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

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12715364
AutoresMike Saks (0000-0002-2718-7667, University of Lincoln, autor correspondente), Judith Allsop (University of Lincoln)
Ano2007
Volume6
Fascículo2
Páginas165-177
Data de publicação2007-03-12
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Policy and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1474-7464 • E-ISSN: 1475-3073
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1474746406003435
OpenAlexW2136427997
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12

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