Paramedic’s haircut as patient waited

A London paramedic who “regrets” shopping and having his hair cut while his patients waited anxiously in an ambulance should be banned from returning to work, a tribunal has heard.

Dominic Colella twice “held his colleagues to ransom” by forcing them to wait until his return so that seriously-ill patients could be taken to hospital, the Health And Care Professions Council (HCPC) were told.

Colella, who has since resigned from the London Ambulance Service, is facing two counts of misconduct.