This is what the law says about a doctor's obligation to be honest after a fatal mistake: https://twitter.com/c7rky/status/937834344336457728 … And this is what happens when you allow such a perverse state of affairs to exist, alongside regulatory capture. Read all 10 tweets. Not just this one. Shocking...https://twitter.com/averilsdad/status/948887281435402240 …
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Replying to @C7RKY
Doctors do have an obligation but
#culture of bullying blame, discipline and suspension@gmcuk investigation taking years - Many doctors are scared and sadly do not tell the truth. I went through hell twice when I was referred to@gmcuk. Now have a doctor#BME suffered 7 years!1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @DrUmeshPrabhu @gmcuk
John Clarke Retweeted John Clarke
1/2 Doctors do have a professional obligation Umesh, you're right. But that has no standing in law & as such is ignored by lawyers. Hence why Francis recommended the individual statutory dity of candour when the professional duty already existed.https://twitter.com/c7rky/status/937770037074591745 …
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John Clarke @C7RKYReplying to @pragmaticarus @Barbara62141093 and 5 others"The solicitors’ code of conduct – to act in the best interests of the client – invariably trumps any wider ethical guidance to the NHS particularly when it comes to admitting anything that might expose a hospital to bad press, litigation & financial loss" http://www.drphilhammond.com/blog/2013/06/04/private-eye/private-eye-issue-1341/ …1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
2/2 >>But that said, we all recognise the suffering of whistleblowers in the NHS & understand the fear instilled in other staff is v real, when they see the diabolical, career-ending treatment meted out to those who dare to be honest. Radical change is needed somewhere.
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Yes I have had an odd situation where PALS asked non-treating drs to meet us, but they both refused to come.
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it was only a out how the Trust had improved retention of data, after all kid's important data had evaporated.
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Yep... minefield then. Sounds like they didn't want to involve themselves in somebody else's cover-up.
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