Even that close to CCT, or even as a consultant, thrown in at deep end, no induction in unfamiliar place, unfamiliar team, unfamiliar systems after prolonged period off work...even a new consultant should have option of ‘phone a friend’- and when that friend isn’t there... ?
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Documents are a useful way of recording events, but can never capture the timescales accurately, especially when written in retrospect with effects of memory, filling of incomplete data, interpretation of data.
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Forgive me, but ...said no NHS lawyer ever. Medical records are held in high regard as reliable evidence by courts. Many a doctor has relied upon that very principle as critical for their own successful defence. Can't have it both ways I'm afraid. They're either accurate, or not.
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Dr BG got the benefit of the doubt in a claim in her defence:pic.twitter.com/TLLDeJKS9I
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So much for the 'if it isn't written down, it didn't happen' thinking, eh? I wonder how any such claims from the family would be treated if it didn't appear in the notes? Not that I don't already know the answer to that one...
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We all (or mostly) try to live by that code of documenting everything, but try it just for one day, in your normal job, documenting every discussion, decision or action taken at time of doing so- then you will see the reality of just how difficult a task it is to keep up with.
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Spent my whole life working in another regulated environment where that very principle applied. I know exactly how hard it is, because I & everyone who worked with me had to do it every day too. And if we didn't, we automatically lost any claim. Every time. No excuses accepted.
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How steady was the environment you worked in? Were you subject to large variations in volume or complexity of tasks, or access to supporting services (IT and human), or wild variations in types of tasks required of each of you?
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Or lots of incidents where the policies/protocols/guideline didn’t actually fit the circumstance, so you had to fill the gaps yourself, or go ‘Off-piste’?
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