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Ex-St John worker could be struck off

A FORMER ambulance station officer this week faces being struck off after being accused of failing to follow up an aborted 999 call from a man who was found dead the following day.

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Jason Garnham, who worked for the St John Ambulance and Rescue Service at the time of the call, is before a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) conduct and competence committee panel over accusations that he failed to order the call-taker to properly document the call or send the police, or an ambulance, to the King George V playing fields, where the call had been made.

He denies the allegations.

The panel heard how groundsman Alan Hamilton had called the ambulance, via a 999 call, at 6.13pm on 9 July 2014.

However, the call was cut off and attempts to call him back were unsuccessful.

The 65-year-old was found dead at 7.40am the following day in the groundsman's hut at the playing fields.

An inquest found that Mr Hamilton died from ischemic heart disease, cardiac arrest and complications with diabetes.

At the hearing, which began in Southampton yesterday, Matthew Kewley, representing the HCPC, said there was no suggestion that any of the alleged failings contributed to Mr Hamilton's death, who was referred to only as Patient A.

The hearing continues.

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