‘The NHS has apologised after a coroner criticised “serious failings” in medical care that led to a man dying hours after an ambulance crew failed to diagnose his heart attack and take him to hospital.’
The Guardian, 13th September 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Ambulance trusts spent hundreds of hours having to appeal against speeding fines issued to emergency vehicles by police forces.’
BBC News, 21st July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Court hears 33-year-old James Richardson grabbed Samantha Dalton, 36, when she found him face down and unresponsive.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th May 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A paramedic who left patients in an ambulance while he did some shopping and had his hair cut has been found guilty of misconduct.’
BBC News, 25th March 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A paramedic has been sentenced for failing in his duty after the death of a man who collapsed outside a hospital.’
BBC News, 11th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Mitchell (William) [2014] WLR (D) 61
‘To be the holder of a public office a person had to owe duties to the public over and above duties owed to individual citizens. Therefore a paramedic who did not owe such duties was not a holder of a public office.’
WLR Daily, 12th February 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A paramedic who told a vulnerable man suffering a seizure to ‘have a drink and a fag’ has been struck off.”
BBC News, 20th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A paramedic who allegedly slapped an elderly patient three times across the face was not unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has ruled.”
BBC News, 12th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A company director who fathered a child with his mistress has paid the price for his infidelity after a judge ruled he was not entitled to full compensation over the death of his wife.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A paramedic has avoided a prison sentence for stealing £100 from an elderly woman who died a few days later, police said today.”
The Independent, 16th September 2011
Source: www.indepedent.co.uk
“An expectant father from Teesside who punched and kicked a two paramedics has been jailed for six months.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A paramedic who covered a critically injured motorcyclist with a tarpaulin and stopped treating him when he was still breathing has escaped being struck off.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A paramedic was jailed for 12 months today after being found guilty of telling a series of lies when he failed to resuscitate a 30-stone man.”
The Guardian, 5th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Khalid Abdel-Rahim, a paramedic with the London Ambulance Service, faces being struck off by a conduct and competence committee at the Health Professions Council in London.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Relatives of a man who died after a heart attack in the street are preparing to sue the NHS, claiming he waited over an hour for an ambulance.”
BBC News, 9th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A paramedic who was given oral sex in a hospital car park while on duty was today [12 August] struck off.”
The Independent, 12th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A paramedic who told a heart attack patient she was having a panic attack has been struck off.”
BBC News, 14th October 2008
Source: www.bb.co.uk
“A paramedic who ate celery while his colleague jokingly put a prawn on a dying man’s chin as he was given shock treatment was suspended for six months.”
BBC News, 15th September 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A paramedic who suffered post traumatic stress disorder after he was sent alone to attend to a collapsed drug addict has won a claim for damages.”
BBC News, 21st July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Four people who admitted involvement in a ‘frightening’ incident in which two paramedics were attacked, have been given non-custodial sentences.”
BBC News, 25th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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