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Exploring how paramedics are deployed in general practice and the perceived benefits and drawbacks: a mixed-methods scoping study

Behnaz Schofield, Sarah Voss, Alyesha Proctor, Jonathan Benger, David Coates, Kim Kirby, Sarah Purdy and Matthew Booker
BJGP Open 2020; 4 (2): bjgpopen20X101037. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101037
Behnaz Schofield
1 University of the West of England UWE Bristol, Bristol, UK
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vol. 4 no. 2 bjgpopen20X101037
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101037
PubMed 
32398344

Published By 
Royal College of General Practitioners
History 
  • Received November 5, 2019
  • Accepted December 9, 2019
  • Published online June 23, 2020.

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  1. Behnaz Schofield1,
  2. Sarah Voss1,*,
  3. Alyesha Proctor1,
  4. Jonathan Benger1,2,
  5. David Coates3,
  6. Kim Kirby4,
  7. Sarah Purdy5 and
  8. Matthew Booker5
  1. 1 University of the West of England UWE Bristol, Bristol, UK
  2. 2 University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
  3. 3 BrisDoc Healthcare Services, Bristol, UK
  4. 4 South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK
  5. 5 Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Sarah Voss, sarah.voss{at}uwe.ac.uk
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BJGP Open 2020; 4 (2): bjgpopen20X101037. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101037
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