TY - JOUR
T1 - Disabled People, Effective Practitioners
T2 - Enabling a Health Care Workforce that Better Reflects Society
AU - Dearnley, Christine
AU - Morris, Sunitaben
AU - Hargreaves, Janet
AU - Walker, Lizzie
AU - Elliott, Jacinta
AU - Walker, Stuart
AU - Arnold, Catherine
PY - 2010/12/1
Y1 - 2010/12/1
N2 - In this paper we will discuss the current tensions that exist between UK anti-discrimination legislation and the professional and statutory regulatory bodies (PSRBs) that govern registration of health and social care practitioners in the United Kingdom. The tensions arise from aspirations for a work force that reflects the wider community and the need to safeguard patient safety. We present an overview of the relevant legislation and the requirements of the main health and social care professional statutory and regulating bodies, whose overall aim is safeguarding the general public. Four individual case studies, which have drawn on qualitative and quantitative data to explore some of the ensuing challenges and seek resolutions, are discussed and their outcomes synthesised to make recommendations. Conducting research with disabled participants requires specific considerations; we reflect on these in this paper and discuss our experiential learning.
AB - In this paper we will discuss the current tensions that exist between UK anti-discrimination legislation and the professional and statutory regulatory bodies (PSRBs) that govern registration of health and social care practitioners in the United Kingdom. The tensions arise from aspirations for a work force that reflects the wider community and the need to safeguard patient safety. We present an overview of the relevant legislation and the requirements of the main health and social care professional statutory and regulating bodies, whose overall aim is safeguarding the general public. Four individual case studies, which have drawn on qualitative and quantitative data to explore some of the ensuing challenges and seek resolutions, are discussed and their outcomes synthesised to make recommendations. Conducting research with disabled participants requires specific considerations; we reflect on these in this paper and discuss our experiential learning.
KW - Disabled Health and Social Care Practitioners
KW - Disabled Students in Higher Education
KW - Research with Disabled People
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80051479885&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.18848/1833-1882/CGP/v05i08/51835
DO - 10.18848/1833-1882/CGP/v05i08/51835
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80051479885
VL - 5
SP - 259
EP - 274
JO - International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
JF - International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
SN - 1833-1882
IS - 8
ER -