Useful resources on implementation

A collection of useful resources on implementation to those wishing to reshape their workforce.

Useful resources for developing the support workforce

• An action plan and implementation tool for the development of the healthcare support workforce (Talent for Care, developed by HEE)

• Skills for Health Working Paper 2: How we can act now to create a high quality support workforce in the UK’s health sector

• Core Competence and Knowledge Framework for the Assistant Practitioner Higher Level Apprenticeship (Skills for Health)

• National Minimum Training Standards for Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers in England (Skills for Health)

• Apprenticeship Standard for Assistant Practitioner (Health) (Department of Health)

• Core standards for assistant practitioners

Useful resources for extended roles

• The Calderdale Framework

• Six Steps Methodology to Integrated Workforce Planning (Skills for Health)

• Core skills training framework (Skills for Health)

• Skills for Health tools (including workforce reconfiguration tool and competence search tool)

Useful resources for implementing advanced practitioners

• Advanced Practice Framework (Health Education Yorkshire and the Humber)

• General Practice Advanced Nurse Practitioner Competencies (Royal College of General Practitioners)

• Emergency Care Advanced Clinical Practitioner Curriculum (Royal College of Emergency Medicine and Health Education England)

• Advanced Nurse Practitioners: an RCN guide to the advanced nurse practitioner role, competences and programme accreditation (Royal College of Nursing)

• Framework for Advanced Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Practice in Wales (NHS Wales)

• Advanced Nursing Practice Toolkit (NHS Scotland)

Useful resources for implementing physician associates

• Curriculum and Competence Framework for the Physician Assistant 

• Matrix Specification of Core Clinical Conditions for the Physician Assistant by Category of Level of Competence (Department of Health)

• Faculty of Physician Associates website (Royal College of Physicians)