https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/doctors-defend-colleague-hadiza-bawa-garba-over-death-of-boy-6-pwmkvx3v9 …
Dr #BawaGarba in #TheTimes today
@vaughan_jenny @djnicholl @BottomleySir @TheIHI @Atul_Gawande @danielleofri @DrUmeshPrabhu @somersetwyvern @DrGrumble @GrumpyOldDoc
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"It's always the fucking cover up that does the real damage" You can quote me in that
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Cover ups will now start immediately. If harm or death occurred I or a Colleague may end up in Court, so why not turn a blind eye or anonymise everything so much that no learning for systems improvement can happen?
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Did you seriously just write that? You have 10,000 followers who listen to what you have to say. Their actions may be guided by your words. I expect more of you Gordon. Stop it. That doesn't help
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Yes I wrote that It is the logical implication of the
#DavidSellu#HoneyRose#BawaGarba#IsabelAmaro cases Yesterday the Academy of Royal Colleges and Postgraduate Deans (far more powerful than me) told Junior Doctors to anonymise their reflections on events around deaths -
Well then allow me to retort, if you're going to be so unremorseful. Cover ups will not start immediately, as they have been going on for generations. The duty of candour is a crock anyway and your threats are hollow, as they are merely a threat to continue what is already done.
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Untrue.
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True.
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Those of us who have always insisted on candour, truth and open discussion are now having second thoughts, and wondering why bother any more if we will be made scapegoats and nothing will change in the broken system. Liars always stay liars, they won't change.
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which is utterly awful...my v real fear is win/lose Thursday the use reflection as evidence against an individual in a criminal trial will actually make Duty of Candour worse & coverups more likely
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And I share your fear. It's not hard to read the mood. But candour has been a disease the medical world has failed to cure for too long. Patients resent it - a LOT. We really must find a workable solution that demands candour, but provides adequate protection for clinicians too.
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agreed++...right off to bed. Dont want any sleep deprivation errors tomorrow

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