Social Policy, Professional Regulation and Health Support Work in the United Kingdom

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12715364
AutoresMike Saks (0000-0002-2718-7667, University of Lincoln, autor de correspondencia), Judith Allsop (University of Lincoln)
Año2007
Volumen6
Número2
Páginas165-177
Fecha de publicación2007-03-12
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Policy and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1474-7464 • E-ISSN: 1475-3073
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1474746406003435
OpenAlexW2136427997
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12

This paper examines the neglected area of health support work in the United Kingdom in the context of recent social policy and studies of professionalisation. A variety of socio-economic trends have led policy makers to give greater consideration to this section of the healthcare workforce. Professional regulatory issues and recent reviews in the health field have provided the leverage to alter existing healthcare boundaries, as well as to enhance public protection. Drawing on commissioned research, it is argued that health support workers are not only an important area of study in their own right, but also raise interesting questions about the broader process of health policy making and professionalisation

Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Health care · Leverage (statistics · Political science · Public policy · Public relations · Social policy · Variety (cybernetics · Work (physics · Workforce · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Work · Health Policy