title: Clinical support workers. In their hands.
abstract: Since 2000 the number of clinical support workers in the NHS has risen 23 per cent to total nearly 290,000. A DoH consultation last year recommended employer-led regulation as the way forward. Staff groups and unions are calling for national standards to be imposed to ensure employers take the issue seriously.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cole
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom