The College welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission to the Te Kaunihera Manapou | Paramedic Council consultation 'Information on intensive care paramedicine specialist practice endorsement'.

The College aims to prepare a submission based on the views provided by our Aotearoa New Zealand-based members and the wider profession.

If you are interested in sharing your views with the College, for possible inclusion in its submission, please email policy@paramedics.org

Consultation information

In 2023, Te Kaunihera sought feedback on whether paramedic titles and descriptors should be standardised to protect the public. This would ensure that paramedics would only be allowed to use specialist titles if they are qualified, competent, and fit to practise in a specialist role. Further information is now being sought to help guide us in understanding Intensive Care Paramedic practice.

· Click here to read the consultation on our website and to access the background information

· Click here to open the consultation document directly

· Click here to answer the consultation questions via SurveyMonkey

· Huitīma |Teams meeting with Te Kaunihera (further details in the consultation document):

Te Kaunihera is committed to collaboration and engagement, and therefore welcomes responses to this consultation from all paramedics (particularly Intensive Care Paramedics), the public, and other interested parties. The consultation period will be open for several weeks and will close on Rāhina | Monday, 8 Hūrae | July 2024.

At the close of the consultation period, Te Kaunihera will carefully review all feedback using the information received to make informed decisions. Decisions will be shared via a consultation response document.

Opportunity to meet with Te Kaunihera to kōrero | discuss the consultation

We understand that before making a submission, you may have pātai | questions about what the consultations means. To assist with this, Te Kaunihera will be holding two huitīma | Teams meetings. Details for joining these are available in the consultation document.

To account for the limited timeframe for these huitīma, and to allow us to tailor the discussion we ask that any pātai | questions you have are emailed at least two days in advance of the hui to registrar@paramediccouncil.org.nz. We will not include your name when we answer your pātai | questions via huitīma unless you specifically ask us to do so.

Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with Te Kaunihera. Whakapā mai koa mehemea he pātai āu | Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.