Rajesh Parkash
8 May 2014 · Coroner Richard Travers · Surrey
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of timely staff awareness of updates
“Action is required to ensure that ALL updates and bulletins advertised on the Routine Information Bulletin are seen and read by all relevant members of staff in a timely manner.”
2. communication breakdown between control room and ambulance personnel
“Action is required to improve communications between the control room and the personnel within an ambulance that is answering a call.”
3. communication breakdown between LAS and neighboring services
“Action is required to improve communications between the London Ambulance Service and those ambulance services which border its area, such as the South East Coast Ambulance Service.”
4. limited supervisory scope
“Consideration should be given to ensuring that the role of a supervising paramedic extends to all aspects of their work, including driving, and is not limited to clinical decisions.”
5. insufficient experience for supervising paramedics
“Consideration should be given to imposing some form of minimum experience requirement before a paramedic is able to act in the role of a supervising paramedic.”
6. inadequate ongoing driver training
“Consideration should be given to providing to all relevant staff regular, on‐going driver training over and above the anticipated statutory requirement for a five year assessment.”
Responses
No published response was found on judiciary.uk.