Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Recent developments in podiatric prescribing in the UK and Australia. | BioMed Central Journal of Foot and Ankle Research Commentary Recent developments in podiatric prescribing in the UK and Australia Mark F Gilheany 1 and Alan M Borthwick2 Open Access Address Podiatrists Registration Board of Victoria Melbourne Victoria Australia and 2School of Health Sciences University of Southampton UK Email Mark F Gilheany - mark@ Alan M Borthwick - ab12@ Corresponding author Published 15 December 2009 Received 7 October 2009 Journal ofFoot and Ankle Research 2009 2 37 doi l757-H46-2-37 Accepted 15 December 2009 This article is available from http content 2 1 37 2009 Gilheany and Borthwick licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Recent and substantial changes in access to restricted medicines by podiatrists in Australia are clearly consistent with healthcare policies aimed at reshaping the healthcare workforce. At the same time prescribing and access to medicines by allied health professionals including podiatrists has been the focus of a recent scoping project by the UK Department of Health. In this commentary we explore the possible implications of these changes. Background Non-medical prescribing has been viewed as a challenging transition in professional role boundaries as well as a necessary component of workforce redesign essential to the creation of a sustainable health service 1-3 . There is little doubt that the need for non-medical healthcare professionals to assume new roles including those previously exclusive to the medical profession constitutes part of the drive towards long-term sustainability and affordability in health care provision across the Western world. In such a climate change may be inevitable .
