We had criminal and civil cases. The criminal judge's thinking was that if anyone is responsible for reducing someone's life even by a minute they must be held to account. in this case that was the driver of the car who never deviated from taking responsibility for the accident
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Replying to @katemasters67 @4AdsthePoet and
In stark contrast to the tone of debate on Twitter right now. It honestly feels like exceptionalism gone mad sometimes. But when criminal law starts being targeted with a view to bending it to suit the will of clinicians, I think we risk entering a dark phase.
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Replying to @C7RKY @4AdsthePoet and
I agree. I'm interested to see what the TOR are for this review, who will be asked for their opinion etc. I have the same panicky feeling I did at Mr Hunt's attempts at expanding the safe space from HSIB to the whole of the health service.
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Replying to @katemasters67 @4AdsthePoet and
Candour, or rather the utter lack of it, is at the heart of all this. I'm not confident this review is going to be established with a view to improving candour, so much as it is to ensuring doctors can't be prosecuted. And all without a transcript to know what they're defending.
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Replying to @C7RKY @4AdsthePoet and
it's not a case review but a broader look at the issue I think. Hence wanting to see the TOR. I feel very nervy about potential outcomes. Candour at the point of harm would be a great point to look at to see why manslaughter is considered and other factors might have been lost
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Replying to @katemasters67 @C7RKY and
Thanks for sharing. Thinking out loud: personally, I’d see candour as a reason for not prosecuting, where an oversight or unanticipated medical outcome resulted from multiple system failures? I’m all for acknowledging oversights, correcting where possible; where patient alive.
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Replying to @kateheydonorg @C7RKY and
Candour is a powerful thing. Most people can accept "we messed up. We let you down. We are sorry and this is what we are going to do..."
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Replying to @katemasters67 @kateheydonorg and
Agree, it is the ‘we did nothing wrong, if we did it was your fault, we are not going to apologise, medics and nurses are God’s & angels & any one questioning them is mad, bad or sad & probably all three’ approach that leads to litigation.
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Replying to @4AdsthePoet @katemasters67 and
Abusive and vexatious. The only 2 things mentioned in the NHS constitution which permit them to refuse access to services. Including not replying to correspondence. Is it any wonder they're so keen to affix the label to awkward complainants? The 'mad' label is the back-up plan.
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Replying to @C7RKY @katemasters67 and
Yes - in Scotland a health board was routinely labelling the gentlest of parents of disabled
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Unbelievable. I was lucky enough to stumble into it at the start of my journey, so was careful to avoid giving them the slightest excuse. But they still tried to dissemble a false allegation anyway. CCTV is our friend. I have scars to this day from how hard I was biting my lip!
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