@drcmday watched GMC v Bawa-Garba in High Court and has written a blog about the way the GMC chose to argue the case against a junior doctor convicted of manslaughter for a medical error in the context of multiple system failures & errors from other staff
http://54000doctors.org/blogs/whose-interests-are-the-gmc-really-trying-to-serve-in-the-bawa-garba-case.html …
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Replying to @54kdoctors @drcmday
Quick point: No mention of mistakenly stopping CPR? Longer point: GMC have no influence over Dr
#BawaGarba's lawyers, so surely all this mitigation will have been raised in her defence during original trial? Were the jury just unmoved?5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
And 2 more questions, if I may Chris: "GMC accepted that not all doctors who are convicted of gross negligence manslaughter should be struck off." > Accepted because of what argument? > Are there currently any clinicians still registered, who have been convicted of this charge?
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Replying to @C7RKY @54kdoctors
From what the GMC stated in court it would indicate that there are doctors with manslaughter convictions that a FTP panel found no impairment of FTP going forward or after a sanction such as suspension. That's what makes their actions with Dr
#BawaGarba all the more concerning.1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @drcmday @54kdoctors
Wow. So everybody's going crazy about insisting 1 doctor must be struck off for being convicted of manslaughter, but there are others who previously haven't been? So where was the coverage of those cases? Did I miss them?
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There was the vincristine one. https://www.medicalprotection.org/uk/casebook-and-resources/casebook-may-2014/medicine-and-manslaughter …
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Thanks Anne. Very interesting overview.
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Looks like Dr Sellu was struck off by GMC though (in keeping with their efforts re #BawaGarba ) and his conviction was also quashed on appeal?https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-london-37998418 …
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