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Sta nda rds of profi ciencyParamedicsFore wo rd 1In tro duc tion 3Stan da rd s of pr ofici en cy 7Co nt entsWe are ple ased to present the Healt h an d Care Prof es sionsCo unc il s st an da rds of pr ofi ci ency for par am ed ics .We firs t pub lishe d standardsof pro fi cien cy for par am edi cs inJuly 20 03. We publi shed revi sed stan da rd s in Nov emb er 200 rev iew th e st andardsreg ularl y to look at how they arewo rk ing and to checkwheth er they con ti nue to re fl ect cu rre ntprac ti ce in th e pro fessio ns we reg ulat e new re vi sed standardsare a resu lt of our mos t re centre vie w of th e st andardsof profi ciency . As a re sult of the fir stst ag e of the rev ie w, and the resultsof a pu bl ic con sult ati on , weha ve re vi sed ou r genericstandardswh ic h app ly to al l th epro fess ions we reg ul ate.

8.3 understandhowcommunicationskillsaffectassessmentof,and engagementwith,serviceusersandhowthemeansof communicationshouldbemodifiedtoaddressandtakeaccount