I really hope this helps the HCPC look deeper into the causes of such events
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Bobby Little
11 years ago
As a RN who used to work in an NHS A&E and the partner of a paramedic I'm disgraced at the HCPCs decision. The responsibility in this case should definitely lay with the NHS Ambulance Service which, through their inability to retain and recruit staff, failed to provide adequate staffing for the shift. this is not the fault of a band 5/6 paramedic, but of the organisation. In my experience the majority of NHS Trusts do this on a regular basis and are lucky more staff don't walk out on them. One of the main reasons we recently moved to Australia, where the staffing levels are generally always safe and where breaks and finishing on time are normal and not considered to be a luxury.
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Michael edwards
11 years ago
please reconsider
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Andrew Humber
11 years ago
I have known Eddie for many years, I have turned to him for advice and guidance and consider him a friend as well a colleague , I have 28 years of service and I am appalled at the way this man has been treated. The LAS should be ashamed of the way they have treated a loyal member of staff and the HCPC should look further than the ends if their noses and realise the real issue, time to stand up for your members and support in stead of persicuit ...
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Jonathan White
11 years ago
Support from a fellow Para in Somerset. We must not blame individuals and ignore the reasons behind this problem. I hope I Will never find myself in the same position as him but if I do I expect the support of my dispatcher, employer and governing body.
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Eileen Davies
11 years ago
nobody in his position should be sack.
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Jackie Quaile
11 years ago
A decent hardworking man, with 30 years un blemished record
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Clare Batchelor
11 years ago
HPCP is there to protect staff and patients... This time they did neither, restore the faith, reassess the case
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Dougie Williams
11 years ago
This is repeated day-in day-out. Crews too busy to be given breaks
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Scott Lacey
11 years ago
The body of the petition is reflective of every urbanised ambulance trust in the UK. The DoH needs to have a look at itself and the unrealistic targets it sets against ambulance trust and the lives it is ruining and long the way!
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Andrew Edwards
11 years ago
if we did a bowlam test then the majority would say that they would have done the same.
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Helen Rudall
11 years ago
This could happen to any of us.
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Chris Poole
11 years ago
We make decisions regarding appropriate patient care every day of our working lives. Sometimes we are between a rock and a hard place. Had he gone and made a mess because he was too fatigued, he would have still been held accountable. This is the path of least resistance to dealing with a far more sinister problem. Our patients are people deserve capable competent clinicians, not government targets.
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Gary dukelow
11 years ago
anyone expected to work 12 hrs without food or rest should not be held to account for the flagrant disregard of these human rights by the nhs employer
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M Long
11 years ago
Unbelievable
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Annelies van Wamel
· petition starter
11 years ago
Anyone from LAS in a position to contact me on how to take this forward please find me on FB and PM me!
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Sarah Crawford
11 years ago
11 hours with no break, he shouldn't even have been sent on the call, and the statement made against him by control staff, is nothing short of bullying, he wasn't objecting to a late job, he was EXHAUSTED!
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Lee Goddard
11 years ago
The paramedic stated he was not fit to carry on his shift due to fatigue. If he had carried on and made a mistake then i dread to think what would have happened to him via the HCPC and tabloids
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Kim fletcher
11 years ago
Disgusting
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Alison pugh
11 years ago
I have felt the same as Me Daly many a time and many of my colleagues will agree.
I really hope this helps the HCPC look deeper into the causes of such events
As a RN who used to work in an NHS A&E and the partner of a paramedic I'm disgraced at the HCPCs decision. The responsibility in this case should definitely lay with the NHS Ambulance Service which, through their inability to retain and recruit staff, failed to provide adequate staffing for the shift. this is not the fault of a band 5/6 paramedic, but of the organisation. In my experience the majority of NHS Trusts do this on a regular basis and are lucky more staff don't walk out on them. One of the main reasons we recently moved to Australia, where the staffing levels are generally always safe and where breaks and finishing on time are normal and not considered to be a luxury.
please reconsider
I have known Eddie for many years, I have turned to him for advice and guidance and consider him a friend as well a colleague , I have 28 years of service and I am appalled at the way this man has been treated. The LAS should be ashamed of the way they have treated a loyal member of staff and the HCPC should look further than the ends if their noses and realise the real issue, time to stand up for your members and support in stead of persicuit ...
Support from a fellow Para in Somerset. We must not blame individuals and ignore the reasons behind this problem. I hope I Will never find myself in the same position as him but if I do I expect the support of my dispatcher, employer and governing body.
nobody in his position should be sack.
A decent hardworking man, with 30 years un blemished record
HPCP is there to protect staff and patients... This time they did neither, restore the faith, reassess the case
This is repeated day-in day-out. Crews too busy to be given breaks
The body of the petition is reflective of every urbanised ambulance trust in the UK. The DoH needs to have a look at itself and the unrealistic targets it sets against ambulance trust and the lives it is ruining and long the way!
if we did a bowlam test then the majority would say that they would have done the same.
This could happen to any of us.
We make decisions regarding appropriate patient care every day of our working lives. Sometimes we are between a rock and a hard place. Had he gone and made a mess because he was too fatigued, he would have still been held accountable. This is the path of least resistance to dealing with a far more sinister problem. Our patients are people deserve capable competent clinicians, not government targets.
anyone expected to work 12 hrs without food or rest should not be held to account for the flagrant disregard of these human rights by the nhs employer
Unbelievable
Anyone from LAS in a position to contact me on how to take this forward please find me on FB and PM me!
11 hours with no break, he shouldn't even have been sent on the call, and the statement made against him by control staff, is nothing short of bullying, he wasn't objecting to a late job, he was EXHAUSTED!
The paramedic stated he was not fit to carry on his shift due to fatigue. If he had carried on and made a mistake then i dread to think what would have happened to him via the HCPC and tabloids
Disgusting
I have felt the same as Me Daly many a time and many of my colleagues will agree.