The concept of improved clinical leadership through non-medical consultant roles was first introduced in DH guidance Making a Difference (DH, 1999a), and was part of the wider modernisation agenda set...
Having the time to explore clinical problems and pursue career development through research is a valuable opportunity not to be missed.
The College of Paramedics is aware of the recent publication by the Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman of Time to Act; Severe sepsis: rapid diagnosis and treatment saves lives..
What are the ‘hands-on’ issues that you are aware of in clinical practice and what possible improvements might help from a paramedic's perspective?.
A retrospective criterion-based clinical audit was undertaken of 253 PRFs collected from the end of June 2011 to the end of July 2011, where the pre-hospital clinician identified and coded dyspnoea...
Pain scoring and indeed pain management has widely been studied in the pre-hospital environment, with many different aspects explored. These include paramedic perspectives (Jones and Machen, 2003),...
Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory with an independent government that is almost entirely autonomous in overseeing it's 30 000 population, despite having a status listed by the United Nations...
‘For the first time in Gibraltar's healthcare history, four students successfully graduated from a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) validated paramedic programme in Gibraltar’.