Changing professional roles infographics
Our new set of infographics considers how professional roles in health and social care might change in the future, and looks at the important role that volunteers and unpaid carers play too.
These infographics are for you to use and share – please just mention The King's Fund when you do so.
You can download the full slideset in the top right-hand corner of this page or view and download the infographics on Pinterest or from our Facebook page.
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The claim of an "over-supply" of consultants (compared with need) bears no relation to the real NHS world of waiting lists, reduced junior staff hours, and the move towards 24/7 consultant delivered service.
Clearly the money spent on the King's Fund would be better used to fund more consultant posts.
Data suggests that there will be an oversupply of trainee doctors for limited consultants posts and a shortage of nursing staff. Yet, other publications support the development of specialist, non-medical roles such as assistant physicians, etc. Research and dialogue seem to focus entirely on acute care, while given changing demographics and disease patterns most care will be delivered in the community. The community workforce will have very different needs and generically trained staff will be required to work alongside fewer, specialist nurses.
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