Table 1 Policy document sources
| Â | Document source | Search term and/or document type | Number of publicly available documents found in scope | Number referring to NMPs in ED/UTC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Macro level | GOV.UK Department of Health & Social Care | Urgent and emergency care /services NHS England Mandate NHS England Performance Assessment NHS Workforce HEE Mandate HEE Performance Assessment | 27 | 5 |
Parliament Health Select Committee | Urgent and emergency care/ services | 0 | 0 | |
NHS England /NHS Improvement | Urgent and emergency care /services, strategic plans, annual report, annual business plan, workforce strategy, annual NHS operational planning and contracting guidance urgent and emergency care | 25 | 9 | |
Health Education England (HEE) | Urgent and emergency care /service, strategic framework & plans, annual report, annual business plan, workforce strategy for urgent and emergency care advanced practice | 9 | 2 | |
Care Quality Commission | Reports on emergency and urgent care service | 2 | 2 | |
Meso level | NHS England/NHS Improvement Regions (n = 7) | Urgent and emergency care /services /work programme, strategic plans, annual report, annual business plan, workforce strategy | 0 | 0 |
HEE Regions (n = 7) | Urgent and emergency care /services /work programme, strategic plans, annual report, annual business plan, workforce strategy | 1 | 0 | |
Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships and/or, Integrated Care Systems (STPs/ICS, n = 42) | Urgent and emergency care /services /work programme, strategic plans, annual report, annual business plan, workforce strategy, local workforce action boards plans and reports | 32 | 1 | |
Clinical Commissioning Groups (moving to be integrated care boards ( N = 42 of 106, sampled of first one in each STP/ICS April 2021) | Urgent and emergency care /services /work programme, strategic plans, annual report, annual business plan, workforce strategy | 12 | 0 | |
Major Trauma Networks (n = 17, in 2017) | Strategic plans, annual report, annual business plan, workforce strategy | 0 | 0 |