FCAs are one constituent of this workforce, yet little is known about their numbers, employment patterns, clinical roles, career development opportunities, pay scales or training. Similarly, the patterns of the podiatry workforce, in terms of specialisms and professional structures, have not been ...
Healthcare professionals are working towards performance-related pay—and are judged by the numbers of people seen and 'improving' on arbitrary symptom- based scales of mental health, rather than by their ability to respond to personal distress. Mental health services are now dominated by IAPT—mea...