New Zealand’s response to COVID-19 has seen thousands of health professionals across the country working tirelessly to help minimise and prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Today is World Allied Health Professionals day – a chance to celebrate the people working across the at least 43 professions that make up the allied health, scientific and technical workforce in New Zealand.
Today’s also a chance to raise awareness of how these professions contribute to New Zealand’s health and disability sector. The day has its origins in the United Kingdom after a dietician and speech therapist first had the idea and has since been taken up as an international day of recognition and appreciation.