The Advanced Practitioner (AP) Dietitian is set to play an important role in strengthening the dietetic workforce and addressing healthcare service pressures. While the dietetic AP role is relatively new. it is expected to expand as healthcare systems continue to prioritise other multidisciplinary AP roles.

The majority of dietitians in the UK currently work in the NHS. typically in supportive or specialist roles within multidisciplinary healthcare teams (MDTs).1 NHS work usually focuses on nutrition therapy of some kind or service user education. For dietetics to continue moving forward in a world of increasing healthcare demands. significant workforce shortages and service users with increasingly complex disease states, further conversation is required to ensure we can manage current and future healthcare challenges at a national level.