The Allied Health workforce is broad and diverse and includes health practitioners who work autonomously and in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teams. 

In the UK, the Allied Health sector is set to grow into the future due to advances in technology and increasing demand for healthcare services, including holistic healthcare approaches. The sector encompasses many professional pathways and opportunities for career development and specialisation. See our list of job roles for more information on various Allied Health professions

Audiologists specialise in the assessment, diagnosis, and management of hearing defects and ear-related disorders. They conduct hearing tests, assess auditory conditions, and provide advice and services which prevent, manage, and rehabilitate hearing loss. They work with a range of patients, from newborns to the elderly. Audiologists can work as Hearing Aid Dispensers and prescribe, fit and repair hearing aids and other devices. They can identify complex conditions which require referral for further treatment and care. Audiologists work in hospital departments, and in private and community clinics. In hospitals they work in multi-disciplinary teams with other healthcare staff, including science practitioners and clinical scientists, healthcare assistants, and nurses and doctors who specialise in audio-vestibular medicine. Audiologists (and Hearing Aid Dispensers) have undertaken a BSc (with Honours) degree in Healthcare Science (Audiology), either via university or via an on-the-job apprenticeship or training program, such as the NHS Practitioner Training Programme (PTP). Audiologists and Hearing Aid Dispensers are registered with the HSPC.