Author name: Anna Moran

Rural healthcare in Australia faces persistent inequities due to an inadequate and poorly distributed workforce. This study explored the roles and challenges faced by healthcare professionals in rural settings, particularly highlighting the under-recognised contributions of nurses and allied health professionals. The analysis reviewed existing policies, workforce training programs, and structural barriers impacting rural healthcare delivery.

Support workers constitute the largest group of staff involved in delivering health and social care in the UK, yet their roles vary widely and are shaped by various contextual factors. This study aimed to clarify the contributions and context of support workers’ roles in health and social care settings. The study involved a thematic review

This research investigated how support workers’ utilisation in community rehabilitation teams for older people relates to patient and team characteristics. Conducted from January to September 2009, the study involved 462 staff and 1913 patients, collecting data on patient dependency, health status (using tools like Therapy Outcome Measures, EQ-5D, and Levels of Care), and staff activity.

This study aimed to assess patient preferences for various models of community-based care for older people, focusing on the location of care, frequency, and type of principal carer. Conducted through face-to-face interviews with 77 patients recently discharged from hospital and receiving short-term care at home, we used a discrete choice experiment to evaluate preferences for

Health workforce training is still largely rooted in outdated 20th-century paradigms that prioritise professionalisation over patient-focused care. This is evident in the paradox of longer training times coinciding with workforce shortages, limited career paths for paraprofessionals, and inefficient training models that reduce service capacity. The proposed model for 21st-century health workforce training includes: Clinical Setting-Based

This study examines the large-scale workforce redesign program implemented by Queensland Health across 13 healthcare disciplines over five years. The aim was to identify mechanisms that contribute to successful workforce redesign and to codify these findings to guide future projects. The research used Inductive Logic Reasoning (ILR) to develop and test theories of change. Initial

The objective of this research was to identify mechanisms that lead to the successful implementation of support strategies for healthcare practitioners in rural and remote areas. This study conducted an integrative review and thematic synthesis of 43 empirical studies that evaluated support interventions in these contexts. The majority of the interventions reviewed were training and

This research explores the factors that contribute to the successful employment of allied health and social care assistants in community-based rehabilitation services (CBRS) in England. The study involved thematic analysis of interviews and focus groups with 153 staff members, both professionally qualified and assistants, from 11 interdisciplinary teams focused on older people’s rehabilitation. Assistants were