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As educators of allied health professionals, ACDHS sits at the nexus between health and education. As such, members are well placed to provide insights on the demands our future health workforce will face, and opportunities to improve the efficacy of their practice and the sustainability of the systems they will work in.

ACDHS Focus Areas

Health workforce education

  • Leadership and innovation in health professional education.
  • Promoting a systems approach to the development of national health and education policy.
  • Promoting excellence in allied health professional education.

Health systems and services

  • Promote the role and contribution of the allied health workforce within the evolving the health, disability and aged care systems.
  • Promote improvements in health in underserved areas and populations through education and workforce development.

Research advocacy

  • Promote excellence in research within the health and human service systems.
  • Inform multidisciplinary health workforce planning and promote health workforce research

ACDHS Noticeboard

Celebrating International Allied Health Professions Day and building the future of Allied Health

This International Allied Health Professions Day on 14 October 2026, the Australian Council of Deans of Health Sciences (ACDHS) celebrates the contribution of all allied health professionals who provide vital services to our communities across Australia and Aotearoa...

Deans welcome prac payment support for allied health students

ACDHS has welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement that the Commonwealth Prac Payment will be expanded to students in 10 additional allied health and frontline professions from July 2027.

Media release – 25 June 2026 – 50,000 voices call to end placement poverty and support the future allied health workforce

The Australian Council of Deans of Health Sciences (ACDHS) has released a statement supporting the Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA) petition, sponsored by Helen Haines MP and Senator David Pocock, and more than 50,000 voices calling for expanding the...

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We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Australia’s lands and waters and their enduring connection to Country. As an education and health sciences association, we recognise the vital role of Indigenous knowledge in shaping holistic approaches to learning, wellness, and healthcare. We honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, past and present, and their custodianship of knowledge embedded in the land. In paying our respects to Elders, we commit to fostering cultural understanding and partnerships for equitable and inclusive education and healthcare.