title: Health care assistants--the challenge for nursing staff.
abstract: One of the results of the introduction of Project 2000 has been the creation of a new type of support worker, the health care assistant (HCA). HCAs are increasingly being prepared for their role under the framework of the competence-based National Vocational Qualification scheme, leading some observers to fear that this grade of staff could threaten the position of nurses in health-care teams.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Redfern
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D009739:Nursing Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009740:Nursing Staff; D006113:United Kingdom