I'd say you're right. There's an argument to suggest a contradiction between professional guidelines and the law, when it comes to candour in medicine. Robert Francis recognised that and recommended a fix. Sadly, the fix we actually got was perverted by gov so as to be useless.
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Replying to @C7RKY
‘Fixes that fail’ - very common in social systems. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixes_that_fail … It sounds to me like some protected time and space is needed to apply some restorative justice.
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Replying to @StevenShorrock
We certainly need something. Not sure that Wikipedia definition is ideal for this situation? Seems to describe a fix that starts out working, but later fails? This fix never worked - as intended.
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Replying to @C7RKY
Problem, as with checklists, is failure in implementation. Inadequate analysis of context and how a fix affects (or does not account for) the context to create secondary problems or just embed problem further.
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Replying to @StevenShorrock
John Clarke Retweeted John Clarke
"Problem, as with checklists, is failure in implementation" You can't imagine how close this statement is to my heart. I know this to be true. But not for the candour issue. Implementation was fine, but implemented wrong thing. This thread's worth a read:https://twitter.com/c7rky/status/937819664599670785 …
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John Clarke @C7RKY#Francis called for a statutory individual duty of candour for doctors. This would make it unlawful to lie to a patient or their family We didn't get it. Instead, we were given a fudged organisational duty of candour. Here's how well that's going. > https://twitter.com/Allyncondon/status/937818531642642432 …1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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John Clarke Retweeted John Clarke
Just in case a quirk of twitter causes you to not see it, I wouldn't want you to miss this part. This is how the law currently described a doctor's obligation to be candid:https://twitter.com/c7rky/status/937834344336457728 …
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John Clarke @C7RKYReplying to @willcpowell"..doctors have no duty to give parents of a child who died as a result of their negligence a truthful account of the circumstances of the death, nor even to refrain from deliberately falsifying records." > Sent chills down my spine the first time I read it. Still does!1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @C7RKY
I wonder what was in mind to provide a safe environment for people to talk? Transport sectors have no parallel as passengers/families rarely meet professionals. Some lessons from Überlingen (aviation) and Santiago de Compostella (rail, ongoing).
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Replying to @StevenShorrock
Wish I could tell you. I just know the medical world has thrown its full might behind resisting a statutory individual duty of candour for decades. Essentially defending a doctor's lawful right to lie to patients. Perhaps my first envious glance towards aviation now makes sense?
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Replying to @C7RKY
I can certainly understand it. But pilots and air traffic controllers nearly never talk to pax and families (of course, fatalities very rare but when they occur, they occur in large numbers).
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Replying to @StevenShorrock @C7RKY
With Überlingen (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Überlingen_mid-air_collision … - see 'Aftermath') there was long delay in candour and apology. With Santiago de Compostela, families do not accept responsibility placed on driver in official report (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21665044.2015.1129889 …)
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It's striking to see the level of resources brought to bear to investigate those matters. How much of the Uberlingen (can't find umlauts on iPhone?) candour delay was down to arguments over who was responsible vs pure lack of facts to determine what happened?
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