Sorry, but that's part of the myth that's built up since the #BawaGarba propaganda machine kicked in (belatedly). GNM doesn't require intent - that would make it murder. Manslaughter charges exist to recognise just such a lack of intent where gross negligence proves to be deadly.
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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Doesn't sound like the sort of evidence-based intervention we've been led to believe underpins the medical world's every undertaking, does it? But somebody's making money...
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