The HCPC should recognise that this is not malpractice, but a professional protecting patients by recognising that if he continued it could place a patient at risk, Mr daly was not guilty of malpractice, but made a safe practice decision, the HCPC should look closely at what's is about, I submitted a concern a few years ago after 18months they had done nothing about, but the onus was on me to keep providing them with information, whilst the person I reported was left to practice!, the decisions they make are shocking, good luck Mr daly and you did the right thing in protecting the patient, we as proffesionals have the duty to protect and that's what you did, there should be no penalty for safe practice
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Aoife Canavan
11 years ago
Disgraceful treatment of one of our own. After all we do.
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Nick Faerber
11 years ago
I was a registered Paramedic until August 2013 when I stepped down from it and took early retirement due to such injustices.
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Barry Terry
11 years ago
Please sign this petition and let's get this ludicrous decision overturned!!
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Michelle
11 years ago
this needs to be looked into. crews should not be run tothe point of exhaustion and if they do they are not fit to attend jobs so he did the right thing putting his hand up to say stop i cant.... not fair to suspend/sack or otherwise punish this person. the system needs looking at, the resources need reviewing, allow the HUMANS to eat, drink and rest.
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Craig Baker
11 years ago
how can a ambulance service justify sending an exhausted Paramedic to a poorly Pt when there is every chance he could make a mistake, we attend Patients all the time who have had RTCs due to fatigue and yet we are expected to attend which not only puts the Patient at risk it puts members of the public at risk whilst we are driving to the patient and conveying to hospital and puts our staff at risk who are attend the call for help. What is more important a statistic on a record that make the service look good or patient safety the publics safety and the safety of the employees sent out to deliver care to those who rely on us the most !!!!!!
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Paul Owen-Browne
11 years ago
Disgusting decision - Your panel should know better than to make a heinous decision like this. The trust should be sanctioned for negligence of the health and safety of its employee. Says a lot that this tired soul showed no remorse - years of getting it stuck to you takes its toll. Mr Daly - We stand behind you! We should look after our own, not harass us until we will sacrifice our livelihood because we cant continue. Deplorable
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Joanne pawley
11 years ago
I feel that this paramedic is a dedicated clincian who could see safe patient care was at risk
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Tina James
11 years ago
Bureacracy gone made plus obsession with targets. the HCPC should be ashamed.
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John palmer
11 years ago
I am also a hcpc paramedic and if you are judged by your peers, look at this again. This is a failure of the system and not the individual
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Rebecca Thompson
11 years ago
Eddie has served many years as an inspirational medic. We are human not machines and should be treated at such.
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Tom Lynch
11 years ago
if you can sack Eddie you can sack any of us. What do mean take this forward? Everyone is scared here.
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Fran Pearson
11 years ago
I can remember returning to base after the end of our shift & we were given a job miles away & it was justified as our wheels were still turning & our ambulance wasn't back in the garage. I refused to go, saying I was too tired to drive safely the extra miles this job would create. We were stood down strait away. My mum was also in the ambulance service & fell asleep whilst driving an ambulance with a patient in the back. It's very real & it does happen. Admitting you're too tired to continue safely should be encouraged instead of being punished.
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Dougie Blues
11 years ago
this just proves how out of touch with staff the service and HCPC really are
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Annonomous
11 years ago
a member of staff at our station fell asleep at the wheel with a patient in the back causing nearly £50k worth of damage to the vehicle but luckily no one was injured. Surely in the interests of patient and public safety we should be adult enough to realise when we are unsafe to continue, or would they rather us cause death by dangerous driving!
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Deidre Anderson
11 years ago
so unfair if he had made a mistake or fell asleep trough exhaustion at wheel then he would be the worst in the world
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Lynnzee Martin
11 years ago
Where is the duty of care towards the employee in this situation? There should be better processes in place to avoid an employee getting into such a lose-lose situation.
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Alan Coleman
11 years ago
As a Paramedic I am really surprised this has not happened before. HCPC should have looked at the whole picture and realised this is not an isolated incident of crews being denied reasonable breaks to eat and refresh. The trust I work for is guilty of nit caring about staff and putting targets above staff safety and patient care
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Timothy Bradley
11 years ago
25 year Paramedic , Firefighter , and Police Officer in United States of America State of Missouri
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The HCPC should recognise that this is not malpractice, but a professional protecting patients by recognising that if he continued it could place a patient at risk, Mr daly was not guilty of malpractice, but made a safe practice decision, the HCPC should look closely at what's is about, I submitted a concern a few years ago after 18months they had done nothing about, but the onus was on me to keep providing them with information, whilst the person I reported was left to practice!, the decisions they make are shocking, good luck Mr daly and you did the right thing in protecting the patient, we as proffesionals have the duty to protect and that's what you did, there should be no penalty for safe practice
Disgraceful treatment of one of our own. After all we do.
I was a registered Paramedic until August 2013 when I stepped down from it and took early retirement due to such injustices.
Please sign this petition and let's get this ludicrous decision overturned!!
this needs to be looked into. crews should not be run tothe point of exhaustion and if they do they are not fit to attend jobs so he did the right thing putting his hand up to say stop i cant.... not fair to suspend/sack or otherwise punish this person. the system needs looking at, the resources need reviewing, allow the HUMANS to eat, drink and rest.
how can a ambulance service justify sending an exhausted Paramedic to a poorly Pt when there is every chance he could make a mistake, we attend Patients all the time who have had RTCs due to fatigue and yet we are expected to attend which not only puts the Patient at risk it puts members of the public at risk whilst we are driving to the patient and conveying to hospital and puts our staff at risk who are attend the call for help. What is more important a statistic on a record that make the service look good or patient safety the publics safety and the safety of the employees sent out to deliver care to those who rely on us the most !!!!!!
Disgusting decision - Your panel should know better than to make a heinous decision like this. The trust should be sanctioned for negligence of the health and safety of its employee. Says a lot that this tired soul showed no remorse - years of getting it stuck to you takes its toll. Mr Daly - We stand behind you! We should look after our own, not harass us until we will sacrifice our livelihood because we cant continue. Deplorable
I feel that this paramedic is a dedicated clincian who could see safe patient care was at risk
Bureacracy gone made plus obsession with targets. the HCPC should be ashamed.
I am also a hcpc paramedic and if you are judged by your peers, look at this again. This is a failure of the system and not the individual
Eddie has served many years as an inspirational medic. We are human not machines and should be treated at such.
if you can sack Eddie you can sack any of us. What do mean take this forward? Everyone is scared here.
I can remember returning to base after the end of our shift & we were given a job miles away & it was justified as our wheels were still turning & our ambulance wasn't back in the garage. I refused to go, saying I was too tired to drive safely the extra miles this job would create. We were stood down strait away. My mum was also in the ambulance service & fell asleep whilst driving an ambulance with a patient in the back. It's very real & it does happen. Admitting you're too tired to continue safely should be encouraged instead of being punished.
this just proves how out of touch with staff the service and HCPC really are
a member of staff at our station fell asleep at the wheel with a patient in the back causing nearly £50k worth of damage to the vehicle but luckily no one was injured. Surely in the interests of patient and public safety we should be adult enough to realise when we are unsafe to continue, or would they rather us cause death by dangerous driving!
so unfair if he had made a mistake or fell asleep trough exhaustion at wheel then he would be the worst in the world
Where is the duty of care towards the employee in this situation? There should be better processes in place to avoid an employee getting into such a lose-lose situation.
As a Paramedic I am really surprised this has not happened before. HCPC should have looked at the whole picture and realised this is not an isolated incident of crews being denied reasonable breaks to eat and refresh. The trust I work for is guilty of nit caring about staff and putting targets above staff safety and patient care
25 year Paramedic , Firefighter , and Police Officer in United States of America State of Missouri