Provide a critical review on the role of task-shifting in addressing health workforce shortages, and include perspectives from healthcare consumers, providers and the health system

Refer to the statements by van Schalkwyk et al. below on task shifting, also known as
task substitution, in the literature.
“Task shifting has the potential to contribute to health systems strengthening when
accompanied by adequate planning, resources, education, training and transparency.”
“Task shifting in healthcare is often conceptualised as a process of transferring
responsibility for ‘simple’ tasks from high-skilled but scarce health workers to those with
less expertise and lower pay, and predominantly viewed as a means to reduce costs and
promote efficiency.”
van Schalkwyk MC, Bourek A, Kringos DS, Siciliani L, Barry MM, De Maeseneer J, McKee
M. The best person (or machine) for the job: Rethinking task shifting in healthcare. Health
Policy. 2020 Dec 1;124(12):1379-86.

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