Workforce and Education Needs: Scoping the Enhanced, Advanced and Radiography Consultant Challenges and Opportunities (WE-SEARCH)
This work was commissioned and funded by NHS England.
Download PDF
National Scoping Study and Gap Analysis
The Workforce and Education needs - Scoping the Enhanced, Advanced and Radiography Consultant cHallenges and opportunities (WE-SEARCH) project, as part of the NHS England Professional Bodies Education Reform Commission, was undertaken by a collaborative team from the University of Bradford and Sheffield Hallam University. It sought to identify current and future service needs including workforce expectations and to review whether present, and planned, academic provision is fit for purpose.
Through a mixed-method approach across three phases, the project sought to identify the potential for growth in enhanced, advanced and consultant level practice through the identification of clinical need and formal postgraduate education provision. Utilising information from UK-wide data collection, the nine-month project identified the current and emerging clinical development needs and review gaps in education provision.
To find out more about this project and the other workstreams, visit the NHS hub page.