Objective: Skill mix has been established as one method of maintaining imaging service
delivery, with vertical and horizontal substitution of roles and tasks. Assistant practitioners …

INTRODUCTION: In 2000, the NHS Plan set out the government's plans for investment and
reform across the NHS. Through the introduction of a new workforce at assistant practitioner …

This article describes the outcomes of an evaluation of the impact of introducing Assistant
Practitioners (AP) roles into imaging departments in 13 of the 14 NHS Boards in Scotland …

Introduction Over the last 2 decades the assistant radiographer practitioner (ARP) role has
been introduced into NHS diagnostic imaging departments as a strategy to expand the …

The role of the Assistant Practitioner in radiography has been established for over 10 years.
Wakefield, Spilsbury, Atkin and McKenna 13 (2009) describe how the role was originally …

Purpose The impact of changing roles, skill mix and a shortage of consultant radiologists on
the profession of diagnostic radiography is not clearly understood in Scotland although the …

A mixed methods study conducted over three phases (Phase I–scoping exercise, Phase II–
questionnaire and Phase III–semi-structured interviews) aimed to explore the role and …

A mixed methods study was undertaken to investigate the role of Assistant Practitioners
(APs) in radiography from an AP perspective and to explore how their roles have been …

Research to identify the scope of radiographic practice in 20081 recommended further work
to evaluate the impact of implementation of the Career Progression Framework (CPF), and …

Introduction Many organisations struggle to clearly differentiate the radiographer consultant
role from advanced or specialist practice, with newly appointed consultant practitioners often …