Michelle Bignall

(As amended at the Substnative Hearing)

As a registered Paramedic (PA40597) your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct. In that:

1. On or around 28 May 2018 you demonstrated bullying and/or unprofessional behaviour when talking to Person D, when you described Person E as a “husband stealer” or words to that effect.

2. On more than one occasion you demonstrated bullying and/or unprofessional behaviour towards Person D and/or Person E when you:

a) stared at them;

b) laughed at them.

3. On a date in summer 2018 you demonstrated bullying and/or unprofessional behaviour towards Person E and/or Person D, in front of patients, when you:

a) attempted to handover a patient at hospital ahead of Person E and Person D;

b) said “alright keep your hair on” or words to that effect.

4. On or around 26 February 2019 you demonstrated bullying and/or unprofessional behaviour towards Person E when you:

a) kicked Person E’s bag;

b) called Person E a “cunt”.

5. Allegation Withdrawn by the HCPC

6. On 13 October 2020, you demonstrated bullying and/or unprofessional behaviour when you said to Person B about his use of dating sites that, "you had discussed this with your daughter and that this was a dating site for gay men”, or words to that
effect.

7. On 14 October 2020, your behaviour was bullying and/or unprofessional when:

a) You made comments about Person B ‘deciding to show up’, or words to that effect.

b) You said to Person B, “People with Mental Health Issues shouldn’t be in the Job” or words to that effect.

8. On 20 October 2020, you demonstrated bullying and/or unprofessional behaviour towards Person B when you asked to check his paperwork as you didn’t trust him and said, “so need to check that you’ve put everything, you are welcome to datix me
asking to see your paperwork”, or words to that effect.

9. On 21 October 2020 you demonstrated bullying and/or unprofessional behaviour when you said to Person B “Person C was sleeping with half the LAS and MPS, even though she looks like a man”, or words to that effect.

10. On 21 October 2020, you demonstrated bullying and/or unprofessional behaviour towards Person D specifically, you walked through the messroom at Whipps Cross and deliberately ignored Person D as an act of exclusion.

11. On more than one occasion you said “cunt” under your breath as you walked by Person D.

12. On an unknown date you demonstrated bullying and/or unprofessional behaviour towards Person D and Witness 1 when you sat in an ambulance next to theirs and stared at them.

13. On 25 November 2020, you demonstrated bullying and/or unprofessional behaviour towards Person E, specifically:

a) You stood by the ambulance door and without reason stared directly at Person E in an intimidating manner;

b) You walked towards Person E and looked both ways as Person E was putting rubbish in the bin by the Mess room and/or stared at Person E and/or obstructed her movement.

14. On 06 December 2020, your behaviour was bullying and/or unprofessional when you said about Person F, “if my son was as dumb as that”, or words to that effect.

15. The matters described at particulars 1 - 4 and 5 - 14 above constitute misconduct.

16. By reason of your misconduct your fitness to practise is impaired