Healthcare scientists are qualified and regulated health professionals – who are a highly diverse scientific workforce improving health and wellbeing of patients.
They are one of the key Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) in the NHS.
It is a community of dedicated scientific colleagues help to inform, and underpin around 80% of all diagnoses – making up around 5% of the entire NHS workforce. They include:
Healthcare science is vital, not only for care of our patients, but also to develop innovative tests and treatments for future care.
