Not about immunity and Drs are in no way above the law. MPTS tribunals have legal and lay members deciding on the fitness to practice of doctors. This is about a just culture in the NHS that embraces patient safety. See our #LearnNotBlame campaign!https://www.dauk.org/news/2018/7/24/what-is-learn-not-blame …
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Not sure "allowed" is right. Mid Staffs showed how fear determined that. Also promulgation of "good news only" culture from the top. Individuals became isolated and acted out of self-interest. The history has not yet been written.
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It's insidious, I agree, but it didn't happen overnight. Self interest is key there in allowing this to become the norm. Our personal standards aren't what we say they are, they're what we're prepared to accept happening without acting to stop it. Twitter may be the new history?
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Self-interest is universal in humans. Ensures survival. At the same time social co-operation requires honest communication and fellow-feeling. This too is good for us. Not sure about Twitter.
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Self interest may be universal, but a duty of care isn't. That raises the bar of patient expectation that doctors will act in our best interests only, never in their own. Reality tends to come with a Porgy & Bess soundtrack however. 'It ain't necessarily so..'
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Stanford experiment. Decent people can be made to do bad things. No excuse but it is true. Once you get on that road you have to justify it to yourself. Then becomes normalised.
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And don't we know it. All groups are guilty to some degree, but watching such a volume of doctors working their way down threads selectively picking out tweets which suit their confirmation bias is all it takes to see that in action. Public opinion gets overlooked in between.
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Haven't seen that. Don't disbelieve you. Judging what public opinion is is really difficult.
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The important part there is 'when things go wrong'. It's easy to find patients with a positive perception of doctors when things go well (the vast majority, we hope). But patients become far more knowledgeable when things go wrong - not many positive perceptions among that group.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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