The North East Ambulance Service scandal seven years on: Detailed witness evidence on how the ‘cover up’ unfolded and shameful failure by the NMC

The North East Ambulance Service scandal seven years on: Detailed witness evidence on how the ‘cover up’ unfolded and shameful failure by the NMC

By Dr Minh Alexander retired consultant psychiatrist 31 March 2026 This post provides an update on the NEAS scandal via the long awaited NMC hearing on two senior nurses accused of facilitating NEAS’ cover up of deaths. Background In 2022 North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust was exposed by whistleblowers as having covered up care failures by not passing relevant information to coroners. It is surmised that the trust began doing this…