Not Shai at Roy-ing a Sinking Ship

Dr Shai Roy - Batting For the Wrong Side

This is the week leading up to Halloween. During this time, we shall feature everything to do with the most famous Witch in the Medical Blogsphere - the Witchdoctor. Witchdoctor flew into the medical scene some years ago. Since then she has cast the good witches spell upon those who are wicked warlocks. Witchdoctor's wry and cutting remarks have shaken and stirred the profession. Witchdoctor was of course involved in strategic campaign to reinstate Dr Scot Jnr.

One such wicked warlock that Witchdoctor has monitored is Neil Bacon. Neil reputedly is 3/4 flying pig as he makes promises he cannot keep. Witchdoctor has a fascinating collection that involves the audit trail of the Flying Warlock Pig's failure rates. Witchdoctor has listed her results on iwantgreatcare .

Witchdoctor Studies the Insignificant Prof Bulstrode
Illustration by JM

Witchdoctor has gone to great lengths to study the stumpy Humpty Dumpty associate of Neil Bacon. He was of course none other than the man with the large mouth and microscopic brain cell, Prof Chris Bulstrode. Bulstrode was dubbed as the Pyjama man, probably because no one could understand why he slept through all the GMC Committee meetings. Bulstrode was the Flying Warlock Pig's mascot. Perhaps in future iwantgreatcare would opt for a prettier version.

In an effort to gain more credibility, a third brain cell has disclosed his identity. He is none other than Dr Shai Roy. If you look up this man on Google UK, you see this. My good friends Jobbing Doctor and Witchdoctor seem to have taken over this search term. So, during my lunch hour today, I decided I would join them at the cyberplayground.

We hope the Trust Shai works for will include our views in Dr Shai Roy's appraisal. Shai Roy by the looks of things seems to be a Bengali Babu. I could be wrong. Most Bengalis like me tend to be tigers and stand independently but the men are often rather on the wimpy side. For a start, at the tender age of thirty, we doubt that there has been any neuronal growth for us to even value what he says. He clearly has no insight into iwantgreatcare.org and seems to negligently overlook its flaws. Mind you, if his drive is money, it is a good motivator for him to overlook anything. Shai Roy probably likes to mix with the famous, likes to get his name in lights and perhaps this starry eyed view has got to his head. It is the sort of thing that Umesh Prabhu does, becomes the token Indian of the medical establishment.

The media chosen by Shai was the local tat newspaper. As Dr Bacon's credibility is now in the mud, I suspect Shai Roy has been enlisted to provide back up....

Dr Roy, who trained as a doctor at Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, said:

"We are running this campaign because we want to celebrate great care in Coventry and Warwickshire.

"Local people know who the best GPs are and the best hospital doctors. We want to make that more transparent.

"We need local communities to add their doctors, hospitals and PCTs. We want to help local Primary Care Trusts undertake a complete revolution of heath information."

This is a large fib. The real translation is that Shai Roy's Titanic Project has hit an ice-berg. Having hit an ice-berg, Shai is trying to tout for customers to save Neil's failing business. So lets see, Shai Roy as a junior doctor is attempting to recruit NHS patients to fill up his poxy tatty little website in cyberspace. While he is at it, he doesn't tell said patients that the website misleads them. Has he actually asked the doctors he refers to above to see if anyone objects to their personal data being abused like this? Of course, Shai hasn't.

Shai does not tell the newspaper that Neil's tatty little tarot shop does not verify the data presented on their website. There is no verification system so anyone can lie. The newspaper article quotes a GP

Dr Grant Ingrams, a Coventry GP and BMA representative, said:

"In principle it's a good idea to give patients a chance to rate their doctor.

"But it has to be very carefully moderated to make sure what goes on there is fair. You only need one bad comment and it could affect your livelihood.

"When I last looked at the site it had doctors on it who had died or retired. Many doctors are not even listed - I am still not on it."

Neil Bacon has never in his life given a flying f**** about patients or their problems. Shai and Neil are now both misleading the public with their website. The patients just have to read the small print to note how the website is not "completely transparent" about what they intend to do with their data. Shai also does not tell the doctors that a comment on the website can and will be used at the GMC if required. He does not inform the public that the Information Commissioner has recieved a number of complaints about Neil Bacon and iwantgreatcare.org.

I should point Shai to the GMC's Guidance but he certainly would not want the General Medical Council to pounce on him for misleading the media on the safety issues of iwantgreatcare.org.

The drive for money is an interesting thing - Dr Roy and Neil Bacon are desperate men attempting to save this sinking ship. It is only a matter of time before the website is dead. Jobbing Doctor, I, Dr Grumble, Witchdoctor are all watching by the wayside while guzzling our popcorn. When the website sinks, we are all going to have a party.