Austerity on the frontline- a preliminary study of physiotherapists working in the National Health Service in the UK.
Rachael TuckerFiona MoffattStephen TimmonsPublished in: Physiotherapy theory and practice (2020)
Despite claims that austerity is coming to an end, it remained a reality for these clinicians in the NHS. Physiotherapists in this study used similar methods to preserve practice when faced with exogenous constraints as seen in medicine, such as re-professionalization and restratification. However, this attempt to defend professionalism by a non-medical healthcare profession was met with both successes and losses and has implications for the wider healthcare profession ecology, identifying an area for future research.