References
Nurse practitioner (NP) roles first emerged in the USA in the 1960s. Nurses practising in these roles were educated to master's level and taught to provide an advanced level of patient care (Phillips, 2018). In the 1980s these roles were imported into the UK – Barbara Stillwell is credited with introducing NP roles to the UK and supporting the development of initial accredited post-registration undergraduate NP programmes (Rogers and Gloster, 2020). The 1986 Cumberlege report (Department of Health and Social Security, 1986) promoted expansion of NP roles in primary care and with ensuing support from Government, it was in the 1990s that NPs became more evident in the UK. However, as there is no regulatory body or Government-led initiative to protect the title, local variances have proliferated (Rogers and Gloster, 2020; Gloster and Leigh, 2021).
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