Welcome to the online survey on the draft Primary Care and Community Services Multi-Professional Career Framework.

Your responses to the survey will be treated confidentially and collated with other respondents, to identify key themes and issues. The results of the survey will be used to further develop and refine the framework.
The survey is broken down into 3 parts and may be completed by an individual, group, team or organisation.

You can download a PDF of the draft Framework here to assist you with your review and completion of your responses.

Please submit your completed survey as soon as possible and by midday Friday, 25th October at the latest.

Overview

The Primary Care & Community Services Multi-Professional Career Framework is being developed to outline careers and progression for those working in out of hospital services.

The NHS Long Term Plan (2019) set the direction for the NHS by focusing on delivering joined-up, personalised, preventive care, and expanding primary and community services. More recently in 2022, integrated care systems were created to deliver joined-up support to better meet the needs of the population, different parts of the NHS (including hospitals, primary care and community and mental health services) and for health and social care work in a much more joined-up way.

A workforce that is fit for the future requires skilled staff working in out of hospital services collaborating in multi-professional teams. There is a belief amongst newly qualified professionals that careers outside of hospital settings are less likely to provide training, development, and progression opportunities.

This framework aims to improve workforce challenges in primary care and community services by increasing the development opportunities and skills of the workforce. It will outline career stages and progression routes to improve career development and job satisfaction for the healthcare workforce and help to promote and support a range of roles in primary care and community services, from support workers, to newly qualified up to consultant level practice.