Calculating the costs of work-based training: the case of NHS Cadet Schemes.

Background: The worldwide shortage of registered nurses [Buchan, J., Calman, L., 2004.

NHS cadet schemes: do they widen access to professional healthcare education?

Aim: The aim of this paper is to report a study investigating the extent to which National Health Service cadet schemes widen access to professional health care education.

Background: Cadet schemes have been reintroduced in the United Kingdom to increase recruitment of nurses and other health care staff to the National Health Service and also to widen access and increase participation in professional health care education by groups poorly represented in such education, including minority ethnic groups.

Methods: A questionnaire survey of all cadet schemes (n = 62) in England at the time of the study was carried out, and the respondents were cadet scheme leaders (n = 62) and cadet students (n = 411).

NHS cadet schemes: student experience, commitment, job satisfaction and job stress.

In the context of various policy initiatives concerning widening access to and strengthening recruitment and retention in the health services, cadet schemes--predominantly in nursing--have proliferated over the last few years. As part of a larger national evaluation of National Health Service (NHS) cadet schemes, this paper reports on a survey of senior cadet students across 62 cadet schemes in England and examines their experience of being a cadet on such a scheme. Cadets forming the most senior cohort from each of the 62 schemes (n = 596) were surveyed using a questionnaire.