Current debate on cases like #BawaGarba, #simonbramhall and the subsequent piece by Henry Marsh is truly enlightening. The divide between what patients and clinicians regards as acceptable has never been more obvious, (or more terrifying for informed patients).
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Certainly true, time is used as a weapon. Very sad to see many bereaved unsupported and made to wait for years for the truth. Unacceptable.
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It's part of the tactics, as I understand. Forget where it appeared now, but there was acknowledgement re if you drag it on for long enough, complainants will walk away. So they do.
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Yes. And yet so many families have stated they just want some honesty and the chance to make sure mistakes are not made again and again.
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Nail. Head. x
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It is also not always a hierarchy. It can be peer loyalty that replaces patient advocacy.
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True. Plus the alternative of telling the truth tends to have career ending consequences. Then how does one pay off one's £50k+ student loans? Silence is bought before they even see a patient.
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Brand loyalty seems to be everything. When it gets to court they will sacrifice one person though.
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Happening to us now. Only one consultant put in a statement for court. No shared responsibility for failure now.
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