Improving delivery-the need for empowered HCAs
McIntosh, Bryan Holland, A.
McIntosh, Bryan
Holland, A.
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2012
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The recently commissioned review
of international healthcare systems
by the Centre for Workforce
Intelligence has a profound significance for
healthcare management and the delivery
of nursing and medicine within the UK
(Cookson, 2012). This review will analyse
and compare contrasting international
healthcare systems of different providers
across the UK—identifying the key factors
affecting the delivery of healthcare. This
commission must be viewed in relation to
the ‘Nicholson Challenge’ (Hawkes, 2012),
which requires savings of £21 billion to
fund increased demand over the next
four years. These efficiency savings are
required to be found through better ways
of working within current NHS law and
regulation (Department of Health (DoH),
2010a; DoH, 2010b; Hawkes, 2012).
The main agenda will be staff substitution
—substitution of a higher graded
practitioner by a lower graded practitioner.
However, the greater opportunity is for
healthcare assistants (HCAs) to become
more professionally empowered.
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McIntosh B and Holland A (2012) Improving delivery-the need for empowered HCAs. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants. 6(7): 346-347.
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