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Assistant Practitioners: Issues Of Accountability, Delegation And Competence, Hazel Mackey, Susan Nancarrow
Assistant Practitioners: Issues Of Accountability, Delegation And Competence, Hazel Mackey, Susan Nancarrow
Susan Nancarrow
The NHS Modernisation Agenda, alongside workforce shortages in health care professions, has led to increasing interest in the role of assistant practitioners in the delivery of health and social care. This paper describes the introduction and evaluation of assistant practitioners in occupational therapy who were empowered to work independently in a limited number of interventions and services within an NHS Trust. The evaluation involved focus groups with four groups of key stakeholders, the assistant practitioners, their supervisors, managers and service users. Key themes included ambiguity about who takes responsibility for the outcomes of care and uncertainty about challenging the role …
Accountability And Accreditation In The Australian Allied Health Context, Susan Nancarrow, Julie Clark
Accountability And Accreditation In The Australian Allied Health Context, Susan Nancarrow, Julie Clark
Susan Nancarrow
This paper examines the professional accreditation systems developed by five allied health associations in Australia. Professional accreditation is potentially a powerful tool because it can describe both the attributes of a health service provider and aspects of the quality of their care. This information is of value to patients, regulatory bodies and funding organizations to guide their health service decision making. However, the lack of consistency in the approaches used by the allied health disciplines means that the term 'accreditation' has a different value for each profession. Additionally, patient and purchaser preferences have received little consideration in the development of …