It was decided to appoint three assistant practitioners
(Figure 1). Following an advertisement
in the local press offering ‘an exciting new opportunity
to participate in new ways of working’,
we were overwhelmed by over 70 applicants. The
applicants were all invited into the Breast Unit to
find out exactly what the job would entail and for
us to assess their suitability and likelihood of their
fitting into our team. The only essential criterion
was that the applicant should have a driving
licence as they would eventually need to be able
to travel out to our mobile screening unit which
visits sites throughout Somerset