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    1. Anne Murphy‏ @DrAnneMurphy 14 Dec 2017
      Replying to @C7RKY @GrumpyOldDoc and

      I’ve been around long enough to qualify as a cynical old mare. I imagine a black Muslim female dr who failed in her duty to save a cute white child is doomed in the ‘court of public opinion’. Which the GMC is obliged to take account of, under the euphemism ‘public confidence’

      2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
    2. John Clarke‏ @C7RKY 14 Dec 2017
      Replying to @DrAnneMurphy @GrumpyOldDoc and

      That would almost smack of deferring to mob rule. I sincerely hope there's something more lawfully robust than just appeasing a crowd behind such cases. Especially one as unpleasant as that might imply.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    3. Anne Murphy‏ @DrAnneMurphy 14 Dec 2017
      Replying to @C7RKY @GrumpyOldDoc and

      Doubt there’s any robust legal definition of what “Maintaining Public Confidence” actually is, or should involve.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. John Clarke‏ @C7RKY 14 Dec 2017
      Replying to @DrAnneMurphy @GrumpyOldDoc and

      Well whatever definition GMC chose to work by, you'd at least like to think they would be applying it uniformly. This suggests they haven't done that.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    5. Anne Murphy‏ @DrAnneMurphy 14 Dec 2017
      Replying to @C7RKY @GrumpyOldDoc and

      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 …

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    6. Anne Murphy‏ @DrAnneMurphy 14 Dec 2017
      Replying to @DrAnneMurphy @C7RKY and

      Even the BMA was concerned. https://www.bma.org.uk/-/media/files/pdfs/working%20for%20change/policy%20and%20lobbying/pa-briefgmcorder13-03-2015.pdf?la=en …

      1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
    7. John Clarke‏ @C7RKY 14 Dec 2017
      Replying to @DrAnneMurphy @GrumpyOldDoc and

      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.

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    8. Anne Murphy‏ @DrAnneMurphy 14 Dec 2017
      Replying to @C7RKY @GrumpyOldDoc and

      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 …

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    9. John Clarke‏ @C7RKY 14 Dec 2017
      Replying to @DrAnneMurphy @GrumpyOldDoc and

      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??

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    10. Anne Murphy‏ @DrAnneMurphy 14 Dec 2017
      Replying to @C7RKY @GrumpyOldDoc and

      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?

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      John Clarke‏ @C7RKY 14 Dec 2017
      Replying to @DrAnneMurphy @GrumpyOldDoc and

      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.

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        2. Anne Murphy‏ @DrAnneMurphy 14 Dec 2017
          Replying to @C7RKY @GrumpyOldDoc and

          Normally (cardie-wearing, typical GP) partnerships are at the benign end of the ‘knife your colleagues for your own professional benefit’ spectrum.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. John Clarke‏ @C7RKY 14 Dec 2017
          Replying to @DrAnneMurphy @GrumpyOldDoc and

          The odd inevitable clash of personalities aside, that's what I'd have thought. So why all these clause insertions? What changed? Hardly encourages investment, if you could be ousted in a heartbeat - financial or personal.

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