if Civil Courts say workload, system factors, staffing are no defence v individual negligence. If GMC (NMC?) saying we shouldnt come to work if we think conditions are unsafe, (and we should be candid/transparent) and if employment contract requires us to work. What to do?
-
-
Have read civil cases where workload is mitigation but no personal experience. There is quite a large academic body of evidence though
-
Sorry... a large academic body of evidence which shows what?
-
The validity of workload/burden as mitigation. Particularly in other industries.
-
Ah, ok. Fair enough. I'd expect a person to have the right to defend themselves using all available mitigation. Workload/burden included. I'm still left wondering if that happened, but the jury were just unmoved?
-
Depends on legal team & position they took. Would have been a good opening to improve patient safety for many ie if judge mentioned in summary
-
I agree, it would've made for a far more productive debate. Legal team still has to represent their client's position though, I thought? It's hard to imagine any client who wouldn't want such issues raised on their behalf.
-
Many cases I have read do not use mitigation from workload very much at all. More background/circumstance.
-
I wonder why? I know that convictions against doctors are relatively rare, but I'm surprised the workload issue hasn't been raised previously somewhere. Interesting actually. Is it always MDU who provide representation?
- 1 more reply
New conversation -
-
-
“Expert witnesses were stopped by prosecution barristers from discussing the significant improvements that the trust made after the incident which highlighted the multifactorial nature of the case,” fromhttp://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j5534 …
-
Does that not relate to the appeal hearing though, rather than the original trial? I still think original trial transcripts are a must for all here.
End of conversation
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.