PLIMS membership is agreed by the medical committee. The medical committee comprises all fully funded members of PLIMS

Criteria for full membership

• SWAST medical responder (see below)
• Medical indemnity covering prehospital care

• Resident in the PLIMS area of operations
• Demonstrable ongoing commitment to PLIMS
• Fits in with team and its ethos
• Ongoing professional development in the field of pre-hospital care
• Element of annual appraisal focused on prehospital care

Or at the discretion of the medical committee

Additional criteria for access to funding through PLIMS

• Lives permanently in the area
• Major Incident Officer accreditation

Criteria for becoming a medical responder through SWAST (for full details see here)

• Full GMC membership and CT3 level or equivalent
• BASICS accreditation OR Formal qualifications in pre-hospital care (minimum PHECC) and working towards BASICS accreditation within a BASICS-SW pre-hospital scheme 
• Active engagement in the clinical governance program of one of the pre-hospital schemes within BASICS-SW
• Has demonstrated appropriate technical and non-technical skills in the field of pre-hospital care
• IAM or RoSPA  gold / silver pass

 
Criteria for associate membership

• Registered, licensed medical practitioner
• Demonstrable interest in prehospital care
• Either actively gaining training and experience in prehospital care OR already have prehospital training, experience, and are keeping up to date with prehospital care through CPD
• Working towards or have BASICS accreditation
• Enthusiastic and turns up to PLIMS meetings / training
• Fits in with team and its ethos

OR making a significant contribution to PLIMS in a support capacity