A shocking Care Quality Commission (CQC) report which has branded North East Ambulance Service "requires improvement" and criticised its leadership has also warned regulators were not convinced by its response to long-running whistleblowing concerns.
The CQC report - published on Wednesday and based on inspections from July and September 2022 - draws attention to how in 2020 whistleblowers including Paul Calvert contacted the regulator raising concerns about how NEAS disclosed information to coroner's courts - especially when it came to cases where there had been internal investigations. These included cases like those of Quinn-Evie Milburn Beadle and Peter Coates.
The concerns related to the trust's candour with coroner's - alleging that documents such as investigation reports were not fully disclosed with them. NEAS has previously accepted "historical failings" but maintained the issues had been addressed. These issues are currently subject to a separate review headed by Dame Marianne Griffiths.
In the case of Quinn Evie, investigators found that Gavin Wood - since struck off - who was the first paramedic to attend Quinn Evie did not attempt "full advanced life support" before declaring her death. At the time, paramedics and police on the scene raised concerns about this, an internal investigation took place, but the coroner presiding over Quinn Evie's inquest was not told this.
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