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Ralph Chadkirk is a paramedic for an NHS Ambulance Trust. You can follow him on Twitter @rchadkirk  It is inevitable that, at some point in their career, a healthcare professional will make a mistake. We are all human, and we all have the same fallibilities: tiredness, hunger, pressure and cognitive biases. In short, “to err is human”. We hope that if we do make a mist...

​Great news: we’ve teamed up with CPDme and MedTree for a fantastic #MedChat partnership. Your participation in our weekly tweetchat will now be officially recognised by CPDme. Here's how it works: If you’re a #MedChat participant, you’ll receive a specific code each week at the end of the discussion to access the CPDme system. Once there, simply...

Medic Now, the UK’s leading recruitment agency for ambulance professionals, has been awarded a place on the new National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS. Being awarded a place on Lot 1 and 2 of the National Clinical Staffing Framework, developed for the NHS by the NHS Collaborative Procurement Partnership 1 temporary, permanent and fixed term staff to clinical pos...

This post was first published on ' The Ramblings of a Graduate Paramedic ' Blog by Saul Gaunt. You can follow him on Twitter @saulie10  Ah, mental health, those two words that make health professionals cringe. Although, I really enjoy the effect you can have on people during these types of calls. Throughout my placements my interest in mental health has become greater and...