TY - JOUR T1 - Advanced roles in respiratory healthcare science: it's not just spirometry JF - Breathe JO - Breathe SP - 267 LP - 269 DO - 10.1183/20734735.0310-2019 VL - 15 IS - 4 AU - Joanna Shakespeare AU - Edward Parkes AU - Melanie Bryce AU - James Hull Y1 - 2019/12/01 UR - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/15/4/267.abstract N2 - Advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) roles in nursing began as early as the 1970s. Health Education England, along with National Health Service (NHS) Improvement and NHS England, have recently published a definition of and standards for multiprofessional advanced clinical practice [1]. They define these practitioners as “experienced, registered health and care practitioners…a level of practice characterised by a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making…underpinned by a masters level award or equivalent.” These roles are now common place in healthcare professions such as nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy.Respiratory physiologists and clinical scientists are often still regarded as the “spirometry technician”. @shakeyjs, @resp_edward, @Breath_to_win and @melaniebryce11 report on the evolving role of healthcare scientists working in respiratory physiology. http://bit.ly/2lQjlsc ER -