Background Since 2002, paramedics have been working in primary care within the United
Kingdom (UK), a transition also mirrored within Australia, Canada and the USA. Recent …

Background General practices have had difficulty recruiting and retaining enough general
practitioners to keep up with increasing demand for primary health care in recent years …

Introduction Although paramedicine is an integral element of healthcare systems, there is a
lack of universal consensus on its definition. This study aimed to derive a global consensus …

Community paramedic roles are expanding internationally, and no review of the literature
could be found to guide services in the formation of community paramedicine programmes …

Objectives To support workforce deficits and rising demand for medicines, independent
prescribing (IP) by nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals is a key component …

Background Paramedics experience traumatic events and social emergencies during
assignments while also being subjected to verbal and physical threats. Consequently, they …

Objectives In response to demographic and health system pressures, the development of
non-medical advanced clinical practice (ACP) roles is a key component of National Health …

Background: In the context of a sudden or unexpected event, people with a life-limiting
illness and their family caregivers may be dependent on emergency ambulance services …

Timely and effective prehospital care significantly impacts patient outcomes. Paramedics, as
the frontline providers of emergency medical services, are entrusted with a range of critical …

Background Expanding the primary care workforce to alleviate general practitioner (GP)
workload, improve access and improve quality of care is a current UK strategy. Evidence …