The surgical care practitioner is a nurse or allied health professional who works within a surgical team and has advanced perioperative skills, including the ability to undertake surgical interventions.With only limited literature evaluating this role, any benefits of their inclusion to a surgical team are largely anecdotal. If the Advanced Practice Framework is implemented as planned, then there are gaps in current practice that need to be addressed in order to ensure practitioners have the competencies to provide safe, autonomous practice.Ĭhanges to the surgical workforce and the continued development of health policy have perpetuated the requirement for innovative perioperative roles. This is consistent with current literature which explores the need to regulate the role. The grading of roles does not compare with educational level, experience or scope of practice. Practitioners have a broad spectrum of experience and education and varied scope of clinical practice. In total, 34 respondents (approximately 60% of those invited) took part. To analyse current primary care advanced practice roles in Cornwall, measured against Health Education England's Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice.Ī quantitative questionnaire was sent to all primary care practitioners in the county practicing with an advanced title. In this quantitative study, Sarah Barea analyses the current advanced practice roles in primary care in Cornwall