Council for the Allied Health Professions Research

The council (CAHPR) was created by bringing together the Research Forum for Allied Health Professionals (RFAHP) and the Allied Health Professions Research Network (AHPRN).

The council's mission is to develop AHP research, strengthen evidence of the professions’ value and impact for enhancing service user and community care, and enable the professions to speak with one voice on research issues, thereby raising their profile and increasing their influence.

CAHPR is supported by 12 AHP organisations. (Listed below). The council comprises a strategy committee, a professoriate and a UK-wide regional hub network.

With excellent opportunities for learning, sharing, networking, collaborations and access to advice and support, CAHPR strengthens the professions’ research activities and outputs facilitating the translation of research findings into practice and education.

The Arts Therapies:

• British Association of Art Therapists
• The British Association for Music Therapy
• The British Association of Dramatherapists

Have now become members of CAHPR.

Please find below a list of all CAHPR member organisations:

• British and Irish Orthoptic Society
• British Association of Art Therapists
• Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• College of Occupational Therapy
• College of Paramedics
• Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
• Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists
• Society of Radiographers
• The British Association for Music Therapy
• The British Association of Dramatherapists
• The British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists
• The British Dietetic Association