Advocacy in Conversation - E10: Paramedics in Urgent Care

Urgent care clinics are reshaping how Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand deliver timely, non-emergency healthcare - and paramedics are increasingly at the heart of that shift. In this episode, host Ryan Lovett, Chair of the Australasian College of Paramedicine, is joined by three leaders driving this change: Adjunct Associate Professor Michelle Murphy (Head of Quality and Patient Experience at ForHealth, and the College's Advocacy and Government Relations Lead), Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor Shell Piercy (Chief Paramedic for the Northern Territory), and Dr Jordan Gibbs (Medical Director of Marlborough Urgent Care and Marlborough PHO, New Zealand).Together they unpack how paramedics are being integrated into multidisciplinary urgent care teams, the confidence and clinical skill they bring to high-acuity presentations, and the very real barriers still standing in the way - from outdated drugs and poisons legislation to the ongoing challenge of building professional identity beyond the ambulance. They also share what's next: prescribing rights, national scope-of-practice frameworks, and a vision for advanced paramedic practitioner roles across the region.A candid, wide-ranging conversation about where paramedicine has come from, and where it's headed next.Credits:Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/nick-petrov/diving-in-the-sky    License code: 3U3MZPP0RFJHPAQW