Operating department practitioners – the hidden profession.

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Eddison, Nicola
Minton, Jane
Leslie, Rosalind
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2022-11-18
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Operating department practitioners
Operating room
Job roles
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Operating department practitioners (ODPs) are vital members of the multidisciplinary team. The profession has been regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council since 2004 in the UK and was recognised as an Allied Health profession in 20171. Unusually for Allied Health Professionals, ODPs are employed exclusively in hospitals. Although registration as an AHP has been relatively recent, the profession has a long history with links to the theatre technician developed in cooperation with the British Medical Association in the 1940s
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Eddison, N. Minton, J. Leslie, R. Operating department practitoners - the hidden profession. November 2022. Institute of Health and Social Care Management. https://ihm.org.uk/2022/11/18/operating-department-practitioners-the-hidden-profession/
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