What an allied-health-led assessment involves
A plain explainer of the one-hour assessment that sits at the front of the pathway.
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What an allied-health-led assessment involves
A plain explainer of the one-hour assessment that sits at the front of the pathway.
An allied-health-led assessment is the unit of work the whole model rests on, so it is worth describing precisely. It is a one-hour appointment with an allied health provider, the term spelled out here on first use and abbreviated AHP thereafter, who takes a full history, examines how the patient moves, and works with AI-supported decision tools.
The output is a decision: treat, refer onward, or support self-management, plus a care plan the patient can start the same week. Every assessment is audited against specialist judgement, which is what lets a health system trust an AHP, rather than a surgeon, to make the first call.
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