There is no standard or agreed definition of ?allied
health? nationally or internationally. This paper
reviews existing definitions of allied health, and
considers aspects of allied health services and
service delivery in order to produce a new model
of allied health that will be flexible in a changing
health service delivery workforce. We propose a
comprehensive model of allied, scientific and
complementary (ASC) health professionals. This
model recognises tasks, training, organisation,
health sectors and professional regulation. It
incorporates traditional and new services which
are congruent with allied health foci, allegiances,
responsibilities and directions. Use of this model
will allow individual organisations to describe their
ASC health workforce, and plan for recruitment,
staff training and remuneration.