Was sacking enough?

[Cold_And_Miserable]

I can't see how this is the health secretary's fault, unless you are suggesting people that waste hospital staff time are charged for doing so?
Absolutely, especially those people that go to A&E with a cough/cold.

Or that the social structure that did support these vulnerable people has been eroded and therefore have no where to turn?
Social care for elderly has been eroded. They can't look after themselves so keep ending up in hospital. The NHS is not a care home.

 

[TheMightyTen]

Sue the hospital not those. The people in question are going to have it on their minds for the rest of their lives.

If they have professional qualifications and are sanctioned by a professional body (I believe in this case the HCPC)they are responsible for their own actions. Not only should they be prosecuted to the maximum extent of the law but the professional body must also take action for them bringing it's name into disrepute.

 

[deuse]

They should get jail time. A ambulance guy said to me when I dialled 999 "are you sure you want to go to hospital as I don't think you need to"

Two hours later I was under the knife for 8 hours and was in intensive care for two days.

Thanks Cameron for looking after our NHS.

 

[VoG]

Is it too strong to feel there should be criminal charges there as well?

There probably will be criminal charges at a later date, the police will've waited for the inquest to return its findings before they can then act, i would expect the paramedics to at least face a charge of misconduct in public office, due to them fabricating a patient record.

Bare in mind, serving police officers have been sent to jail for commiting misconduct in public office, so its definatley not a charge you'd want to find yourself on the recieving end of.

 

[matt_fsr]

The paramedic crew carried out a primary survey but there were serious failings in that which they carried out."
These included, he said, an inappropriate method used to assess respiratory rate, no further recording of respiratory rate, no attempt to listen to Miss Thomas's chest with a stethoscope, no assessment of her abdomen, no attempt to repeat observations, the blood pressure is likely to have been inaccurate, and there was a failure to get details of the long-term medication Miss Thomas was taking.

Errr, whut?

So a 'paramedic' who has presumably had *some* medical training arrives, does less medical work than a St John's ambulance worker or trained first aider would... and this isn't negligent?

I don't expect every NHS worker to save every life of everyone, not by a large margin... but, why bother with having paramedics if they do what amounts to basically nothing?

 

[wingman]

I can't see how fabricating clinical records is merely negligence.

I'm sure you're right, I was referring to the act of not treating the patient correctly part however.