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?
-
-
Unless maintaining uniformity is one of the officially stated priorities, I’m not sure they could prioritise it. They have certain statutory duties. Including ‘protecting public confidence’.http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/your-practice/regulation/doctors-to-be-scapegoated-under-gmc-fitness-to-practise-plans-says-gerada/20008412.article …
-
I'll be honest, what they're objecting to there doesn't read much differently to the definition of 'fit & proper person' I had to adhere to every year in a different regulated environment. Nobody died if someone screwed up in my regulated world, yet similar benchmark.
-
Agree ‘promoting and maintaining public confidence’ is on a par with ‘fit and proper person’. But, tbh, I’d say they’re equally undefinable. As a self employed GP I have to be both the above. Similarly vague ‘green socks’ clauses used to be frowned on.http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/home/finance-and-practice-life-news/partners-increasingly-allowed-to-dismiss-partners-for-wearing-green-socks/20030464.article …
-
You may think so, but many regulators think they've defined it. And it was brutally applied in my world. Fail the test, you could say goodbye to the industry, pretty much. But.. green socks clause?? The partnership equivalent of a nuclear deterrent? What the hell's going on??
-
Does that culture - entrenched within medicine- help you understand my concern that a statutory body is able to define and apply vague concepts at will?
-
I'm not sure that example doesn't say more about the state of relationships in doctor partnerships, than it does about their regulators, tbh. But that aside, I share your concern about such abilities in all medical regulators.
-
Normally (cardie-wearing, typical GP) partnerships are at the benign end of the ‘knife your colleagues for your own professional benefit’ spectrum.
- 1 more reply
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.