The Need For Employers To Commit To The Development Of Higher Quality Roles For Support Staff
Skills for Health has outlined steps to enable the creation of quality support workforce in the UK’s health sector. The paper, ‘How we can act now to create a high quality workforce in the UK’s health sector?’, recommends that employers create higher quality roles with better career progression opportunities, which will help develop productivity. The paper argues that providing training is not enough, and that staff should be give regular opportunities to fill higher roles.
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