Pre-hospital Urgent Care with Kate Hardy

In this conversation we will examine the anatomy of the Advanced Paramedic Practitioner in Urgent Care (APPUC) scheme as it currently stands within London. We will examine the discharge to the community rate, Alternative Care Pathway referral rates and where they are being referred to, commonly seen pathology for the group, advances in the scheme (innovation and where they are looking to innovate), and finally aligned training that the scheme receives. 

 Kate Hardy is an advanced paramedic practitioner in urgent care working in London. She gives us insights into what the anatomy of work looks like, the types of pathology, and the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) approach that the scheme takes. The range of topics in the conversation include:

• The concept of Urgent Care Advanced Paramedics  
• What a day in the life of an APPUC looks like 
• The discharge rate of the scheme 
• Commonly seen pathologies for the scheme 
• Training that the Advanced Paramedics receive.
• Master’s level training and what that brings in terms of critical thinking ability. 
• Clinical governance and how that looks on an individual and collective level.
• How Kate has changed as a clinician through the scheme.
• Alignment with the Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England

Please find a link to the Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England here:

https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/multi-professionalframeworkforadvancedclinicalpracticeinengland.pdf

My thanks to Kate for an engaging and insightful interview.