Opinion

Paramedics and professionalism: Looking back and looking forwards

‘We know from analysis over the last eight years the majority of complaints about HPC registered health professionals concerned conduct, not competence...’.

Emergency medical services take on the challenges of 2012

National and international events in 2012 are opening the discussion once again around the importance of interoperability within the blue light services. The National Interoperability Summit at The...

Leadership within the ambulance service: rhetoric or reality?

Effective leadership is central to the success of providing a modern and responsive NHS (Institute for Innovation and Improvement, 2006) but one of the difficulties of looking at leadership for...

From trade to profession-the professionalisation of the paramedic workforce

The status of professions dates back to the Medieval age, leading to the establishment of ‘the three great professions of “law”, “divinity” and “medicine”‘ (i.e. lawyers, the clergy and doctors)...