Changes to the paramedic education threshold have come into force, increasing the threshold to degree level in 2018.

In 2017, the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) consulted on proposed changes to the threshold level of qualification for entry to the Register for paramedics (SET 1). This consultation proposed that the level specified in SET 1 for paramedics be changed and sought views on what level SET 1 should change to and on timescales for implementation.

Following this consultation, the HCPC Council decided in 2018 that the threshold level of qualification for entry to the Register for paramedics should change from ‘Equivalent to Certificate of Higher Education’ to ‘Bachelor degree with honours’ or equivalent (Levels 6/9/10 of relevant qualifications frameworks). This would come into force from 1 September 2021 onwards.

The threshold level of qualification for entry to the HCPC Register for paramedics is now ‘Equivalent to Certificate of Higher Education’ to ‘Bachelor degree with honours’.

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