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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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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Is that right? What is it do you think; damage limitation? Funny how joint enterprise only applies in certain circumstances...
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He is also retiring early this month and court case is in the Spring. Wonder if he gets a pay off and gag.
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Oh no. That doesn't make life any easier, does it? Means the GMC represents no threat for starters.
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I tried years ago to get GMC to investigate. They asked the Trust, they said no issue, so he worked on unchallenged
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