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Article History

Received: 26 June 2025

Accepted: 18 November 2025

First Online: 27 November 2025

Declarations

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: This project was reviewed and ethical approval given through Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) ethics committee, reference number PE123/24. HRA approval was not required given the recruitment methods used. The dataset is owned by CAHPR and stored securely by RCOT on behalf of CAHPR, with adherence to RCOT data protection policy and the research was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The survey had an active opt-in and informed consent to participate was obtained from all participants in the study. Participant Information provided in the survey introduction included an explanation of what participation would involve, how the results would be disseminated and confirmation that completion of the survey was entirely voluntary. The survey was fully anonymous. As part of the surveys initial screening questions, survey respondents had to confirm that they had read the survey’s privacy statement and agreed to continue with the survey. Without doing so they would have been unable to progress to the main survey. Individuals were invited to generate a unique identifier code, although this was optional. This will enable matching respondents to future administrations of the survey, whilst fully protecting participants’ confidentiality, providing highly valuable insights about sustainability of these job roles. The responses are fully anonymous, however, due to the relatively small number of registrants in some AHP disciplines, the profession-specific analyses are not included in this publication, to minimise risk that any individuals can be identified.

: Not applicable.

: The collective reference to allied health professions/als encompasses 14 professional bodies whose members are regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council: art therapy, dietetics, dramatherapy, music therapy, occupational therapy, operating department practice, orthoptics, osteopathy, paramedicine, physiotherapy, podiatry, prosthetics and orthotics, diagnostic and therapeutic radiography and speech and language therapy. In this report, PhD qualification denotes a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Clinical Doctorates and Professional Doctorates were considered separately.

: The authors declare no competing interests.