Introduction Healthcare workforces are currently facing multiple challenges, including aging
populations; increasing prevalence of long-term conditions; and shortfall of registered …

Objective: Allied health assistants (AHAs) are an emerging group in allied health practice
with the potential to improve quality of care and safety of patients. This systematic review …

Objectives Investigate the effectiveness of a complex intervention aimed at improving the
appropriateness of medication in older patients with multimorbidity in general practice …

Background: Case management by health care assistants in small primary care practices
provides unclear benefit for improving depression symptoms. Objective: To determine …

Background Increasing the employment of staff with new clinical roles in primary care has
been proposed as a solution to the shortages of GPs and nurses. However, evidence of the …

Background Treatment complexity rises in line with the number of drugs, single doses, and
administration methods, thereby threatening patient adherence. Patients with multimorbidity …

Purpose: Appropriate delegation of clinical tasks from primary care providers (PCPs) to other
team members may reduce employee burnout in primary care. However,(1) the extent to …

Support workers have been a longstanding feature of the health service workforce. In recent
years, however, their importance has increased. This is reflected in their growing numbers …

Background Disadvantaged smokers are less likely to be successful when trying to stop
smoking than more affluent smokers. In the UK, NHS Stop Smoking Services (SSS) provide …

Aim Assistants have been utilised worldwide in healthcare as a means to ensure the
provision of adequate and efficient healthcare in the midst of increased pressures on health …