Paul John Calvert, a former police officer who worked as an NEAS coroner’s officer, disclosed allegations in May 2022 that the ambulance trust had withheld evidence of paramedic errors associated with more than 90 patient deaths. The cases included Andrew Edward Watson and Quinn Evie Milburn-Beadle. Calvert supplied evidence to The Sunday Times and later spoke with BBC Newsnight, BBC Sounds, and BBC News at Six. His account alleged that internal processes concealed failures from coroners and affected families; the underlying claims were reported as allegations rather than a final judicial finding.
The disclosures triggered an official government review and parliamentary scrutiny. During an Urgent Questions session on 23 May 2022, Labour MP Wes Streeting raised Calvert’s allegations of bullying and blackmail in Parliament. A 2020 Interim Audit One report that NEAS had kept confidential was released only after the Information Commissioner’s Office ordered disclosure in November 2024. Calvert declined a proposed £41,000 non-disclosure agreement and left NEAS in December 2022. He later reported depression, anxiety, medication, and counseling, while continuing to support affected families as of March 2025.
