Niggling thought of the day:
Why are doctors saying that this week GMC made patients less safe?
Why were patients still safe when #BawaGarba got convicted of gross negligent manslaughter, but we're not now she's been struck off?
Does loss of career hold more fear than conviction?
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Replying to @C7RKY
All seniors are fond of their
#juniors and feel it is the responsibility of the systems leaders, process, and consultant who must be held to account. Having read the judgment in full I now agree with the court#BawaGarba Sad story but now we must learn lessons1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @DrUmeshPrabhu
Yes, although I'm not qualified to judge, you're the 3rd clinician who has seemed satisfied that she did indeed do wrong after reading the details. Not sure how fond the consultant was of this junior though? Thrown under the bus seems to be a common observation.
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Replying to @C7RKY
It is all about judgment. I strongly feel any junior should not be sent to prison or erased when there are systems failures. This is a purely personal view but she did make many mistakes and that as someone who is a registrar is not acceptable. There are no right or wrong answers
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Replying to @DrUmeshPrabhu
This case aside for a moment, you don't think ANY junior should be erased? Even the ones convicted of gross negligent manslaughter? You know how high that bar is as well as I do. Convictions extremely rare. Surely that demands a robust response to protect the public?
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Replying to @C7RKY @DrUmeshPrabhu
I think here the GMC was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Ignoring the conduct of the original court judgement, could the public accept a doctor convicted of gross negligence manslaughter? Would any hospital appoint. There would be outrage, either way.
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Maybe it's just me, but gross negligent manslaughter seems such a serious charge, especially when directly associated with one's day to day work, that I don't see how GMC could ignore the risk to public confidence. I'm not convinced they deserve the outrage. Elsewhere, maybe.
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