Clinical supervision in primary care

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Clinical supervision has already been well established in many disciplines. The models are varied and may have differing functions, but professionals working in areas such as social work, psychotherapy, counselling, child protection and midwifery have well developed frameworks for the provision of clinical supervision. The drive for supervision in general nursing has come from several sources such as the developments in pre- and post-registration education and the UKCC publications: Exercising Accountability (1989); Scope of Professional Practice (1992); Position Statement on Clinical Supervision (1996).