A petition backed by the family of Quinn Evie Milburn-Beadle is calling for a public inquiry into failings at North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) and now has more than 1,000 signatures.
NEAS has been under fire in recent weeks after a leaked independent report and testimony from whistleblowers revealed that in cases - including that of Quinn who died in Shildon in 2018 - key documents were either altered or not disclosed to coroners investigating a patient's death.
Quinn Evie had been just 17 when she died on December 9 2018. The first paramedic on the scene did not attempt "full advanced life support" before declaring her death. At the time paramedics raised concerns about this and though an internal investigation at NEAS found this to have been this case, the coroner presiding over Quinn's inquest was not at the time informed that an investigation had been undertaken.
