I worked all over Christmas and New Year and it has been extremely busy. I guess it’s the usual mixture of alcohol, seasonal flu, adverse weather conditions and the perceived unavailability of GP services during the holidays, all culminating in the previously unseen number of calls. Whichever of these it was, there has certainly been…
Tag Archive: Department of Health
UK Government axes child protection database – ContactPoint
From The Press Association: A £224 million government database holding the records of all 11 million children in England has been scrapped. [source] What a wasted opportunity to assist professionals to protect vulnerable children and young people. So much developmental work had already been undertaken on ContactPoint, an important and much needed project which would…
London Ambulance Service decides they will no longer use Emergency Care Practitioners as part of their workforce
In response to requests from their commissioners, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS) has decided that they will no longer employ Emergency Care Practitioners (ECPs) as part of their workforce. Existing ECPs will be transitioned into suitable alternative employment, with the hope that they will contribute their varied skills in their new roles. Reflecting on…
Paramedic Prescribing
[Update: The Department of Health have launched an engagement exercise on Paramedic Prescribing. See more info at the bottom of the article] Not long ago I had an observer out with me for the day. Nick Crowther is working on Ambulance Policy for the Urgent and Emergency Care Branch of the Commissioning & System Management…
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