Regulation of Advanced Critical Care Practitioners: Past, present and future

Abstract

The role of Advanced Critical Care Practitioners was included in the Department of Health’s recent consultation document on the regulation of Medical Associate Professions. This prompted the author, an Advanced Critical Care Practitioner, to examine the regulation of Advanced Critical Care Practitioners in the past, present and future. National competence frameworks have been developed. However, there continued to be criticism on the lack of regulation and title protection of Advanced Critical Care Practitioners. This article discusses the response of governing bodies to the consultation and its potential future implications for Advanced Critical Care Practitioners.