All Outputs (2)

The emergent UK drug dependency and opioid addiction debate: Implications for physiotherapy independent prescribers (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Mullan, J., Smithson, J., Walsh, N., & Frampton, I. (2023, June). The emergent UK drug dependency and opioid addiction debate: Implications for physiotherapy independent prescribers. Poster presented at World Physiotherapy Congress, 2023, Dubai

Background: Legislative change in the UK in 2013, enabled physiotherapists holding a post graduate non-medical prescribing qualification to independently prescribe certain drugs that assist in patient management. Prescribing in physiotherapy is highl... Read More about The emergent UK drug dependency and opioid addiction debate: Implications for physiotherapy independent prescribers.

The experiences of physiotherapy independent prescribing in primary care: Implications for practice (2023)
Journal Article
Mullan, J., Smithson, J., Walsh, N., & Frampton, I. (2023). The experiences of physiotherapy independent prescribing in primary care: Implications for practice. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 24, e28. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423623000142

AIM: To explore the experiences of musculoskeletal (MSk) physiotherapy independent prescribing in primary care from the perspectives of physiotherapists and General Practitioners (GPs) and identify the implications these have for contemporary physiot... Read More about The experiences of physiotherapy independent prescribing in primary care: Implications for practice.