Ambulance drivers ‘turned off GPS to avoid 999 jobs’

Patients were put at risk when ambulance drivers tampered with GPS trackers to make vehicles unavailable for emergency call-outs, a tribunal heard. Carl Hudghton, 29, switched off his ambulance’s Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) three times in 2014 and today (mon) admitted his actions could have had ‘catastrophic’ repercussions. At least 10 Guildford-based paramedics are being investigated for resetting MDT devices after one vehicle went missing for three hours, creating a gaping hole in the hospital’s tracking system. Greg Foxsmith, for…