Post covid-19 reflections on "Workforce perspectives on Health Education England's 'Multi-professional Framework for advanced clinical practice in England', and it's implementation. (2020)". A participant validation study.

This research was conducted with Barking Havering and Redbridge University Trust (BHRUT) staff and focuses on experiences of Advanced Clinical Practice and the implementation of Health Education England’s (HEE) Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice (2017) within the Trust. More specifically this research follows on from the first phase of this project in which the report ‘Workforce Perspectives on HEE’s Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England, and its Implementation’ (2020) was released. This second phase revisits the previous report, asks for feedback on the findings and considers what the current picture within BHRUT is today. This research has been completed with the intention of providing an empirical basis for a BHRUT created bespoke implementation tool for the aforementioned HEE (2017) framework.

Data was collected between July and September 2023 and was conducted via focus groups with three distinct participant groups: Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Clinical Managers and Non-clinical Managers.

All participants were asked to reflect on ‘The 2020 Report’ before moving on to experiences of ACP during the ‘changing landscape’ nationally, post 2020. This included discussions around the Covid-19 pandemic and Junior Doctor strikes. Participants were then asked to consider the concept of ‘value’ and reflect upon its meaning, and ways of creating and highlighting value around ACP within BHRUT.