Return to practice for allied health professionals with protected characteristics: a mixed-methods study.

IF 1.7 Q3 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

BMJ Leader Pub Date : 2024-06-14 DOI:10.1136/leader-2024-000981

Anita Atwal, Vimal Sriram, Jos Brice

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Abstract

Introduction: Return to practice is one mechanism for recruiting and retaining allied health professionals (AHPs) within the health and care workforce in England. It is not known how this affects persons with protected characteristics.

Aim: To understand experiences of AHPs with protected characteristics of returning to the workforce through a return to practice programme.

Method: A QUAL (semistructured interviews) + qual (focus group interviews) mixed-methods study. 12 online semistructured interviews with return to practice AHPs, followed by 2 online focus groups.

Results: Our research identifies a new type of returners who have to use the return to practice programme as a vehicle to step into health and social care as they have not been able to find employment. A main driver to return to practice was financial reason.

Conclusion: To date there, is little evidence of leaders understanding the complexities of AHPs in a return to practice programme, the considerable contribution they can make to the workplace and the current inequities that exist.

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具有受保护特征的专职医疗人员重返工作岗位：一项混合方法研究。

导言：在英格兰，重返工作岗位是招聘和留住专职医疗人员（AHPs）的一种机制。目的：了解具有受保护特征的专职医疗人员通过重返工作岗位计划重返工作岗位的经历：方法：QUAL（半结构式访谈）+Qual（焦点小组访谈）混合方法研究。对重返工作岗位的 AHP 进行了 12 次在线半结构式访谈，随后进行了 2 次在线焦点小组访谈：我们的研究发现了一种新型的回归者，他们因找不到工作而不得不利用回归实践计划作为进入医疗和社会护理领域的工具。回归实践的主要驱动力是经济原因：迄今为止，几乎没有证据表明领导者了解重返工作岗位计划中助理保健师的复杂性、他们可以为工作场所做出的巨大贡献以及目前存在的不公平现象。

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BMJ Leader Nursing-Leadership and Management

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3.00

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