Safety recommendation
It is recommended that the College of Paramedics develops supervision guidance for paramedics, applicable to all relevant practice settings.
Response:
The report and recommendation have been considered by our Professional Standards Directorate and our Education Directorate. It is our intention to conduct a rapid evidence review to determine what is currently known about clinical supervision, in order that our guidance can be informed by current best evidence related to this subject. We expect this review to be completed by the end of 2019. Our team is working on some draft guidance that we hope to share with key stakeholders for consultation early in 2020. We are also working with the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives, who are producing supervision guidance for ambulance staff. Our intention is that the guidance produced for paramedics in other settings will complement the advice provided for paramedics and other clinicians in ambulance services.
We expect to have prepared a full response to the recommendation by 31 August 2020, with a view to publishing this initial guidance by 30 September 2020. We will then begin a review cycle, considering the content of the guidance on an annual basis.
Response received on 23 September 2019.