My Lords, the difficulty is that the profession of paramedics is relatively new. I do not think that anyone is yet certain about the appropriate qualification for a paramedic.
Considerable progress has still to be made on that issue.
All extended trained staff . An annual re-assessment of their clinical skills, and obtain a letter of clinical competency issued by an appropriate Qualified Doctor of Medicine, who is qualified in the skills required. In the UK during the year 2,000 Ambulance Paramedics employed in the NHS have to be registered through the CPSM in order to become State Registered. We include a useful Link to the Search Register of UK State Registered Paramedics below. Paramedic Register Search Click on any underlined subject for more details.