Rallying Around the Consultants. I have come to one view over the last few weeks, this website is not going to feature consultant whistleblowers. I have decided on this because quite frankly, I am sick and tired of the same pattern of cases. These consultants often moan and groan and then demand the entire profession to back them. Of course, they do back them - because seniors back seniors. They all sit around and moan about how much they have lost.
My fellow bloggers are off to feature Dr Shrine Boardman. I am going to reverse the tide and not feature the case probably because I know that junior whistleblowers get little or no support at all. Hark lets see - did anyone criticise the management at North Staffordshire NHS Trust? Of course, not. Why should they? Why should bloggers even dare to criticise North Staffordshire NHS Trust? Afterall, surely there must be less evidence here than there is with Dr Shrine Boardman. Surely!? Actually, no - lets look at it again - ah, there is a report backing the whistleblowing concerns on Ward 87 - but wait, that's not as much as Dr Shrine Boardman is it? To the bloggers - of course it isn't. You see - it is because consultants don't require that sort of evidence - not concrete written reports anyway. Their word is enough :). Actually, lets face it, one short flimsy local newspaper report is enough.
So guess what, I am going to fight the corner of the junior whistleblower - probably because I am one and that is all I know about. The seniors have their clubby little colleagues and their mates to rally around them. Essentially, they all drink tea and moan about how their career has ended. Loss is of course subjective. I think consultant whistleblowers have much to be grateful for - one of them is the ability to have progressed to that stage - which is more opportunity than any junior doctor gets.
So, if you want to read the concerted campaign for Dr Boardman - go read
1. The Jobbing Doctor
2. Dr Rant
3. Dr Grumble
In the meantime, I am going to talk about death rates on Ward 87 and the concealment of same. In fact, I am going to hold the management of North Stafordshire NHS Trust accountable via this blog. In my view, it is probably better to raise the issue of the high death rate of patients than the plight of one doctor. And pray why should the failure to record death rates on any ward in the NHS be relevant?
I think the BMA can fight Dr Boardman's case for her - because that is what they do - fight cases of consultants. How quaint. While we are at it, I have never known any consultant whistleblower [apart from Steve Bolsin] to have done anything useful with their experiences other than wallow in their own cases and their own agendas. Perhaps I am just a cynic - but there is more things to life than claiming damages for getting depressed. So, I hope the other bloggers will excuse me from breaking out of the fold. Never been a team player and not interested in fictional injustices. I have bigger battles to fight - one of them is against the GMC - guess what - to protect doctors from vexatious complaints. Of course, that wouldn't make an ounce of difference for those who wallow in a doctors only web site blind to the environment around them.
My fellow bloggers are off to feature Dr Shrine Boardman. I am going to reverse the tide and not feature the case probably because I know that junior whistleblowers get little or no support at all. Hark lets see - did anyone criticise the management at North Staffordshire NHS Trust? Of course, not. Why should they? Why should bloggers even dare to criticise North Staffordshire NHS Trust? Afterall, surely there must be less evidence here than there is with Dr Shrine Boardman. Surely!? Actually, no - lets look at it again - ah, there is a report backing the whistleblowing concerns on Ward 87 - but wait, that's not as much as Dr Shrine Boardman is it? To the bloggers - of course it isn't. You see - it is because consultants don't require that sort of evidence - not concrete written reports anyway. Their word is enough :). Actually, lets face it, one short flimsy local newspaper report is enough.
So guess what, I am going to fight the corner of the junior whistleblower - probably because I am one and that is all I know about. The seniors have their clubby little colleagues and their mates to rally around them. Essentially, they all drink tea and moan about how their career has ended. Loss is of course subjective. I think consultant whistleblowers have much to be grateful for - one of them is the ability to have progressed to that stage - which is more opportunity than any junior doctor gets.
So, if you want to read the concerted campaign for Dr Boardman - go read
1. The Jobbing Doctor
2. Dr Rant
3. Dr Grumble
In the meantime, I am going to talk about death rates on Ward 87 and the concealment of same. In fact, I am going to hold the management of North Stafordshire NHS Trust accountable via this blog. In my view, it is probably better to raise the issue of the high death rate of patients than the plight of one doctor. And pray why should the failure to record death rates on any ward in the NHS be relevant?
I think the BMA can fight Dr Boardman's case for her - because that is what they do - fight cases of consultants. How quaint. While we are at it, I have never known any consultant whistleblower [apart from Steve Bolsin] to have done anything useful with their experiences other than wallow in their own cases and their own agendas. Perhaps I am just a cynic - but there is more things to life than claiming damages for getting depressed. So, I hope the other bloggers will excuse me from breaking out of the fold. Never been a team player and not interested in fictional injustices. I have bigger battles to fight - one of them is against the GMC - guess what - to protect doctors from vexatious complaints. Of course, that wouldn't make an ounce of difference for those who wallow in a doctors only web site blind to the environment around them.
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