Volume 1, Number 2, July 2004

Expanding the role of health care assistants in primary care
Mavis Bates

As practice nurses take on a growing role in the organisation and implementation of chronic disease management, they need more help in many of the routine – but important – tasks this involves. Health care assistants (HCAs) are providing growing support in this capacity. This article explores what HCAs are taking on and issues regarding their training and regulation.

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