Health Workforce Australia Expanded Scopes of Practice program: evaluation progress report 1

The Centre for Health Service Development (CHSD), University of Wollongong, was appointed in June 2012 to undertake the program evaluation of the Health Workforce Australia - Expanded Scopes of Practice (HWA-ESOP) program. Health Workforce Australia (HWA) currently funds 26 organisational projects across Australia. Several organisations have more than one implementation site. The focus of this first evaluation progress report is the set-up phase; it is consequently formative - providing a view of the progress and development of the four sub-projects: - Advanced Practice in Endoscopy Nursing (APEN) - Physiotherapists in the Emergency Department (PED) - Nurses in the Emergency Department (NED) - Extending the Role of Paramedics (ERP)