Two UK Paramedics have been arrested for negligent patient care after they would not aid a collapsed victim who was still connected to the 999 call taker.

The Daily Telegraph says the following:
Minutes later the control staff heard the crew enter the house. A police source said: “What they heard after their ambulance crew arrived frankly astonished them.

“Apparently their first reaction was to comment on the untidy and unkempt state of the house. Then they are heard to comment on seeing Mr Baker and allegedly saying that it was not worth bothering to try to carry out resuscitation to try to save him. They then are heard discussing what to tell ambulance control and allegedly decide to say that he was already dead when they arrived.

“Obviously the crew did not realise that the phone was still connected and, of course, the 999 call was all recorded on tape,” said the source.

The unnamed ambulance staff were arrested after the tape was handed to the Sussex Police Major Crime Team.