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Help Shape the Future of AHPs in Parliament! Sonia Kumar MP is launching a new APPG for Allied Health Professionals, and we need your help to get it off the ground. Know an MP or Peer who supports AHPs? Send their name and party to harry.mckay@parliament.uk by 4 June. Let’s make sure Dramatherapists have a voice at the table!

Dramatherapists Unite in Riga! From powerful workshops to international collaboration, BADth’s presence at the EFD & WADth conference in Latvia was full of creativity, connection, and vision for the future. Discover how UK dramatherapists are shaping global conversations—and what exciting developments are happening across Europe. Read more about the highlights, insights, and how BADth is helping lead the way.

We know many people have heard of art, music and drama therapy – but they’re not always fully understood. Our new series of films aims to change this and highlight the incredible impact arts therapists have on people’s lives.? The films have been developed from a collaborative project with the British Association of Music Therapy and the British Association of Art Therapists, which was funded by NHS England to develop the three arts therapy professions.?

This year's Health Careers Live National Health Careers Conference on July 5, 2025. Opportunities Available: Speak Exhibit Promote courses to students Sponsor Join the inaugural national Health Careers policy forum Contact: inspiretogether@healthcareers.live

New safety tools available for dramatherapists insured through Towergate.

The impact report of the UK Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Public Health Strategic Framework (2019-2024) demonstrates the significant progress made by the AHP community to embed public health into practice. The 2019-24 UK AHP Public Health Strategic Framework was the first example of a collaborative four nation professional approach to public health for allied health professionals. It was developed by the UK nations and the AHP professional bodies to provide a vision and plan to develop the AHP role in public health, build on the evidence base, and embed the principles of public health across the AHP workforce. Our vision for the 2019-2024 strategy was for AHPs to improve population health; public health to be a core element of all AHP roles; and the impact of AHPs on the population’s health and reducing health inequalities to be increasingly recognised.