Don't be taken in by claims of 'unintended implications' here, or elsewhere by clinicians. These threats ring very hollow to me. This isn't a threat to START covering up, merely a threat to CONTINUE doing so. Duty of candour is a farce. Court cases are what happen in response.https://twitter.com/jeremy_hunt/status/956566247084347393 …
I wouldn't disagree with that in respect of formal changes that are attempted. I think families do account for b) - and that includes the impotence of the regulators - when deciding to go the legal route. It's never a first choice. Whole thing needs a radical rethink.
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Yes I mean formal changes. I see this all the time in several industries. Regulators are, sadly, often staffed by people who do not understand the reality of practice in their industry, for several systemic reasons. James Reason called it “The Regulator’s Unhappy Lot”.
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Families should not have to understand any of the disciplines relevant to law, regulation and management. I am one (my Mum died in hospital 24 years ago) but in different position. At the time the failure (3 weeks delay in treatment due to comms failure) didn’t get past the grief
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We never took legal action. Didn’t even process it. Just devastation for many years. Oncologist was furious at other (surgery) hospital.
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I'm so sorry to hear that. I know that feeling of devastation. And you're right; families shouldn't have to learn in great detail about medicine, regulation, law or anything else. But that's the required reading if you want to establish the truth and you're strong enough to cope.
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Yes I have seen that here several times now. That is unjust. Families need their place as the real second victim recognised and appropriate measures put in place at every level, as well as measures for HCPs. Otherwise ‘David v Goliath’ seems like the only way to truth.
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Very well put.
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