The impact of commissioning processes on the delivery of continuing professional education for cancer and palliative care

Gould, D., Kelly, Daniel M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1847-0655, White, I. and Glen, S. 2004. The impact of commissioning processes on the delivery of continuing professional education for cancer and palliative care. Nurse Education Today 24 (6) , pp. 443-451. 10.1016/j.nedt.2004.04.009

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Abstract

Educational commissioning was introduced into nursing and non-medical education in the mid 1990s. However, little research has been undertaken to explore its effect on continuing professional education despite early concerns that it could have a negative impact, especially in relation to more specialist provision such as that required by nurses delivering cancer and palliative care. The in-depth, qualitative study reported in this paper examined the commissioning process and how it was perceived by key stakeholders in one Workforce Development Confederation and the two universities which provided the education for practitioners throughout a local Cancer Network. The study identified failure to address educational needs accurately because too little attention was given to training needs analysis at the level of National Health Service Trusts. Commissioning was dominated by the need to demonstrate value for money at the expense of educational innovation and there was scope for improving communication between stakeholders. In addition scope existed for better collaboration between the two provider universities. Although all respondents voiced the similar criticisms, lecturers, service managers and Trust education leads were more able to suggest solutions to problems than education managers because of their awareness of service needs and the requirements of individual practitioners. The findings of this study cannot be generalised beyond the Cancer Network in which it took place. However, they clearly indicate possible weaknesses in the commissioning process which should be explored in greater depth, in relation to continuing professional education for specialist and non-specialist areas of practice.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Healthcare Sciences
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) R Medicine > RT Nursing
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Educational commissioning, Continuing professional, Education, Cancer nursing, Palliative care
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0260-6917
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 13:17
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/13375

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