In subsequent sessions some practices met regularly to review progress on agreed tasks and a number undertook visits to other practices.
All but one of the respondents had undertaken visits to Uganda to support the programme and were involved with teaching, clinical work, clinical experience, service review and research.
As part of their training, study teams were attached for two days to the Nutrition Rehabilitation Unit in the paediatric department of the National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, where they undertook visits to the nearby Basic Health Units.
Some participants preferred to do their visits in the morning, so that data generated from the visit could be documented in the afternoon; one, however, undertook visits in the evening, because members of the family would be back from work at that point.
Data suggest that in some jurisdictions, including Australia, many GPs want to be involved in palliative care delivery but have decreasing capacity to undertake visits to homes or aged care facilities due to workload, time constraints and inadequate remuneration [ 7, 122- 126].
The thematic analysis of the interview data explored the structure of CHW's work, in terms of the frequency and range of visits, activities undertaken during visits (monitoring, referral, etc).
When asked about their motivation for undertaking home visits, most GPs started with quite vague and general statements, along the lines of: home visits come with the territory.
The team works on a rota basis, so I could be the duty officer responsible for our helpline, undertaking home visits, carrying out assessments during one of our introduction weeks or providing centre-based training.
UNICEF and WHO teams are presently undertaking field visits to assist Governorate Supervisors and more than 650 District Supervisors and observers from local councils to monitor the process.
Some staff members (whose role was previously limited to supporting the Core and Nursery and School components) were thought to be apprehensive about undertaking home visits.
