I had to smirk at the BBC Headlines on Whistleblowers. The Royal College of Nursing are doing their best to fight for the rights of whistleblowing nurses. They stated
"The NHS must help ensure whistle-blowers are listened to and supported, nursing leaders say."
And pray what are our medical mainstream publications doing? Ah yes, they are supporting the nurses as well. I often wonder what happened to supporting medical whistleblowers, and hey there are many of us. But no, it doesn't happen does it! Pulse goes off to support Undercover Nurse when the likes of me says - hey what about doctors - fine, don't support me but there are other doctors out there who need back up. If you looked at the medical publications, you would think that only one whistleblower ever existed since the dawn of time and that was a nurse. The fact that Peter Wilmshurst or Raj Mattu exist does not appear to garner any attention at all.
So there we have it, the BMJ writes next to nothing about medical whistleblowers and Pulse jumps on the proverbial bandwagon and supports Undercover Nurse. Is Undercover Nurse a genuine whistleblower or one created for the media?
Then as for MPs, the BBC goes onto say "The Tories have already called for a new law to allow NHS staff to report concerns "easily and anonymously"
Well, can we get a few facts straight now that the Conservative Party has shown their true colours recently. It was because of David Cameron and Andrew Mitchell that Stafford Hospital happened. They both did nothing when I raised the initial concerns with them many years ago. Of late, I felt they had turned the corner but Andrew Mitchell is still the pompous condescending MP he always was. This week, I really had had enough of his condescending letters written on conqueror paper. To Andrew Mitchell, I am your washed up whistleblower - and he is the one who earns his fat paycheck. Because of that, he can afford not to read documents, get irritated when he does not understand the basics then guffaw away. The biggest problem with Andrew's insight is that he doesn't understand what he has caused by his ignorance. The death of 2000 plus people?
I say this because concerns about Ward 87 were raised with them and all the MPs in Parliament [ and yes, I have all their non responses] about the risks to patients between 1998-2008. I should say that no one was listening. Like all MPs, Andrew Mitchell spends a mint, he is also a arrogant man who is of the view that he can look down on whistleblowers and pretend he is assisting while putting the shutters down. It is damned well insulting when his letters fly through the door writing material he doesn't even understand. Matters have to be explained to him twice.
I came to the point this week where I was ticked off with the lot of these useless MPs. I watch Tony Wright MP creep up to Cure the NHS in Stafford having degraded the issues related to Ward 87. You then watch all the MPs sidle up to Cure the NHS, to share the media spotlight. Amazing what an MP will do to get the limelight and pretend they care about the country's dead. Not one of these MPs cared about the dead on Ward 87. Not one of them have addressed the issues so far. Then there is the empty threat of litigation against the government related to a Public Inquiry into Stafford. Everyone knows its risky and it won't happen.
Anyhow, I believe the problems of medical whistleblowers are under-represented by the general media and the medical media. They are also poorly understood by MPs who have failed miserably and directly allowed poor healthcare to continue. Hospital Doctor did a far better job than the current lot who pretend as if there are no problems in medical regulation or the culture of medicine.
If the truth be known, the culture of medicine has rotted to the core. These days, without Hospital Doctor, they are better at covering it up. I suspect though that most doctors are happy to accept the status quo rather than take the difficult path to change the system. That is of course until their own arse is on fire :).
So there we have it, the BMJ writes next to nothing about medical whistleblowers and Pulse jumps on the proverbial bandwagon and supports Undercover Nurse. Is Undercover Nurse a genuine whistleblower or one created for the media?
Then as for MPs, the BBC goes onto say "The Tories have already called for a new law to allow NHS staff to report concerns "easily and anonymously"
Well, can we get a few facts straight now that the Conservative Party has shown their true colours recently. It was because of David Cameron and Andrew Mitchell that Stafford Hospital happened. They both did nothing when I raised the initial concerns with them many years ago. Of late, I felt they had turned the corner but Andrew Mitchell is still the pompous condescending MP he always was. This week, I really had had enough of his condescending letters written on conqueror paper. To Andrew Mitchell, I am your washed up whistleblower - and he is the one who earns his fat paycheck. Because of that, he can afford not to read documents, get irritated when he does not understand the basics then guffaw away. The biggest problem with Andrew's insight is that he doesn't understand what he has caused by his ignorance. The death of 2000 plus people?
I say this because concerns about Ward 87 were raised with them and all the MPs in Parliament [ and yes, I have all their non responses] about the risks to patients between 1998-2008. I should say that no one was listening. Like all MPs, Andrew Mitchell spends a mint, he is also a arrogant man who is of the view that he can look down on whistleblowers and pretend he is assisting while putting the shutters down. It is damned well insulting when his letters fly through the door writing material he doesn't even understand. Matters have to be explained to him twice.
I came to the point this week where I was ticked off with the lot of these useless MPs. I watch Tony Wright MP creep up to Cure the NHS in Stafford having degraded the issues related to Ward 87. You then watch all the MPs sidle up to Cure the NHS, to share the media spotlight. Amazing what an MP will do to get the limelight and pretend they care about the country's dead. Not one of these MPs cared about the dead on Ward 87. Not one of them have addressed the issues so far. Then there is the empty threat of litigation against the government related to a Public Inquiry into Stafford. Everyone knows its risky and it won't happen.
Anyhow, I believe the problems of medical whistleblowers are under-represented by the general media and the medical media. They are also poorly understood by MPs who have failed miserably and directly allowed poor healthcare to continue. Hospital Doctor did a far better job than the current lot who pretend as if there are no problems in medical regulation or the culture of medicine.
If the truth be known, the culture of medicine has rotted to the core. These days, without Hospital Doctor, they are better at covering it up. I suspect though that most doctors are happy to accept the status quo rather than take the difficult path to change the system. That is of course until their own arse is on fire :).
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