
Miss Helen Middleham
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Allegation
Whilst registered as a Paramedic and employed by North West Ambulance
Service NHS Trust between April 2013 and February 2017:
1. In relation to Patient A, on or around 8 June 2016, you:
a) Did not act act and/or communicate appropriately, in that you:
i. Told the patient in relation to her reported pain level “you would have had
to have no arms and legs to have so much pain” and/or “not to be so
dramatic, you wouldn’t have been able to walk to the ambulance if it was
that” or words to that effect;
ii. Stood with your arms folded;
iii. Rolled your eyes;
iv. Tutted;
b) Falsified and/or incorrectly recorded the patient’s pain level on the
Patient Report Form;
c) Inappropriately delegated the care of the patient to your Emergency
Medical Technician colleague;
2. In relation to Patient B, on or around 20 November 2016, you:
a) Did not undertake an adequate assessment of the patient;
b) Did not review the patient’s maternity notes;
c) Did not contact the maternity triage unit;
d) Did not treat and/or record on the Patient Report Form completed by
your Emergency Medical Technician colleague the patient’s pain level;
e) Did not offer the patient an ambulance transfer to hospital;
f) Did not review and/or countersign the Patient Report Form completed by
your Emergency Medical Technician colleague;
g) Fabricated your application of the Manchester Triage System;
3. Between approximately 3 December 2016 and 30 December 2016, you
fabricated a Patient Report Form in relation to your call out to Patient B on
20 November 2016;
4. Your actions described at particulars 1(b) and/or 2(g) and/or 3 were
dishonest;
5. Your actions described at particulars 1 to 4 constitute misconduct and/or
lack of competence;
6. By reason of your misconduct and/or lack of competence your fitness to
practise is impaired.
Finding
No information currently available
Order
No information currently available
Notes
This hearing adjourned, part heard. The date for the reconvened hearing is 25 and 26 July 2018.
Hearing History
History of Hearings for Miss Helen Middleham
Date | Panel | Hearing type | Outcomes / Status |
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29/08/2018 | Conduct and Competence Committee | Final Hearing | Struck off |
11/04/2018 | Conduct and Competence Committee | Final Hearing | Adjourned part heard |