#LearningfromDeaths @Jeremy_Hunt says individuals have professional code of conduct that should encourage candour. @willcpowell says legal duty should be on all individuals not just on trusts to close loopholes
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Replying to @Mothers_Inst_UK @C7RKY and
Please read GMC Good Medical Practice. Duties of a Doctor. Though not a betting man, I am very confident that .
@Jeremy_Hunt has not done so before mouthing off on our responsibilitiespic.twitter.com/GBsPpgRyxC
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Replying to @GrumpyOldDoc @Mothers_Inst_UK and
John Clarke Retweeted John Clarke
When it comes to duty of candour, Hunt knows what he's ducking though. GMC guideline he's leaning on here is ignored by lawyers. Legally unenforceable. Francis recognised that.https://twitter.com/c7rky/status/932915559196446720 …
John Clarke added,
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Replying to @C7RKY @GrumpyOldDoc and
I’m horrified. Knew this happened, but I thought it was unacceptably dodgy behaviour. Didn’t realise that solicitors consider it good practice.
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Replying to @DrAnneMurphy @GrumpyOldDoc and
When I met David Behan, I asked him if he knew what 'weeding & seeding' was. He acknowledged he was familiar with it instantly. It's a huge problem, which lawyers play no small part in, imho.
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Replying to @C7RKY @GrumpyOldDoc and
Presumably made easier by the chaos in the hybrid paper-electronic-pathology-radiology-email ‘system’ that passes for notes. It’s often very difficult even for clinicians to get hold of full notes in a totally uncontroversial case. .
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Replying to @DrAnneMurphy @GrumpyOldDoc and
Quite so. I have no doubt that disorganisation, incompetence & corruption all play their part in the state of med records. But I'd wager some prefer paper records to digital ones for their 'malleability' in embarrassing cases. Certain lawyers & doctors alike.
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Replying to @C7RKY @GrumpyOldDoc and
The electronic audit trail was what caught Shipman in the end...
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Well I didn't know that. How interesting.
Couldn't help notice a new e-system launched a few years back in Cambridge didn't include consent forms. Never was totally happy with the explanation as to why that was...
#justsaying
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