Coroner to look into lessons learned after death

Jersey's paramedic guidelines have not been updated more than two years after from the man's death

A coroner is concerned Jersey's ambulance service has not learned lessons from a man's death after an inquest was delayed by an appeal.

Bridget Dolan KC said she was worried the service had not yet updated its guidelines for medics following the death of Frazer Irvine, 39, who had a heart attack after a drugs overdose on 18 March 2022.

Paramedic John Sutherland, 62, and technician Tom Le Sauteur, 36, were found guilty in June of failing to take reasonable care for Mr Frazer, and the verdict was upheld by an appeals court on Wednesday.

Speaking for the ambulance service, advocate Sylvia Roberts said there would be an investigation into whether medical standards and procedures were adequate.

The inquest had been delayed until after the conclusion of the appeal.

Mrs Dolan said she understood the delay was necessary but was concerned lessons had not been learned.

The ambulance service said an inquest into the death may not start until next year because it first had to complete an external investigation.

At a pre-inquest hearing earlier, Mrs Dolan said the inquest would not be a "court of blame" but would look to decide exactly how Mr Irvine died.