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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I think you mistake me, John. I agree, accurate, contemporary notes are extremely important. My point was that the ‘ideal’ and the ‘real do not always match, for a multitude of reasons...
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I’m not excusing it, but acknowledging that the ideal ‘work-as-imagined’ is faced with challenges+++ in the messy reality of real life as a Dr/nurse, made all the worse with increasing, unchecked complexity and workload.
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I must say, I think
@Jeremy_Hunt ducking the widespread calls from all sides to set#safestaffing levels is a legacy that will haunt him no matter where he goes in life, or how many trees he hides behind. -
#SafeStaffing,#RealisticMedicine,#SafetyCulture,#HumanFactors... all needed to revolutionise Healthcare, and prepare/acknowledge exponentially increasing complexity. -
You can add individual statutory duty of candour to that list for me. Another thing which Hunt fudged during his tenure to ensure it didn't happen. Without true candour, no other measures work. Crap in, crap out and all that...
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It is in Scotland. And corporate Duty of Candour- equally important to address
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You have a statutory individual duty of candour for HCPs in Scotland? Not just a professional one? Really? Don't suppose you can point me towards the statute which makes that clear, could you please? Very interesting. And don't start me on
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No Scotland doesn't have a statutory individual duty of candour. It is an organisational duty which has no enforcement criteria as Scotland (unbelievably) has no independent health regulator.
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