Bethan Finighan

Paramedic Rachel Claire Lemonofides was struck off the Health and Care Professions Council register after a tribunal found that she verbally abused a gravely ill patient during a January 2024 emergency call, failed to recognise signs of a stroke and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, and forced the patient to crawl downstairs. The tribunal found that repeated references to “black magic” and possession were racially motivated and amounted to discriminatory, degrading treatment. North West Ambulance Service had already restricted her duties and dismissed her; the panel said the misconduct was incompatible with continued registration and posed a high risk of repetition.