A Yorkshire paramedic has been warned after he used patient records to obtain a woman’s phone number and send her a series of texts.
Mohammed Saeed pursued a friend of a patient he transported to A&E, sending her texts while she lay ill in hospital to find out if her friend was single.
One text from Mr Saeed said: “...cudnt take ma eyez of u...[sic]”.
A disciplinary hearing of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) heard he attended the patient’s home on a 999 call in September 2013.
There he found the 20-year-old woman and her friend.
Mr Saeed, an ambulance worker for more than 13 years, took both to A&E in his ambulance.
After striking up a rapport with the 20-year-old’s friend Mr Saeed looked up the next-of-kin number on the patient report form.
He used it to send a message to the woman’s mother.
The mother passed it to her daughter, who was admitted in hospital, who texted back to find out who he was.
Mr Saeed sent her numerous messages, asking to contact her friend.
But he was caught after the woman told a ward sister what was happening.
He was suspended by Yorkshire Ambulance Service in October 2013 and subsequently sacked – leaving him out of work for almost a year.
The HCPC panel heard claims from a witness that the friend was “flirty” with Mr Saeed and that she had asked for his number.
But the woman denied both allegations and said she had a boyfriend.
Mr Saeed admitted breaching data confidentially laws.
The HCPC panel ruled he had breached his position of trust and said it was concerned for his future conduct.
He was given a caution order which will stay on his record for five years.
