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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T12:39:37.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nA paramedic who mocked an overweight patient by telling her she enjoyed eating \"chips, chips and more chips\" has been removed from the medical register.\n\nMatthew Goodey, who worked as an emergency care practitioner at a GP surgery in Eye, Suffolk, made the offensive remarks during a telephone consultation in July 2020.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service determined that he had bullied the woman, referred to only as Service User F, along with other patients.\n\nDuring the call, the patient had contacted the surgery seeking advice about problems with her leg and foot.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nRather than addressing her medical concerns directly, Mr Goodey questioned the woman about her weight and made a series of demeaning comments.\n\nHe labelled her a \"big girl\" and remarked: \"I bet you were always told to finish your plate.\"\n\nThe paramedic also suggested that someone could transport her using a sack barrow.\n\nDuring the consultation, he told the patient: \"You don't want to be sitting there in a chair with your feet up eating chips, chips and more chips.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe tribunal heard Mr Goodey admitted to making these remarks to the woman.\n\nThe woman lodged a formal complaint with the surgery the following day.\n\nShe explained that she suffered from depression and that Mr Goodey's remarks had prevented her from properly focusing on the remainder of the medical consultation.\n\nHis conduct prompted a second complaint from a different patient several months later, in November 2020.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:\n\n\n\n\n  * Two children dead after house fire in Wolverhampton\n  * 'Potential disaster!' Half of NHS trusts using non-doctors as doctors\n  * Labour accused of audacious plot to create ‘migrant cities’ and flood towns with asylum seekers\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nBy March 2023, Mr Goodey faced suspension and was subsequently dismissed from his position due to a separate matter.\n\nThe tribunal panel confirmed that the charges against him regarding Service User F had been proven, with Mr Goodey himself having acknowledged the facts of the allegations concerning his weight-related comments.\n\nThe tribunal panel concluded that Mr Goodey's comments were \"on their face, inappropriate and offensive\".\n\nThey also said they were entirely unsuitable within the context of a clinical consultation between a healthcare professional and a patient.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThey ruled that the manner in which Mr Goodey approached the subject with Service User F was unacceptable.\n\nThe panel did acknowledge that discussing weight management could be clinically legitimate when a patient seeks advice about leg and foot pain.\n\nHowever, his handling necessitated his removal from the medical register.\n\nThe panel additionally determined that the paramedic had behaved inappropriately in his interactions with other patients beyond Service User F.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**\n**\n\n**\n**\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Paramedic SACKED after mocking overweight patient by saying she liked eating 'chips, chips and more chips'"
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