Continuing Professional Development: July 2017 Importance of 6Cs and evaluation in paramedicine

After completing this module the paramedic will be:

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Compassion in Practice was launched by the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), Jane Cummings, at the CNO's Conference in December 2012 (Cummings and Bennett, 2012). The values and behaviours of this 3-year plan have been embraced. It has driven the NHS action and change agenda with calls for every nurse, midwife and member of the care team to implement the 6 Cs into practice (NHS Commissioning Board, 2013) and, furthermore, into all areas of health, public health and social care services.

The values and behaviours of the 6 Cs are:

This article explores how the Compassion in Practice vision and actions can be embedded into the world of clinical research. While it is accepted that not all clinical research is undertaken within the NHS, this article focuses on those research patients within the public service, but with recognition that the principles discussed have the potential to be translated with ease into other areas.