A comparative case study of prescribing and non-prescribing physiotherapists and podiatrists

Nicola Carey; Judith Edwards; Simon Otter; Heather Gage; Peter Williams; Molly Courtenay; Ann Moore; Karen Stenner

doi:10.1186/s12913-020-05918-8

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A comparative case study of prescribing and non-prescribing physiotherapists and podiatrists

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A comparative case study of prescribing and non-prescribing physiotherapists and podiatrists

Nicola Carey, Judith Edwards, Simon Otter, Heather Gage, Peter Williams, Molly Courtenay, Ann Moore and Karen Stenner

BMC Health Services Research, Vol.20, 1074

24/11/2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05918-8

PMID: 33234141

Abstract

Independent prescribing

Comparative case study

Physiotherapy

Podiatry

Background: Increasing numbers of nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals across the world have prescribing rights for medicines: over 90,000 of the eligible United Kingdom workforce are qualified as non-doctor prescribers. In order to inform future developments, it is important to understand the benefits and impact of prescribing by allied health professionals including physiotherapists and podiatrists.

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Title: A comparative case study of prescribing and non-prescribing physiotherapists and podiatrists
Creators: Nicola Carey - University of Surrey, School of Health Sciences
Judith Edwards - University of Surrey, School of Health Sciences
Simon Otter - Brighton, UK
Heather Gage - University of Surrey, School of Biosciences
Peter Williams - University of Surrey, Department of Mathematics
Molly Courtenay - Cardiff, UK
Ann Moore - Brighton, UK
Karen Stenner - University of Surrey, School of Health Sciences
Publication Details: BMC Health Services Research, Vol.20, 1074
Publisher: BioMed Central; London
Date published: 24/11/2020
Date accepted: 12/11/2020
Grant note: This work was funded by Department of Health Policy Research Programme (PRP) grant number: PR-R19–0617-21001. The funding body had no role in the design of the study, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data nor in writing the manuscript. The views expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the PRP or the Department of Health.
Identifiers: 99526023802346
Copyright: © The Author(s). 2020 Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
Academic Unit: School of Health Sciences; Department of Mathematics; School of Biosciences
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