The RePAIR (Reducing Attrition and Improving Retention) project covered the four fields in nursing (adult, child, learning disabilities and mental health) along with midwifery and therapeutic radiography and aimed to gain a better understanding of the student journey from pre-enrolment, up to two years post registration.
AHS provided the academic advice for the RePAIR project.
A link to the RePAIR report, executive summary and toolkit can be found via the link below:
The RePAIR Impact of COVID-19 on students' survey was published in 2022. It can be accessed via the link below
This comprehensive guide about the contribution that Allied Health Professionals and psychologists make to the maternity care pathway has been produced as a reference document by AHS. It is designed to support health and care staff who have an interest in the planning, development and delivery of maternity services.
The guide can be found via the link below:
Provision of AHP leadership and workforce advice about the contribution and realising the potential of AHPs across the cancer pathways.
This comprehensive guide about the Allied Health Professional workforce, and the services they provide, has been produced as a reference document. The guide illustrates the:
An overview of current evidence and guidelines relating to AHP staffing levels is provided and a methodical approach is set out for workforce planning for AHPs that can be tailored to individual settings and needs.
This UK wide work was commissioned by The Allied Health Professional Advisory Board of the Department of Health and funded by the College of Paramedics. The study was to develop an evidence based business case to progress the strategic direction of standardisation of education and training for the paramedic profession.
This was completed in August 2013.
Outcome:
In response to the recommendations made in PEEP Health Education England accepted the recommendations and in partnership with the College of Paramedics has established a Paramedic Education and Training Steering Group to review the potential benefits of up-skilling and training paramedics. Subgroups have also been set up to consider in detail the recommendations made in PEEP.
The Paramedic Evidence Based Education Project (PEEP) report can be found at:
PEEP-Report.pdf
Health Education England commissioned AHS to lead on the evaluation of the national Pre-Degree Nursing Experience Pilot project. This pilot study was set up as part of HEE’s Mandate in response to recommendation 187 in the Francis Report and the Department of Health’s response Patients First and Foremost.
The study aimed to gain an insight into the value of Health Care Assistants working for up to a year in a healthcare environment prior to entering pre-registration nursing.
This project is complete and the report can be found at: https://1library.net/document/qmv1l14q-pre-nursing-degree-care-experience-pilot.html
Outcome:
Health Education England continues to promote pre-nursing degree care experience and many healthcare provider organisations are exploring the potential to dedicate some of their healthcare assistant posts to this opportunity.
The Leadership and Workforce sub-group, of the Department of Health’s Inclusion Health Board, commissioned Allied Health Solutions to undertake this study. The overall aim was to gain an in depth understanding of the extent to which pre-registration/undergraduate and post-registration/ postgraduate curricula for health and social care professionals across the UK embed inclusion health.
The final report and associated appendices can be found via the link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/educating-health-professionals-to-support-vulnerable-groups
The ALIGNS project was completed in November 2025 with the aims of a) gaining an in-depth understanding of the level of maturity of the five dimensions of the AHPs supporting integration framework for each of the six South East regional ICSs b) Collecting examples of best practice that support integration. The objective was to support the Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) in the South East of England to lead on strengthening the integration between Social Care and Health services, for the benefit of the community they serve. The ALIGNS executive summary, full report, slide deck and annex can be found via the links below.
Executive Summary - ALIGNS+Executive+Summary+final+v2.pdf
End of Project Report - ALIGNS+end+of+project+full+report.pdf
Annex - ALIGNS+Annex_PDF+version.pdf
Slide Deck - ALIGNS+slide+deck+final+v2.pdf
The SCoR commissioned AHS to support the Radiography Workforce Reform Programme in particular practice-based learning, support for students and apprenticeship developments. The outputs can be accessed at: https://www.sor.org/Learning-advice/Professional-body-guidance-and-publications/Documents-and-publications/Reports-and-Surveys/AHP-Workforce-Reform-Programme-Summary-Report
In 2022 Wessex Cancer Alliance recognised a need to identify services providing prehabilitation and rehabilitation to children, teenagers and young adults and adults (CTYA) with cancer across the alliance footprint. A scoping report was produced for the alliance which has led to development of an implementation plan, a toolkit and service improvement tool.
https://wessexcanceralliance.nhs.uk/our-work/personalised-care/prehabilitation-and-rehabilitation/