A Scottish paramedic has been cautioned after he repeatedly attended rehearsals for a production of a musical he was starring in whilst on duty. 'Deplorable' Craig Young told bosses he would be unavailable for two hours during an evening shift as he would be attending an official health care meeting.
But instead the 35-year-old attended a 'musical theatre group rehearsal' of Anything Goes in uniform and lied about it, a disciplinary hearing was told. A Health and Care Professions Tribunal (HCPTS) heard Mr Young had previously asked his control centre to ask if he could attend rehearsals 'whilst on duty' - when he should have asked managers for direct permission.
The panel heard Mr Young was employed as a Trainee Advanced Paramedic by the Scottish Ambulance Service, and had served for around 13 years. Between September 2018 to January 2020 Mr Young was said to have been rehearsing for his role in the production of Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes - due to be staged at Edinburgh's King's Theatre.
