Two professions in two different health systems in the focus - or can the work of a School Physician be done by a School Nurse?

Two health-care professions in two different health care systems, which couldn't be more different from each other- Austria and the United Kingdom. Can the health care system in Austria be modified in the long-term in a way that a School Nurse takes over what is currently done by a School Physician? In the focus of interest in this thesis is whether the field of activity of an Austrian School Physician and a School Nurse in the United Kingdom can be considered as equal and therefore gives room for further, careful considerations regarding the broadening of the nursing profession in Austria. As a result a significant difference in the educational pathway for both professions as well as their different scope of activities can be identified. Summing up, both job profiles have their eligibility; the job profile of a School Nurse in the United Kingdom seems to efficiently do justice to modern public health needs though.