Report of National Initiative for Allied Health Sciences

Report of National Initiative for Allied Health Sciences

The report of the National Initiative for Allied Health Sciences has been released on 21.12.2012 to develop a framework to improve allied health training, education and regulation in the country.

Highlights of the report are as follows:-

The need for an overarching regulatory body for Allied Health Professionals excluding doctors, nurses, dentists and pharmacists.

The establishment of national and regional institutes of Allied health Sciences, dedicated to nurturing and retaining talent in the allied health space.

Standardization of allied health Education.

Putting in place quality control Mechanisms for educational institutions, teaching methods, clinical protocols, workforce management and other related issues.

Standardized nomenclature and acceptable terminologies for the various allied health professionals.

Establishing interim regulatory mechanisms to standardize curricula, training programmes and develop faculty across India in the allied health streams.

The establishment of management structure at the National, State and Institutional levels.

The process for establishing one National Institute of Paramedical Sciences (NIPS) and eight Regional Institutes of Paramedical Sciences (RIPS) has already been initiated.

The above information was given by the Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.