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🌍🚑 Happy International Paramedics Day! 🚑🌍 Today, we celebrate the incredible dedication and lifesaving work of paramedics around the globe. This year's theme #TheDifferenceWeMake, highlights the profound impact paramedics have in our communities every day. #IPD2024

Following a comprehensive recruitment process South Central Ambulance Service has appointed @DuncanWAST Robertson to the new role of Chief #Paramedic. Duncan will join initially on a 12-month secondment, from his role as Asst Director for Clinical Development Welsh Ambulance.👇emergencyservicestimes.com/2024/08/05/amb…

Diolch Jason Killens KAM and to everyone for the kind messages. I'll miss Welsh Ambulance , but very much looking forward to being part of South Central Ambulance Service

Delighted to congratulate @DuncanWAST on the announcement of his appointment as #ChiefParamedic South Central Ambulance Service He joins the growing & vibrant group of board level Chief Paramedics in England Looking forward to working with you 👀 scas.nhs.uk/chief-paramedi… WeAHPs 💙 College of Paramedics

Today, we have issued a stark warning to the new government. We fear a repeat of previous winters will yet again have a devasting impact on the health of older people - bit.ly/4eeLVrP

📢Coming Soon... Urgent and Emergency Care of the Older Person! This comprehensive resource fills the critical gap in prehospital education for the care of older patients, promoting adaptive, compassionate care tailored to individual needs. Sign up for publication alerts here:

Carol Robertson and I want to thank all of our chapter authors & Class Professional. We're really looking forward to seeing this book in print soon. Lots of great content helping us provide care to our largest group of patients - but I am a bit biased!

Urgent and Emergency Care of the Older Person is now available to pre-order! Topics include: 🔸Ageing theories 🔸 Mental health and cognition 🔸Frailty 🔸Falls and major trauma 🔸Person-centred communication bit.ly/UrgentEmergCar… College of Paramedics #Frailty #UrgentCare

Want to find out more about our upcoming title Urgent and Emergency Care of the Older Person? Head to our website to download our sample pages of Chapter 2: Person-Centred Communication. bit.ly/UrgentEmergCar… College of Paramedics

Recently I was asked to write a chapter about mental health for a really important handbook aimed at paramedics and ACPs. And it arrived just in time for Christmas! Great work Carol Robertson and Duncan Robertson (duncr.bluesky.social) for bringing this together. Dr Ben Underwood College of Paramedics

A pleasure to receive this advance copy on urgent & emergency care of the older person. Thank you to ⁦Duncan Robertson (duncr.bluesky.social) & #CarolRobertson & ⁩⁦Class Professional⁩ for giving me the opportunity to contribute. Link to the preorder page👇🏽👇🏽 classprofessional.co.uk/books-ebooks/p…

📢Now available! Urgent and Emergency Care of the Older Person is a comprehensive resource designed to fill the critical gap in prehospital education for older patient care. It promotes adaptive, compassionate care tailored to meet individual patient needs.

Our Emergency Department is likely to remain extremely busy as the cold weather continues this week. 💙 We'd like to thank everyone who continues to use our health services wisely. ⬇️ Please #HelpUsHelpYou by using the right NHS service.

A fantastic resource written by a brilliant team of chapter authors and covering a lot of ground. We're really pleased with this and hope that readers will be too.

Our biscuits are ready for the Emergency and Critical Care Conference next week! We’re excited to host a special launch event celebrating Urgent and Emergency Care of the Older Person. Stop by our stand to meet the authors, pick up a copy of the book, and enjoy a delicious

We are honoured to announce that His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales will today become Patron of the College of Paramedics. Read more here: bit.ly/3DU9JEK #ParamedicsUK

Paramedics and those in the emergency services are adaptable, multiskilled and crucially, know how to work under pressure. Proudly becoming Patron of College of Paramedics. It’s been a privilege to spend time today with first responders whose work saves lives day in, day out.

Older people make up the majority of those dying each year. The BGS is concerned about the lack of representation from older people’s healthcare specialists and older people themselves on the witness list for the Assisted Dying Bill - Jugdeep Dhesi buff.ly/4hyR0wW

More than 65% of the 670k people who die in the UK each year are aged over 75. Why is the Assisted Dying Bill committee overlooking the interests of the majority?

Happy International Womens Day!