The Member Voice
Date: Thursday 26th May 2022
Throughout 2021 the College of Paramedics tried a different way of engaging with members through a series of short survey questions. These surveys ran almost every month and produced important feedback on a range of topics. This session presents some of this feedback and the results from these surveys, including the most recent one, ran in March 2022 on the NHS England proposal to erect temporary external structures outside of Emergency Departments.
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Liz Harris FCPara, Head of Professional Standards and Julia Williams FCPara, Head of Research, College of Paramedics
Liz Harris is an IHCD paramedic who qualified in 2003, and later went on to complete a Foundation Degree in Paramedic Science and a BSc in Health Studies in 2011. Liz has held Clinical Supervisor, Clinical Pathways and Clinical Manager roles within the Yorkshire Ambulance Service. Following completion of a National Leadership Academy Clinical Leaders Fellowship programme Liz gained a Post Graduate Certificate in Service Improvement co-facilitated by Manchester Business School and The King’s Fund. Liz then went on to complete an MSc in Leadership, Management and Change at Bradford University in 2016. Liz is a qualified instructor for the Resuscitation Council (UK) and an Associate Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University. Liz was the College of Paramedics Yorkshire representative for 5 years, then went onto an Executive Officer role in 2016 and now holds the permanent position of the Head of Professional Standards for the College.
Professor of Paramedic Science at the University of Hertfordshire, Julia has extensive experience of undertaking research in a variety of healthcare settings as well as being involved in the development and delivery of Higher Education courses both for already qualified paramedics and, also, for students on pre-registration Paramedic Science programmes. She holds a PhD from King's College, London which was based on her research with people who were street homeless, looking at their experiences of health and healthcare while living on the streets. Julia also works with South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust where she undertakes clinical research as well as clinical practice as a paramedic, which she considers essential to enhance the currency of her clinical research as well as her teaching. As Head of Research for the College of Paramedics (UK), she is committed to increasing the capacity and capability of paramedics within clinical research, and she takes every opportunity to inform other organisations about the rich talent that exists within the paramedic profession in relation to clinical research, highlighting the positive contribution paramedics can make to the health care research agenda. These are exciting times for the paramedic profession and research as a career option is becoming well established; the future is bright for paramedic research!