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Report On The Introduction And Evaluation Of An Assistant Practitioner, Susan Nancarrow, Hazel Mackey
Report On The Introduction And Evaluation Of An Assistant Practitioner, Susan Nancarrow, Hazel Mackey
Susan Nancarrow
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The Development Of Support Workers In Allied Health Care: A Case Study Of Podiatry Assistants, Fiona Webb, Lisa Farndon, Alan Borthwick, Susan Nancarrow, Wesley Vernon
The Development Of Support Workers In Allied Health Care: A Case Study Of Podiatry Assistants, Fiona Webb, Lisa Farndon, Alan Borthwick, Susan Nancarrow, Wesley Vernon
Susan Nancarrow
The aim of this study was to investigate why support workers were introduced, the development of the role and the impact this had on the UK podiatry profession. A documentary analysis was used to explore this subject over a 25 year time period, from 1977, when assistants were introduced, to 2002. All documents referring to podiatry assistants were studied and analysed using the framework approach. Analysis revealed that assistants were introduced to supplement a profession which was experiencing recruitment and retention problems at the time. Their training was given in-house as this was cost-effective and could accommodate local departmental needs. …