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  • Bolt M, Ikking T, Baaijen R, Saenger S. Scoping review: occupational therapy interventions in primary care. Primary Health Care Research & Development. Cambridge University Press; 2019;20:e28
  • Bosche I, Isden R. Adult social care and the NHS: two sides of the same coin. [Internet] 2023 [cited 2023 Nov 09]
  • [Department of Health and Social Care. Guidance Digital working in adult social care: What Good Looks Like [Internet]2023 cited 2023 Aug 11}
  • Department of Health Northern Ireland. Health and Wellbeing 2026 - Delivering Together. 2018
  • Department of Health Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland Mental Health Services Workforce Review 2022-2032 [Internet]. 2023 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • Department of Health Northern Ireland. Occupational Therapy Workforce Review 2019-2029 [Internet]. 2022 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • Health and Care Professions Council. New Graduate Survey 2021 - highlights report. [Internet]. 2021 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • [Health and Care Professions Council. Year in registration survey 2022 - highlights report [Internet]. 2022 cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • Health Education and Improvement Wales. Health and Social Care Workforce Strategy [Internet]. 2020 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • Hutchings R, Morris J. Digital health care across the UK: where are we now? [Internet] 2022 [cited 2023 Sept 22]
  • Kingston A, Robinson L, Booth H, Knapp M, Jagger L. Projections of multi-morbidity in the older population in England 2035: estimates from the Population Ageing and Care Simulation (PACSim) model. Age and Aging. May 2018; 47(3):374-380
  • Lynch M, Bucknall M, Jagger C, Wilkie R. Projections of healthy working life expectancy in England to the year 2035. Nature Aging. 2022 January; 2:13-18
  • Mental health 360: Review of Mental Health Care [Internet]. [cited 2024 Mar 19]
  • Morris E, Brusco N, Jones J, Taylor N, East C, Semciw A, Edvardsson K, Thwaites C, Bourke S, Khan U, Fowler-Davis S, Oldenburg B. The Widening Gap between the Digital Capability of the Care Workforce and Technology-Enabled Healthcare Delivery: A Nursing and Allied Health Analysis Healthcare 2023, 11(7), 994
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research. Multi-morbidity predicted to increase in the UK over the next 20 years. [Internet] 2018 [cited 2023 Sept 22] Public Health doi: 10.3310/signal-00572
  • NHS Education for Scotland. Healthcare Support Workers. [Internet]. 2020 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • NHS Employers. NHS equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) improvement plan [Internet]. 2023 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • NHS England. NHS Long term Workforce Plan [Internet]. 2023 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • NHS England. The Allied Health Professions Strategy for England 2022-2027 [Internet]. 2022 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • NHS England What is a clinical academic? [Internet] 2023 [cited 29.11.23]
  • NHS Health Education England. Allied Health Professions' Research and Innovation Strategy for England. [Internet]. 2022 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • NHS Health Education England. AHP Support Worker Competency, Education and Career Development Framework. [Internet]. 2023 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • NHS Health Education England. Educator Workforce Strategy. [Internet]. 2023 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • Office for National Statistics. Exploring the UK’s digital divide. [Internet] 2019. [Cited 2023 Sept. 22]
  • [Office for National Statistics. National Population Projections: 2021-based interim [Internet]. 2024 cited 2024 January 30
  • Palmer W, Rolewicz L and Dodsworth E. Waste not, want not: Strategies to improve the supply of clinical staff to the NHS. Research report, Nuffield Trust, 2023
  • Public Health England et al. UK Allied Health Professionals Public Health Strategic Framework: 2019 to 2024. [Internet]. 2019 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • Rolewicz L, Palmer B, Lobont C. The NHS workforce in numbers. Facts on staffing and staff shortages in England.2022. [Internet] 2022 [cited 2023 Sept. 22]
  • RCOT. Career Development Framework [Internet]. 2022 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • RCOT. EDB Strategy [Internet]. 2023 [cited 2023 Dec 06]
  • RCOT. Data and Innovation Strategy 2021-2023 [Internet]. 2021 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • RCOT. Intelligence gathered from occupational therapy workforce summits 2022–2023.
  • RCOT Learning and Development Standards for pre-registration education [Internet]. 2019 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • RCOT. Research and Development Strategy 2019-2024 [Internet]. 2019 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • RCOT. Occupational therapy under pressure. Workforce survey findings 2022–2023. 2023
  • RCOT. Occupation evidence briefing 2023
  • Scottish Government. Health and Social Care: national workforce strategy [Internet]. 2022 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • Scottish Government. Health and Social Care Integration.2019
  • Shepperd S, Butler C, Cradduck-Bamford A, Ellis G, Gray A, Hemsley A, Khanna, Langhorne P, Mort S, Ramsay S, Schiff R, Stott DJ, Wilkinson A, Yu L-M, Young J. Is Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Admission Avoidance Hospital at Home an Alternative to Hospital Admission for Older Persons? A Randomized Trial. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2021
  • Social Care 360 [Internet]. [cited 2024 Mar 19]
  • United Kingdom Government. Return to Practice Programme Evaluation of the Allied Health Professionals and Health Care Scientists Return to Practice Programme July 2019
  • UK Parliament. Communications and Digital Committee. Digital exclusion.2023
  • Wang J. What employers need to know about hiring Gen Z. [Internet]. 2023 [cited 2023 Sept 22]
  • Watt T, Raymond A, Rachel-Jacquet L. Quantifying health inequalities in England. [Internet]. 2022 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • Welsh Government. Plan to address NHS Workforce Challenges. [Internet]. 2023 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • Welsh Government. Allied Health Professions Framework. [Internet]. 2020 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • Welsh Government. A healthier Wales: long term plan for health and social care [Internet]. 2021 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • Welsh Government. National Clinical Framework: a learning health and care system [Internet]. 2021 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • Welsh Government. NHS Wales Education Commissioning and Training Plan for Health and social care in England: tackling the myths | The King's Fund (kingsfund.org.uk) 2023/24. 2023
  • Welsh Government. Transforming and modernising planned care and reducing NHS waiting lists [Internet]. 2021 [cited 2023 Aug 11]
  • Wickens C. Health and social care in England: tackling the myths. [Internet] 2023 [cited 2023 Nov 09]
  • World Economic Forum. Growth 2023 [Internet] 2023 [cited 2023 Sept 22]
  • World Federation of Occupational Therapists. Occupational Therapy Human Resources Project 2022 – Numerical. 2022
  • World Health Organisation. Health Workforce. [Internet] 2023 [cited 2023 Sept.22]

 

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