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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Replying to @Cjw450Cathy @C7RKY and
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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Replying to @Cjw450Cathy @C7RKY and
Healthcare probably isn’t the only such industry with such variability and strains, but it is one of the most heavily scrutinised and criticised, just because of the fact that it affects virtually everyone at some time in their life, and we all pay for it in our taxes
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Healthcare is the one industry that you can't easily walk away from and choose not to engage. It's not a choice. But I still think any exceptionalism arguments should be avoided at all costs. History teaches us that such thinking rarely ends well for the rest of society.
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If don’t confront reasons why things don’t happen as expect, & don’t understand factors that make go right (including good notes) situation/quality unlikely to improve. end up w eg nurses away from pts for longer to write notes++to cover rears (rather than improving care)
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You've provoked a thought with this tweet actually. Experience tells me that incriminating medical records have a habit of getting weeded/seeded in most cases. I wonder why the trust didn't do that in this case? Instead they called the police, I gather. Hen's teeth spring to mind
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