Understanding workforce needs of allied health staff in regional cancer care centres: Informing recruitment and succession planning.

Objective: To describe: (1) the type and frequency of interventions undertaken by regional cancer specialist Allied Health Professionals (AHPs); and (2) regional generalist AHPs' exposure and confidence in undertaking these interventions.

Design: Multiphase, observational study including a prospective study and a cross-sectional survey.

Setting: Two regional Queensland Hospitals.

Skill sharing and delegation practice in two Queensland regional allied health cancer care services: a comparison of tasks.

Objective Delegation and skill sharing are emerging service strategies for allied health (AH) professionals working in Queensland regional cancer care services. The aim of the present study was to describe the consistency between two services for the types and frequency of tasks provided and the agreement between teams in the decision to delegate or skill share clinical tasks, thereby determining the potential applicability to other services. Methods Datasets provided by two similar services were collated.