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Grant de Jongh
Chief Executive Officer & Council Member
Grant is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of the Health Practice Associates Council (HPAC). He also qualified as an IHCD Ambulance Technician in 2008. He has held leadership roles in local government, serving as Vice Chairman of his local council and Deputy Mayor of his town.
As a consultant for South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS FT (SECAmb), Grant introduced the first NHS framework to govern the standards and use of private-sector resources in frontline ambulance services. He also supported other NHS Ambulance Services in adopting similar frameworks and initiated a strategic group to improve national standards.
Grant’s motivation to establish HPAC arose from the largely avoidable death of his brother in a pre-hospital emergency incident. He is committed to enhancing patient safety, supporting the improvement of professional standards for non-statutory pre-hospital emergency responder grades, and ensuring accountability through regulation, as implemented in countries such as Ireland, the USA, and South Africa.
Grant has also managed national projects for the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) in Ireland and continues to collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders to advance regulatory standards in pre-hospital care.