title: Ready for take-off: realising the potential of the education and training consortia.
abstract: Education consortia are now over 18 months old and can be seen as a "hybrid" between a top-down resource allocation system and a bottom-up workforce planning system. The strengths and weaknesses of the developing system are identified, as is emerging good practice in consortia operations. A model for consortia working which emphasises strategic working is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Planning & Management, University of Keele, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Edmonstone
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004739:England; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom