Summary
A recent Nuffield Trust report, commissioned by NHS Employers, discussed providing NHS nursing, community and support staff with additional skills to deliver care, as a means to improving the system’s capacity to cope with increasing (and changing) patient demand. Challenges associated with the parlous state of NHS finances do not go unmentioned.
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Staff engagement and reshaping the health and social care workforce – Candace Imison. [Online]: NHS England, September 13th 2016.
This relates to:
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Imison, C. Castle-Clarke, S. [and] Watson, R. (2016) Reshaping the workforce to deliver the care patients need. Research report. London: Nuffield Trust, May 2016.
Related interest:
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Triggle, N. (2016). ‘Train NHS staff’ to plug doctor gaps, bosses say. London: BBC Health News, May 17th 2016.
Earlier, also possibly of interest:
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Triggle, N. (2016). NHS short of front-line staff after bad planning, say MPs. London: BBC Health News, May 10th 2016.
