Peters Andy, Cameron Heather, Cunningham Scott, Dawkes Susan, Donaldson Jayne, Hughes Liz, Savinc Jan, MacArthur Juliet
Allied Health Professions Research & Development Facilitator, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK.
Director of Allied Health Professions, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK.
J Res Nurs. 2025 Mar 15:17449871241291947. doi: 10.1177/17449871241291947.
There is a common perception that investment in clinical academic training awards for healthcare professions (not medicine and dentistry) in England outweighs that in the devolved nations (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) of the United Kingdom.
We aimed to evaluate this perception by gathering data on the number of such awards made and the level of associated expenditure by each of the nations during 2017-2022.
Freedom of Information requests were sent to government agencies that provide nationally funded clinical academic training awards in each UK nation. Data on the number of awards provided, the whole time equivalent salaries and durations applicable and the expenditures entailed in the period 2017-2022 were broken down into six levels of training, from internship through to post-doctoral. Standardised per capita comparisons were made between nations.
Large differences were found between nations. Only England provided awards in all categories. Wales made the most awards per capita. Scotland invested less than a sixth of that spent by England per capita and under half of that spent by Wales or Northern Ireland.
Strategic approaches focusing on opportunities across the whole career pathway, particularly in the devolved nations, are recommended to achieve cross-national parity.
人们普遍认为，在英国，对医疗保健专业（不包括医学和牙科）临床学术培训奖励的投资超过了对联合王国下放权力国家（苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰）的投资。
我们旨在通过收集2017年至2022年期间每个国家此类奖励的数量以及相关支出水平的数据来评估这一观点。
向英国每个国家提供国家资助的临床学术培训奖励的政府机构发送信息公开申请。2017年至2022年期间提供的奖励数量、全职等效工资和适用期限以及所需支出的数据被细分为从实习到博士后的六个培训级别。对各国进行了标准化的人均比较。
各国之间存在很大差异。只有英格兰提供了所有类别的奖励。威尔士人均奖励最多。苏格兰的人均投资不到英格兰的六分之一，不到威尔士或北爱尔兰的一半。
建议采取注重整个职业发展路径机会的战略方法，特别是在权力下放国家，以实现跨国平等。
