The distinction is doctors who intentionally set out to do harm and those that might do harm in the course of providing care to the best of their ability. The former should rightly be prosecuted. The latter need a more compassionate approach even if there are sanctions.
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I'm no fan of our CJS, but I believe the courts are the public's only check/balance re doctors that offers a sniff of true independence. I've no personal interest in the GNM charge, I just object to what I see as the open undermining of the courts/jury system - because it suits.
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Not because it suits, more because it frustrates, and frightens honest people into feeling they may fall foul also
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I'm not sure how it frustrates, but I can see first hand how it has frightened. However, the risk to doctors has been overblown imho & I've found some of the claims to be opportunistic/inflammatory. Causing the fear in many ways. Did you catch my exchange of letters with Gordon?
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Putting aside own opinions whether reactions justified or overblown, etc, it‘s worth acknowledging that reactions have happened, fear exists. and then ask why- far more complicated and deeper-seated than a single case, and influenced by far more than fear of ‘it could be me’
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What you have observed is only the public face, the straw that broke the camel’s back- but that was only the latest trigger, behind which lies tonnes of other baggage that has been piled on behind the scene for years
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Now that makes far more sense to me. The emotional reaction has been impossible to ignore, so there's no denying it. I just happen to think those behind the scenes backed the wrong poster child for the cause and have allowed the cause to become far too protectionist in its focus.
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Increasing evidence that Revalidation and appraisal have made little/no difference to safety, no additional ‘unsafe’ Drs found vs pre-Revalidation despite huge financial cost to implement, and personal cost re: added workload for individual Drs
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No additional benefit to safety and distracts from patient care. It's created a huge industry in selling appraisals to doctors at more than £600 a pop and over £1500 for revalidation for no discernible gain.
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There is no certainty either way. Though sometimes the short sound bites that characterise Twitter force is to be too succinct and sound more certain than actually are
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