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To ensure the UK has the necessary workforce to meet
population needs and can deliver world-class care, we will:

• Lead workforce analysis and development, including
calling on the NHS to recommence collecting and
recording audiology workforce data separately so we can
more effectively model the UK-wide audiology workforce

• Collaborate with patient groups, sector bodies,
HEIs, regulators and governments to promote more
audiologist training
• Support all audiologists to join the HCPC register and, for
those who choose to do so, support them in expanding
their scope of practice
• Raise awareness of audiology as a lifelong and
rewarding career

• Work with partners to develop a Qi-PCA framework that is
open to all providers and audiologists in primary care
• Support an independent, transparent, accountable,
evidence-based College of Audiology established on a
robust charter to work for the public benefit and which is
accountable to the Charity Commission.

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