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Pre-registration education and funding for paramedics: guidance for SHAs, PCTs and ambulance services

This guidance is designed for use by SHAs, PCTs and ambulance services seeking to make the transition to higher education for paramedics.

Higher education for paramedics is central to achieving a modernised ambulance workforce that is able to provide a greater range of mobile urgent care, as set out in the ambulance review 'Taking healthcare to the patient'. Making the transition will equip ambulance clinicians with a greater range of competences and underpinning knowledge whilst maintaining the vocational nature of their training. It will also aid integration with the wider NHS, making it easier for staff to move to and from ambulance roles within their careers.

The guidance sets out the reasons for change and the broad education model, and gives advice on how to commission and fund education programmes.

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