HEIW launches Musculoskeletal capability framework for Wales
Published: 7 October 2024
In collaboration with musculoskeletal (MSK) professionals from health boards, trusts, higher education institutions and professional bodies across Wales, Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) have developed a multiprofessional MSK capability framework for practitioners providing care to people with MSK conditions in primary and community care adult settings in Wales.
This framework defines the capabilities required by professionally registered clinicians to meet the current and predicted health and wellbeing care needs of people with MSK conditions in primary care settings. This will ensure consistency in the development of the current and future MSK workforce, and therefore the care provided by clinicians and services across Wales for people with MSK conditions, that will meet the quality standards set out in the Quality Statement for MSK Health (2023).
This framework aligns to the Framework for Enhanced, Advanced and Consultant Clinical Practice (2023) and Credit and Qualifications Framework (CQFW) | GOV.WALES.
The framework is a tool which should be used by clinicians, service providers, education providers and primary care academies to support the development of practitioners providing care to people with MSK conditions in primary and community care adult settings in Wales.
Dr Esther Lomas, Director of Multi-Professional Primary and Community Care Education and Training at HEIW commented, “We are delighted to launch this framework developed by MSK clinicians and leaders for MSK clinicians and leaders. It represents an important milestone in supporting our multi-professional MSK teams to develop the skillsets needed to meet population health needs. It supports a skills-based approach to service design and career pathways development. As we move towards implementation, we will continue to work with partners to maximise its impact on service users, MSK professionals and our wider system.“
Further information can be found on our MSK capability framework webpage. If you have any queries relating to the development of this work, please contact heiw.primarycare@wales.nhs.uk