Hundreds of new staff have joined the emergency care workforce ahead of winter – including as paramedics and call handlers – with warnings of significant pressure due to winter viruses over the next few months. The numbers of both 999 and 111 call handlers are up on last December (8% and 5% respectively), meaning hundreds […]
NHS England and Health Education England have co-published this guidance document which describes the scope of practice of paramedics working in general practice. It includes information on education/development needs, supervision requirements and the differences between enhanced, first contact and advanced levels of practice.
“My key responsibilities are currently split between patient-facing roles and improving medicines management processes within the practice.” – *Nicky O’Brian had 20 years’ experience as a pharmacist mainly in secondary care until she moved to working full time as a senior clinical pharmacist in primary care. It is widely acknowledged that there is a shortage […]
The Chief Professions Officers’ Medicines Mechanisms (CPOMM) programme are leading on UK-wide consultations on proposals to change the medicines responsibilities for eight health professions. These are the consultation documents for paramedics.
The Allied Health Professions – for example paramedics, physios and speech therapists – are some of the most rewarding careers available, so it was great to hear the government demonstrate such a strong commitment to the AHP community by providing additional financial support. In December 2019 the government announced that, from academic year 2020/21, many […]
An international award-winning trial by Gates et al (2017) evaluated the effectiveness of a mechanical chest compression device over standard methods of care for patients presenting in cardiac arrest.
This case study shows how thousands of Londoners could benefit from a new scheme by London Ambulance Service, which will send a specialist nurse and a paramedic with crews to an emergency mental health call.
Case study summary Thousands of Londoners experiencing a mental health crisis will be sent a specialist nurse and a paramedic in a car on blue lights. By responding together, the specialist ambulance crew is expected to reduce mental health hospital admissions from 58,000 to 30,000 per year once it is rolled out across the […]
Thousands of Londoners experiencing a mental health crisis will be sent a specialist nurse and a paramedic in a car on blue lights. By responding together, the specialist ambulance crew is expected to reduce mental health hospital admissions from 58,000 to 30,000 per year once it is rolled out across the capital. The London Ambulance […]
A senior paramedic’s light-bulb moment that has cut A&Es visits from “frequent callers” by up to 90 per cent is being rolled out across the country. The High Intensity User programme was the brainchild of Rhian Monteith, who was working as an advanced paramedic in Blackpool when she noticed that a very small group of […]