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Midwives' approach to the prevention and repair of obstetric perineal trauma in Spain
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nonmedical professionals united kingdom uk granted prescribing rights improve patient care quality costeffectiveness limited evidence therapeutic radiographer prescribers impacted medicine management patient services online survey conducted amongst nonmedical prescribing therapeutic radiographers uk 2019 2022 study teams initially analysed individual data sets subsequently combined secondary analysis performed provide uk perspective understand services provided identify areas improvement data analysed using descriptive statistics microsoft excel spss 74 nonmedical prescribing therapeutic radiographers predominantly 40 years old fulltime work participated main job categories consultant radiographers n 23 311 advanced practice practitioners n 18 243 many use prescribing qualifications 875 n 62 issuing mean 15 independent seven items supplementary prescribing per week received assessment diagnostic skills training prescribing courses 916 n 67 respondents prescribed median six areas highest gi 82 skin 68 infections 58 urinary tract disorders 55 ear nose oropharynx conditions 54 study presents first report therapeutic radiographers prescribing uk offering insights current practices highlighting success nonmedical prescribing therapeutic radiographers roles continue expand advanced practice medicineprescribing responsibilities contributing holistic patientcentred care results relevant nations grappling oncology workforce shortages contemplating similar roles therapeutic radiographers study valuable resource policymakers healthcare organisations worldwide