PARAMEDICS IN PRIMARY CARE
INFORMATION FOR GP’S
Paramedics work with urgent and unscheduled care and acute presentations that have had an acute or chronic onset. This includes clinical assessment and management skills that they must be able to apply appropriately within the context of the capabilities and are applicable across the diversity of people presenting across the age range.
Paramedics in Primary Care may be running clinics, triaging and managing minor illnesses, and providing continuity for patients with complex health needs. They will be able to carry out assessments and the management of requests for same-day urgent home visits, as well as regular visits to homebound patients with long -term conditions. GPs will still carry out home visits for patients showing new symptoms, where a diagnosis hasn’t been made and for end-of-life care, but hopefully, the paramedics will complete the majority of visits for patients, where, for example, there has been a worsening of a pre-existing condition. It tends to be mainly elderly or housebound patients or those in a residential home
Please see the link below for our Paramedic prescribing formulary.