Publication - Strategy/plan

A transformational plan for children and young people requiring support from allied health professionals (AHPs)

Published: 31 August 2015
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781785445972

This is the first children and young people’s services plan in Scotland to focus on the support provided by allied health professionals (AHPs). The plan sets the direction of travel for the design and delivery of AHP services to meet the well-being needs of children and young people. It is underpinned by the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, the principles of Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Footnotes

1. The twelve allied health professions are: arts therapies; dietetics; occupational therapy; orthoptics; paramedics; podiatry; physiotherapy; prosthetics and orthotics; diagnostic and therapeutic radiography; and speech & language therapy.

2. Access at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Health/Policy/2020-Vision

3. Access at: http://www.gov.scot/resource/0039/00395491.pdf

4. Access at: http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0042/00423188.pdf

5. Access at: http://www.childreninscotland.org.uk/

6. Access at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ about how we need to work asp/2014/8/contents/enacted

7. Access at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/Young-People/gettingitright/well-being

8. Access at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/Young-People/gettingitright

9. Access at: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2009/05/06154655/0

10. Access at: http://www.gov.scot/About/Review/publicservicescommission

11. Access at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/Young-People/early-years/early-years-collaborative

12. Access at: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2010/05/27095736/0

13. Access at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/9/contents/enacted