We support our members to do research that will inform and advance dietetic practice. This page features current research opportunities including survey or interview requests from your fellow BDA colleagues and our supporters. Please help them out by submitting a response or registering your interest so they can explore the views of the dietetic workforce within the UK.
If you are a BDA member, and interested in posting a researcher request, please click the link below to complete the submission form:
AHP support workforce's role in supporting students
Institution: Kings College London
Description: King’s College London, assisted by NHS England, is undertaking research, the first of its kind, to understand the part that AHP support staff* play assisting students.
Are you a member of the AHP support workforce? Do you work in the NHS, or social care, or the charity or voluntary sectors, industry or private practice?
Does your job involve assisting people in your workplace who might be on a work experience placement or a student from a Further Education college studying for a BTEC or T Level, or assisting other staff completing the Care Certificate or an apprenticeship or supporting pre-registration degree students including Degree Apprentices?
If you do support students, we would be grateful if you could take 10 minutes to complete an anonymous survey. Participation in the survey is voluntary.
*"Support staff” are defined as those members of a care team who work in a patient facing role but are not registered with and regulated by the Health Care Professions Council. In the NHS such roles are frequently graded at Agenda for Change bands 2, 3, 4
Survey: AHP Workforce Priority Setting Partnership Staff Survey
The AHP Workforce Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) aims to work with the UK AHP workforce, along with representatives of the people and communities accessing their services, to identify the most important unanswered questions about the AHP workforce.
The scope of the AHP Workforce PSP is defined as:
Any aspects of the UK AHP workforce, including but not limited to recruitment and retention, diversity, leadership roles, skills mix, AHP training & education, and career progression.
They would like to hear from:
- Patients and public with experience of accessing AHP services (service users)
- The Allied Health Professions as defined by NHS England (https://www.england.nhs.uk/ahp/role/)
- AHPs working within any UK setting.
- AHPs who have recently left or retired from their profession (within the last 5 years).
- Pre-registration AHPs (learners)
- AHP support workforce (e.g. support workers, technicians, assistant practitioners etc)