Strathclyde Police has passed a file on the death of a pensioner to the Procurator Fiscal following a Sky News investigation into NHS secrecy. Margaret McKay, 72, collapsed and died at home in Greenock in 2006 but her family was never told that two paramedics were later struck off for the way they treated her. [...]

A man who died after a drinking game should have been taken to hospital by paramedics, an inquest has heard. Daniel Cripps, 22, became “completely out of it” after drinking 14 shots of vodka at a house party in Newport. Paramedics were called but left him to sleep if off. He became ill and died. [...]

A paramedic who slapped a female patient across the face has been suspended for 12 months at a disciplinary hearing. Philip Hillier, 53, was found guilty of misconduct by a Health Professions Council panel (HPC). They ruled he had shown no remorse over the treatment of a woman he believed was faking injury in Cardiff [...]

One of the Yorkshire Ambulance Service paramedics was found guilty of misconduct for not making sufficient attempts to resuscitate the youngster. No inquest was held into her death, but now the Doncaster Coroner, Nicola Mundy, has decided there should be one. A preliminary hearing will be held in February when a date will be fixed [...]

A new inquest into the death of a seven-year-old girl is to be opened as a result of a Sky News investigation into NHS secrecy over the deaths of 999 patients. The Doncaster Coroner will hold the inquiry later this year into the death of Izabelle Easen, who was poorly treated by a paramedic employed [...]

An NHS trust has apologised after a Sky News investigation uncovered a culture of secrecy surrounding incompetent paramedics. The North East Ambulance Trust was accused of criminal behaviour by a widow for “hiding” evidence that her husband might still be alive if he had been properly treated in an ambulance. The Department of Health denounced [...]

An ambulance technician chose not to respond to a 999 call about a woman having what proved to be a fatal heart attack 800 yards from his depot in Moray because he was on a break.

Two paramedics have been disciplined after they pronounced a young Norfolk road crash victim dead and covered him with a tarpaulin – only for a police officer to discover he was still alive

A paramedic who sent an explicit text message to the mother of a sick boy after being called to her home at night will be allowed to continue to practice, the Health Professions Council ruled

The emergency despatch team were unaware Mr Munro was left working alone and tried to send him on two emergency calls which usually require a two-man paramedic team