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These entities include, for example, rheumatology, intensive care, and treatment of obesity.
Not-for-profit hospitals include specialty hospitals owned by patient organizations within rheumatology, epilepsy, sclerosis, as well as rehabilitation centres and hospices.
The resultant 117 technologies were equally divided between the specialties with the exception of rheumatology, for which there were 17 technologies.
The rheumatology team has developed evidence based local protocols to guide management and prescribing decisions.
Unfortunately, rheumatology is still not adequately taught in many medical schools or properly emphasized in postgraduate training programmes.
The other assumptions are that there is access to a specialist rheumatology service and to good primary care facilities.
I feel rheumatology is an ideal speciality where nurse prescribing is utilised well in practice.
The authors explain that three nurses at their trust who have completed the extended and supplementary prescribing course are currently working in rheumatology.
