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The changing role of the healthcare assistant

01 September 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Background This article analyses the changes made to the role of the healthcare assistant (HCA) in the British healthcare system and identifies when and why these...

Educating healthcare support workers in cancer and palliative care

01 December 2003

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

The Cancer Care Alliance (CCA) Network for Teesside, South Durham and North Yorkshire has a reputation for delivering multi-professional cancer and palliative care...

Meeting the holistic needs of dependent older people

07 December 2005

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim To investigate whether national vocational qualifications (NVQs) have the potential to improve the quality of care for vulnerable older people. Method An...

Healthcare assistants: the new registration route

28 April 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

A number of locally organised schemes now exist to help healthcare assistants access programmes leading to qualified nursing status. Although some schemes have been...

How to assess competence levels of healthcare assistants

01 May 2008

Primary Health Care

General

Healthcare assistants (HCAs) are becoming increasingly important to healthcare provision. There are 350,000 HCAs employed in the NHS (Working in Partnership...

NVQs and practice assessment in a pre-registration course

24 March 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

In response to the government’s strategic intentions for nursing outlined in Making a Difference (DoH 1999), the University of Brighton has used national vocational...

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