffederasiwn Proffesiynau Perthynol i Iechyd Cymru

cymru . wales

AHPF Cymru represents 13 of the Allied Health Professions in Wales. Collectively AHPs are the third biggest workforce in the NHS bringing breadth, passion, knowledge, and the skills to drive and support change.

We are arts therapists, drama therapists, music therapists, orthoptics, dieticians, podiatrists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, orthotists and prosthetists, occupational therapists, paramedics, psychologists and radiographers. We work with people of all ages; we diagnose; we prevent, we treat and we help people live their best lives.

AHPs are leaders and advocates for change. Utilising AHPs to our maximum effect impacts and delivers true transformational change across health, social care, public health, education, justice, the third sector and beyond. We bring different solutions to complex problems across sectors and throughout the life course.

Our vision:

The Allied Health Professionals workforce is positioned to improve the health and well-being of the population in Wales.

Our mission:

The AHPF Cymru provides collective AHP leadership and representation to influence national policy and guidance at a strategic level.

AHPF Cymru Strategic Priorities:

1. Workforce

2. Service Transformation/The Future of Health and Social Care

3. Visibility of AHPs/Leadership

Membership

Chair – Paul Smith, Policy and Public Affairs Lead (Wales), Royal College of Occupational Therapists
Vice Chair – Tess Saunders, Policy and Public Affairs Officer, Royal College of Podiatry

Manifesto for Senedd Elections 2026

Welsh version: AHPF Joint Manifesto

English version: AHPF Joint Manifesto

2025/26 Workplan

AHPF Cymru workplan

Senedd Cymru Health and Social Care Committee

AHPF Cymru response to the consultation on the future of general practice in Wales

Newsletter / Cylchlythyron

Mae wedi bod yn gyfnod prysur ers ein cylchlythyr diwethaf, nid yn unig gydag Etholiadau'r Senedd, ond hefyd penodiad Gareth Evans fel Prif Swyddog Gweithwyr Iechyd Proffesiynol Perthynol newydd Llywodraeth Cymru. Rydym yn edrych ymlaen at gwrdd â Gareth pan fydd yn dechrau ar ei rôl newydd, ddechrau mis Awst.

Os hoffech gael rhagor o wybodaeth am unrhyw un o'n gwaith a drafodir yn y Cylchlythyr, cysylltwch â:

Paul Smith (Cadeirydd) / Tess Saunders (Is-gadeirydd) - ahpf.cymru@ahpf.org.uk

It’s been a busy time since our last newsletter, not just with the Senedd Elections, but also the appointment of Gareth Evans as the new Chief Allied Health Professionals Officer at Welsh Government. We’re looking forward to meeting with Gareth when he starts his new role, at the beginning of August.

If you would like any more information about any of our work covered in the Newsletter, please contact:

Paul Smith (Chair) / Tess Saunders (Vice-Chair) - ahpf.cymru@ahpf.org.uk

AHPF Cymru Cylchlythyr Newsletter Haf Summer 2026

AHPF Cymru Newsletter Autumn 2025

AHPF Cymru Newsletter Spring 2025