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Pregnancy and return-to-work guidance for prehospital staff
FPHC Wellbeing: pregnancy, maternity and return-to-work guidelines
British Paramedic Journal · 2026-09-01 · Added 29 August 2026
UK Faculty of Pre-hospital Care guidelines on pregnancy, maternity and return to work — every prehospital organisation should run individualised risk assessments, support maternal choice and offer personalised return-to-work programmes.
- Study type
- Guideline / statement
- Design
- Guideline / consensus statement (questionnaire, focus groups and literature review)
- Participants
- Not reported
- Main finding
- Recommendations: all organisations need maternity and parental-leave policies, individualised risk assessments incorporating maternal preferences, personalised return-to-work programmes, and compliance with breastfeeding-at-work legal requirements.
- Caveat
- UK legal framework and voluntary-sector-heavy consultation participants; no Australian equivalence assessment.
- Bottom line
- Context only
Why it matters in Australia (Medium relevance). UK faculty guidance rather than Australian policy, but the risk-assessment and return-to-work principles map directly onto Australian ambulance employers' obligations.
Learning goal
Understand how individualised risk assessment and personalised return-to-work planning support pregnant paramedics in Australia.
More
- Topic: Workforce & wellbeing
- Daily scan: 29 August 2026
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