THE courage of colleagues of disgraced paramedic Angela Armitage should be applauded.
She had been investigated four times by police after complaints by the public over theft suspicions.
No charges were ever brought, but colleagues remained suspicious and finally decided to act, no doubt in the best interest of patients.
But taking the matter to their professional standards organisation the Health Professions Council must have been an agonising decision.
If Armitage had been acquitted then they could have found themselves heavily criticised by others.
Their decision has now been justified by the panel’s decision that Armitage was guilty of misconduct.
Although she has now taken early retirement, the charges against her were found proved and she was suspended for a year.
It just begs the question, would this have been an adequate punishment if she was still working?
After all, if you can’t trust people in the 999 services, who can you trust?
