Ashcroft J J, Turpin G
Whitegate Drive Health Centre, Blackpool, UK.
Health Manpow Manage. 1994;20(2):35-6. doi: 10.1108/09552069410060085.
NHS targets for training clinical psychologists have not been met. Unless training resources are increased there will continue to be a shortfall in service provision. In order to ascertain those areas where training resources are most needed, a postal questionnaire survey of all British clinical psychology training courses was conducted. There was a 73 per cent response rate. Results showed that major areas of need are: (1) increased recruitment of course staff whose major responsibility is training, rather than an over reliance on clinical psychologists who have major NHS responsibilities; (2) greater representation of specialist areas; some priority services such as work with older adults or people with learning disabilities are under-represented; and (3) more equitable pay--not all university courses offer salaries on clinical scales.
国民保健服务体系（NHS）培训临床心理学家的目标未能实现。除非增加培训资源，服务提供方面将持续存在缺口。为了确定最需要培训资源的领域，对英国所有临床心理学培训课程进行了问卷调查。问卷回收率为73%。结果显示，主要需求领域包括：（1）增加主要负责培训的课程工作人员招聘，而非过度依赖承担国民保健服务体系主要职责的临床心理学家；（2）增加专业领域的代表性；一些优先服务领域，如与老年人或学习障碍者相关的工作，代表性不足；（3）薪酬更加公平——并非所有大学课程都提供临床标准的薪资。
