Mr Prafulla Chandra Pal FRCS. The Real Winner

I finally managed to find the above picture which was taken in 1963 over Christmas and New Year. The good looking Indian guy with Brylcream on his hair was my fabulous dad. My father is known to the General Medical Council as Mr Prafulla Chandra Pal Consultant Surgeon. I like writing about my dad because he was a truly fantastic person. He loved Christmas and always partied over the New Year. Over this period, I often think about my father because there has never been anyone like him.

I am always so grateful that he managed to teach me everything I know much like a legacy. He always told me that I had to make it to the finishing line and not fail. These finishing lines were always interesting because no one was as brave as my father. He was the toughest man on the planet, he brought people back from the dead. That was his reputation as a surgeon. Dad was always into achievement and doing the impossible - because he was everyone's hero. He came from the deepest darkest parts of Bangladesh where he studied by the streetlight, wore one set of clothes that he washed and won the Gold Medal for Surgery at Nilatan Sarcar Medical College then landed in England. My father is still remembered in all the places he worked because he was that kind of doctor. He was the best.

My dad and I didn't need anyone to celebrate the cheque handed to me by the General Medical Council in 2005 through Pal v GMC. I handed the cheque to him because it belonged to him and not me. The cheque was sent to me by post by the conceited General Medical Council legal representatives and I ran straight into his room and handed it to him. He smiled at me and told me " Rita, you have done what no one has managed to do in the history of the General Medical Council". I told him that this was their apology to him for all the distress they had caused him over the years.

After that, we got the orange juice and ice out of the Fridge and celebrated ourselves. Dad laughed after 10 years of illness. He laughed with that amazing laugh that brightened the entire room. We laughed at the General Medical Council. It was a excellent sight - two doctors laughing at our regulator mocking them and savouring that minute where they were forced to fall on their knees. We were both asian doctors afterall and victory to our kind was rare. I had developed my English accent because apparently you need that kind of thing to get on in the world. I preferred my father's Bangladesh accent - it reminded me of my homeland and where I truly belonged. One day, my late father and I will return to the simpler homeland we once left behind. A land that is beautiful, kind and generous. One that does not judge the other by the their style or demeanor but by their heart.

We were a long way from our home in Bangladesh in a strange land where life had become a little too complicated than we would have wanted. Dad spoke of simplicity and the importance of developing the idea of leading a life devoid of a complex world. The cheque he had in his hand had little monetary value to him - it was the journey to it that made the difference. It was the fact that I had made it to the finishing line in one piece and had refused to be abused by a regulatory body that made all the difference to him.

He was proud of me. After that, I didn't need anyone elses congratulations. I remember that very well because out of all the exams, degrees and many other things I have done, the journey on Pal v GMC 2004 was extremely hard, extremely tiring and traumatic but I made it to the end for my dad.

Of course, I would never have made it without my father - he was always the light in front of me, telling me to get out of bed and stop being lazy and start reading case law, telling me to walk for miles in the morning to clear my head, telling me to eat properly, telling me to stop eating chocolate because all my teeth would drop out before his, telling me that I needed to work harder than all the GMC's lawyers to make it to the end because I needed to be the best I could be in this battlefield. My father focussed on making me work at the same speed as four GMC lawyers together. This is very true, I taught myself to type faster than any secretary, to stay awake longer than anyone and never to break.

I must have stayed awake constantly for months, being woken up by my father each time I fell asleep while eating dinner. He would tell me that the sun would come out tomorrow and it would always be a better day - I just had to keep going. During the lead up to the 2004 case, I had not slept for 2 months. There was money to be earned, oncalls to be completed, there was lawyers to be paid and there was case law to be read. I kept going and going until the battle was over then after my father's death, I must have collapsed because I slept for two weeks constantly.

I must have survived through his words and encouragement, coffee and sheer stamina. I look back on the past now affectionately - because winning in 2004 was about teamwork - it was about my father and me. It was something we did together because it was important to both of us. It was historical for me because my father held my hand and led me to the finishing line. I could never have done it without my fabulous dad. My father was the leader of the pack, a true believer in justice and the man who believed anything could be done if you put your mind to it.

And even if I didn't win again, it didn't matter to me - what mattered to me was the fact that dad and I had made it. Behind every battle there is always a story. This is the most important story behind R Pal v GMC. The man who made it happen was my father Mr Prafulla Chandra Pal. I don't think anything will change when we finally meet on the other side again. He will still be telling me to run like the wind and sail through every sea without fear of what is in front of me. Those who dare can win - afterall that is what he always did.

Ms Juliet Oliver Has Left The GMC.

Witch 2 does a runner

Juliet Oliver is now an ex General Medical Council solicitor. She was first mentioned in our write-up sometime ago. Juliet Oliver and have known each other for some years through litigation. Juliet appears not have answered some uncomfortable questions put to her.

Oliver was embroiled in R v General Medical Council Ex Parte Pal. She is infamous for her bizarre paperwork that has never made sense even when you turned it upside down. Juliet likes to manipulate the truth, she also likes to play games and she does this by using language. Language is very interesting especially when you can conceal the truth. Her most famous faux pais was to cite Dr Rita Pal to be accountable under the Human Rights Act 1998. Putting that in writing is even more embarrassing. We had to quietly mention to her that I wasn't an authority in line with the Act and therefore I was not accountable under the HRA.


While R v General Medical Council Ex Parte Pal 2009 was ongoing, Oliver and her colleagues told the world that I had resigned from my job. When she was faced with the email showing her that the Trust ended my contract, she felt a little ill. Having done so, the GMC representative - a eminent leathery Mark Shaw QC decided to seek an adjournment on the basis that they wanted to obtain internal GMC witnesses to back up their lie. Mark Shaw QC's application should be placed online in the future because it shows that the poor man was in a panic having seen the evidence that smited them all to hell and back. Their only saving grace was that Collins J had been too sleepy on a sunny afternoon to spot their lies. We spotted them and in litigation -it's not the win thats totally important but the way the game is played.

Of course, a lie remains a lie no matter how many witnesses the GMC wishes to roll in against me. The fact is the General Medical Council were desperate for any court criticism against me. The problem is, they fell on their face and were not able to establish it. In the end, after crowing through the paperwork on my so called invented resignation, after obtaining their precious witnesses, Mark, Juliet and Lesley had to abandon ship. In the end, they asked the judge not to rule on that point. So Collins J in the judgment didn't rule.

Ms Trick or Treat as we used to call her won the case but sadly for Juliet she is no longer with the General Medical Council. So the casualties during this case were as follows

1. Anna Neill - GMC Register on the case who resigned
2. Finlay Scott - Chief Executive who left the building
3. Juliet Oliver - solicitor on the case who has disappeared from the General Medical Council.

And how do we know this, well through correspondence in the case R v General Medical Council Ex Parte Norman Cave CO/2858/2009. Oliver wrote to Mr Cave on the 11th December 2009 citing that she had left the General Medical Council. We must all thank the excellent Mr Norman Cave for this result. Legions of doctors will be congratulating him in the United Kingdom.

Well, I sincerely hope she finds a more honorable way of earning a living - one that does not compromise her integrity. Somehow through her correspondence, I always felt she was forced into a certain position by her client's demands. We all like to believe that people can forget their dark past and start afresh. I certainly hope Juliet can start a new life away from the GMC. From my side, we had the biggest laugh when she cited that I was accountable under the Human Rights Act 1998. Every single solicitor I showed it to howled with laughter. Perhaps one day Juliet will be able to laugh with us because lets face it - it is hilariously funny for a paid GMC lawyer to make a howling great mistake on paper [ signed] like that.

No one is perfect of course :)

Molly Mitchell For MP.

Molly Mitchell For MP

Molly may be Welsh and she may be furry but she is indeed very cute. Molly recently won the Westminister Dog of the Year.

Sadly, Molly didn't have a choice about owners and ended up with Mr Andrew Mitchell MP. Mr Mitchell takes his photo with blue rinse ladies and smiles nicely for the camera shining his super white Hollywood teeth but is actually ineffective. Mr Mitchell is my MP and I would like him to stand down so that we can vote for Molly in the next General Election. Mr Mitchell is also on the Shadow Cabinet. Why DC has him there is anyone's guess.

The media recently crowed away about how much the Conservatives plan to do for Whistleblowers. Of course, this is all a pipedream because I am a fine example of how the effective the Conservatives have been in assisting Whistleblowers. They probably wonder why I am so ratty about Andrew Mitchell MP. Quite frankly I am sick and tired of his pointless letters which go nowhere. He has never understood the issues of whistleblowing and I am not even convinced that he can read properly. He has refused to ask questions about the case in Parliament. He has refused to correct the misinformation propagated about me in Parliament. He has refused to do anything effective. What he does is lip service and this is why I think Molly Mitchell should stand as MP. She would be effective at sniffing out the bad guys, she would be able to follow the lead and she would be able to cosmetically look good. These are all the talents her owner fails to have. In any event, those large floppy ears would be very effective at listening. Her owner appears to have excessive wax affecting his hearing, a blind fold affecting his sight etc.

The other advantage of Molly is that she costs less than her owner. Pedigree Chum isn't expensive and neither are Baker Treats. Moreover, her constituents would be willing to present her with one whole chicken on a weekly basis. By comparison, her owner, Mr Mitchell was under fire for the state of his expenses. While he crows away about World Poverty, he spent £19,000 on cleaning.

Essentially, Andrew Mitchell is minting it while doing sweet FA for the whistleblowers in his constituency. Sometime ago, I stated I would not request any further assistance from him because quite frankly I can do [ and have done] a better job than him without greedily gobbling up tax payers hard earned money.

Everyone knows that I dislike my MP. I have also accepted that he will do nothing effective for my case. That is because he likes his picture being taken, he likes to abuse public money, he likes to milk the tax payer and he likes to write on conqueror paper while crowing away about saving the earth. Mr Double Standards should really resign and make way for Molly who will certainly win everyone's vote.

Merry Christmas

Wishing you all a Happy Christmas and wonderful New Year

This year I am grateful for many things, for my family, for my friends and for much much more. Indeed, having spent many years working in the NHS on Christmas Eve/Day, it is a welcome break to simply spend time doing all the things I have never had time for. I appear to have done too much shopping this Christmas, sent too many cards and eaten too much chocolate. Apart from that, I appear to be much happier in the high levels of snow that I keep digging myself out of.

The above picture is taken from our old anatomy books. On Christmas 1991, four of us sat revising for our anatomy exams. We were so bored of our anatomy books that we ensured our interest was revitalized by some bright ideas. I should admit that I scored the highest in male anatomy. That's not only because I am clever but because I pay a lot of attention to detail. Thankfully, this Christmas there is no revision, books or steths - just pure and simple fun.

I wish you all a wonderful Christmas. I will be updating this blog after the New Year.

Leg-Buckling Orgasms

Faking it.

I have had numerous emails and one phonecall about the case of Bibi Giles. Bibi Giles accused her gynecologist of giving her a number of leg buckling orgasms. The Telegraph approaches the case from a different angle and finally questions the risks to doctors who examine patients in their consulting rooms. Bibi Giles had intended on extracting £50,000 from her doctor on the grounds she obviously didn't enjoy these so called leg buckling orgasms.

"The Guyanese-born Mrs Giles had accused Mr Thomson of bringing her to orgasm by touching her inappropriately, while a nurse stood just feet away. She also claimed he had been putting her under pressure to have an affair and harassing her for six months.

But the lurid claims made by the glamorous beautician – Mrs Giles had alleged that Mr Thomson had given her a “leg-buckling orgasm” during an internal examination at his clinic in Worcestershire – had alerted her former GP to the proceedings.

Dr William Dowley, 45, came forward to tell the court that Mrs Giles had previously made advances to him, after admitting to an unusually high libido. “Life would have been much easier,” concluded Judge Daniel Pearce-Higgins, summing up after the civil claim against the doctor was dropped, “if Mrs Giles had admitted this incident at the start of the case. She has got form.”

If Mr Thompson can indeed do that, I am sure every man would be learning the technique from him. Then teenagers would stop being a bit like a supermarket trolley - pushing and shoving and getting nowhere. Grown men aren't much better apparently. The probability is that Mr Thompson being a man like every other man would have no idea how to cause two leg buckling orgasms. As such, we all knew Bibi Giles was just a serial litigant with an obsession for men and doctors. Dr Helen Bright talked about the Clerembault syndrome but I shall let her write about that aspect of these leg buckling orgasms.

The rest of us who were utterly bored with this story yawned and said two things. Firstly, some of us have warned the General Medical Council about vexatious complaints. The two people who have done so are myself and David Southall [with his entourage PACA]. The General Medical Council piped up as the saviour of all doctors and said the following in the Telegraph :-

"The General Medical Council (GMC), which regulates doctors, says it attempts to investigate complaints as thoroughly as possible before they go to a full hearing, in order that a doctor’s reputation is not dragged through the mud for a complaint that turns out to be “vexatious”. It has just issued a policy that attempts to weed out such allegations at the earliest possible stage"

PACA issued a press release sometime ago before they limped on their campaign. The facts of the GMC's change in mind are as follows, firstly R v General Medical Council Ex Parte Pal which argued the lack of provisions in the event of a vexatious complaint had a permission hearing which was won by me. By December 2008, the GMC had decided to insert a section in the new rules which made allowances for vexatious complaints. Their emails to and from Jean Robinson author of a A Patients Voice at the General Medical Council shows the GMC to have poorly implemented the issue within their rules. They currently have no definition of what constitutes a vexatious complaint and moreover, the directive in the final hearing R v General Medical Council Ex Parte Pal cites that any complaint "capable of being misconduct" is automatically investigated. The issue of vexatious complaints has never been recognised, formulated or analysed by the General Medical Council. Even though the criticism against the civil courts are presented within the above Telegraph article, they do have civil restraint orders to prevent repeated litigation. The GMC has nothing to prevent multiple complaints being taken through their systems. Indeed, their processes outline that the more complaints there are about a doctor means that his fitness to practise is more likely to be impaired. This is of course a flawed concept developed by the GMC. In reality, numerous vexatious complaints still filter through the GMC's investigation processes affecting doctor's livelihoods. In R v General Medical Council Ex Parte Pal, the GMC denied any responsibility for the doctors employment. This follows, any complaint wrongly taken up and one that affects a doctors livelihood has no remedy.

Essentially, the General Medical Council are confused. I argued that I was subject to a series of vexatious complaints following the written material exposing the facts behind the harassment against David Southall but the General Medical Council and the courts ignored the issue completely. They argued that whether it was vexatious or not, it deserved investigation and the loss of my job. The GMC ignored the vexatious complaints from the anti msbp brigade. The fact is that we do not know how many doctors livelihoods have been assassinated wrongly because the GMC has been used as a lever for harassment. The GMC refuses to acknowledge the idea that they are often used as a instrument of harassment.

The case Gopakumar v General Medical Council comes to mind. A vexatious complainant in search of compensation who had a dubious past with the police complained about her GP and got him struck off. The GMC did not bat an eyelid when the innocent Gopakumar was struck off.

Secondly, the issue of chaperones as witnesses was rehearsed repeatedly through the David Southall case. David Southall has been admonished for making statements his chaperone says he never made. Mandy Morris was exposed by Panorama as a serial complainant and someone who manipulated the truth. Essentially, the a complainant with dubious integrity was preferred in place of a social worker who had no previous records of dishonesty. We can then conclude that the GMC itself relies on dubious witnesses as opposed to chaperones. This places doctors in an inordinate amount of danger - i.e. if they cannot rely on a chaperone to verify their actions, what protection is there for doctors wrongly accused?

We therefore have to question this - how safe is the doctor from the General Medical Council? And of course, as we all know the GMC result can be used and abused by lawyers to obtain a court result - and vice versa.

It is a great shame that after all these years, it took a leg buckling orgasm story to bring this issue to the forefront of the media's eye. The fact that doctors have been subjected to vexatious lying complaints for years without a remedy is clearly of no consequence.

Liam Donaldson Resigns. Well Done Remedy UK.

Yes Richard, I had a stashed copy

Remedy UK has long campaigned for the accountability of Sir Liam Donaldson. He was one of the architects in the disastrous MMC. Remedy UK sought a judicial review of the General Medical Council when their complaint was thrown out. They won permission, here is the judgment.

Since their spectacular landmark win and the hand down of the judgment, Liam Donaldson has recently handed in his resignation. The Daily Mail report is here.

Richard Marks is in the Daily Mail providing a superb quote

"Head of policy Dr Richard Marks said: ‘We were after his blood. His review of doctors’ training was done so hamfistedly and it was rushed. We were very annoyed that he messed up but refused to go.

‘He was never independent enough of government. His number one loyalty was always to government than to doctors".

Well, we have to do is take our hats off to Richard Marks and team. It is never too late and 2 years is record time for ousting these government officials. I would have bought Richard a drink had I been in London and congratulated him personally.

I think Richard and I ought to plot more than we did in the General Medical Council judicial review. And of course the good thing about Rich is that he is a delicious devilishly charming guy. In all honesty, I do get a bit distracted but some things can't be helped. Good job he has a wonderful wife who keeps him under lock and key and away from us fizzing whistleblowers. One cannot plot rebellion with short ugly men. Some of us have our standards to maintain :).

Anyway, I won't be missing Liam Donaldson because he is partly responsible for the state of Ward 87 and the complete lack of accountability. These are some laughable CMO quotes. My friend and colleague The Witchdoctor has collected a selection of Liam Donaldson tales, these can be accessed here.

Count Rubin Spanks the Whistleblower

Count Rubin
" A compromising position"

Part of the General Medical Council's modus operandi is to teach whistleblowers a lesson they will never forget. I know what the GMC had planned for me but their failure to execute this hapless plan is now embarrassingly obvious for them. This is what they had planned for me. The Discreet Inquiry was all about saying my concerns were apparently unfounded [ while they concealed the two reports from North Staffordshire NHS Trust] and their plan was to pull the matter to hearing to ensure I was suspended or struck off. Of course, this has been their modus operandi for all whistleblowers for many years. This is why there has not been any accountability. The GMC has been the puppy dog of the Trusts gruffing at the right time and carrying out assasinations quietly. Of course, a doctor doesn't have to die to be assasinated. They just have to walk like the living dead. Of course, having tried to do this to me, the GMC found themselves under quite a heavy internet onslaught hence their continual obsession with visiting these websites and blogs on a daily basis.

A few weeks ago, I talked about Count Rubin who lied about whistleblowers. This is what GMC Chair Count Rubin told the British Medical Journal while flapping his rather large bat wings.

"Raising Concerns (2006) makes clear that provided doctors have been honest, raising a concern is justified even if it turns out to be groundless"

Of course, Professor Rubin is a toothy lying old bat. I say that because a few weeks after this statement in the British Medical Journal, the General Medical Council found that a whistleblower called Dr Korashi was guilty of misconduct. His crime was to raise concerns about a Dr A. Apparently, South Wales Police could find no case to answer. Then we all know how hapless South Wales Police really are. I wrote about them some months ago. A summary can be read here.

Anyway, because there was no case to answer, the General Medical Council didn't look into Dr A - this is despite the Royal College of Surgeon's findings that he was unqualified to do his job. As was mentioned yesterday in the Guardian, the GMC turned their gaze to the whistleblower. Dr Korashi has been vilified and humiliated. Only part of his story has been featured in the media.

This is what the panel stated

"The panel's ruling stated it accepted Dr Korashi's clinical competence had never been in question and he had been "motivated by concerns of patient safety".

It stated: "However, it is of the view that you still need to address aspects of your conduct in relation to working with others and your approach to protecting patient safety."

He was found guilty of misconduct and had conditions placed on his registration. So what is the value of Count Rubin's crowings in the BMJ? He has misled the public and essentially lied to them. It shows us that the GMC's PR machine will say one thing and their machine room will ensure the opposite is done. They hope of course that the papers do not put 2 and 2 together and we can see that the media have presented the GMC's press release. We haven't actually been given Korashi's side of the tale.

Rubin would not call it lying through his fangs but there is no other word we can use. The General Medical Council has a pattern of attacking whistleblowers. The GMC lulls the medical profession and the public into a false sense of security then pounces on the whistleblowers via the back door. I remain unimpressed with the General Medical Council's two faced behaviour. They are incapable of understanding the problems faced by whistleblowers and often take part in sham peer reviews and mobbing. I once called the GMC an abuser. I stand by that.

Thankyou to Bea Campbell. GMC Blasted in the Guardian

Thankyou Ms Campbell.

I must say I was quite impressed by Bea Campbell's analysis of whistleblowing. The Guardian piece is an accurate reflection of the type of persecution suffered by whistleblowers.

Bea though is a eminent writer/journalist and broadcaster who is admirable. I am very honored to have had the 2004 leading case against the General Medical Council mentioned by her. I believe the case is vital not only regarding me but about the conduct of the regulatory body against whistleblowers. The conduct by the General Medical Council is nothing short of that experienced in Stalinist Russia.

I am not fond of a great many journalists. Everyone knows that but it is a breath of fresh air to find that one journalist has understood the concepts involved in the treatment of whistleblowers. Hopefully, this will be one step to an improvement in standards for those who raise their head above the parapet.

In the meantime, those who wish to review the internal memo at GMC Towers, please download this.

Details and transcripts of the 2004 case can be downloaded here.

This is my all time favourite extract.

The court transcript from the case of PAL vs GMC, May 2004 before Judge Charles Harris is of interest

JUDGE HARRIS: For myself I don't really see why somebody complaining about the behaviour of doctors or the GMC, if that is what they are doing, why that should raise a question about their mental stability, unless anybody who wishes to criticise "the party" is automatically showing themselves to be mentally unstable because they don't agree with the point of view put
forward on behalf of the GMC or the party.

MISS COLLIER: That in itself certainly would not be enough.

JUDGE HARRIS: It is like a totalitarian regime: anybody who criticises it is said to be prima facie mentally ill - what used to happen in Russia.

MISS COLLIER: My Lord, that is very far from the circumstances of this case.

JUDGE HARRIS: Of course it is ...

After this judgment, I rang up the judge at home and thanked him. Harris HHJ told me that it was the first time that a claimant had ever thanked him personally.

Robert Englehart QC. Mr Baggy Representing the GMC

Mr Baggy's Wig Spin

This is Mr Baggy. He represents the General Medical Council. We know this because every barrister who represents the GMC looks miserable as sin and develops a stooped gait. This is a back deformity seen in barristers who stoop low enough to represent the General Medical Council.

The other tell tale sign is the large bags under his eyes due to the sleepless nights spent playing ball with the Bar Council Code of Conduct. Many doctors have suggested that perhaps haemorrhoid cream may be a solution to these baggy eyes then he may not be the butt of the joke.

Mr Baggy lives at Blackstone Chambers. As the premier human rights chambers in the United Kingdom they fully support two of their barristers arguing diametrically opposite positions for the GMC on the same point. For instance, if Mr Englehart states the sky is blue, Mr Shaw will say the Sky is pink. Of course, the officer of the court has a duty to the court and as such should always say that the sky is blue. The sky has never been pink.

Count Rubin books in for a dental check

Another Dental Emergency

GMC Chair, Count Rubin has canceled a meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine on medicolegal matters. Rubin is the GMC's resident vampire. His fame of late has circulated internet wide since he tried to lie his way around the subject of whistleblowing. Apparently he was due to provide a Medio-legal training day for doctors.

Count Rubin has also engaged in mixing potions for sometime now. While he has been fairly obsessional about blaming hard working doctors for potion errors, he has steered clear of revalidating the General Medical Council. The number of administrative errors made by the General Medical Council is phenomenal. Indeed, no one can remember when the GMC was ever right. No one assesses the GMC's performance. Count Rubin only knows about virgin blood and potions. He is known to ignore every other letter sent to the GMC by doctors requesting assistance. Apparently bats can't see very well in the light.

The news around the medical block is that Count Rubin's fangs have been decaying given the centuries he has prowled the earth with his vindictive manner. It is for this reason he must have booked himself an urgent appointment due tomorrow. It is a shame as numerous doctors armed with holy water and garlic cloves were waiting to challenge the elderly Vampire. They all wanted to know why where he had hidden all the medical virgins. Turning to dust by exposure to holy water and the extreme winter sunshine filtering through the RSM bay windows was becoming a real risk according to his entourage.

Apparently, the Count stipulated that we must all follow his lead " Once bitten, Twice shy". Attenders found a post it note stuck on the RSM door advising virgin doctors to obey the Master of the Night. Having stuck this on the RSM door, he decided on his quick escape. He was last seen flapping his black cape while hanging upside down in his GMC office. He had adopted the image of a large fat bat. Jackie Smith [complete with white forelock] was busy ensuring that he signed all GMC paperwork written by her. He was hanging out obtaining some R and R and had some free space to entertain forelocked women. Apparently, there was no need to read, all that was required was his signature. It was all about rubber stamping after all. Then he could have more time to invent unworkable GMC potions for the innocent public. They already keep blowing up in his face - must be the second hand bunsen burner at the GMC!

Kim Holt Tells Us That Rome is Burning.

David Southall had warned of the current state of child protection. His warnings were essentially side lined. Now, the profession has struck off David, child protection continues to fail. There is a distinct lack of understanding by the media. They fail to link the current disarray in child protection services to that of the matters in David Southall's case. The two are interrelated but considered separately.

So, as predicted one child protection specialist after another is being scapegoated. No doubt, the GMC will be joining in the party to ensure more child protection specialists set up tents at the side of their plush Manchester Offices.

The Telegraph features Kim Holt. It takes some balls to whistleblow on Great Ormond Street.

"The reports, seen by The Daily Telegraph, say that child safety at the clinic was a matter for “grave concern” and that Great Ormond Street managers failed to act adequately on “significant problems” identified by the most senior doctors at the clinic more than a year before Baby P’s death. Instead, the “most vocal” was removed from her job, they say. There was inadequate staffing at the clinic, and “the workload of the consultant team was excessive"

So if the whistleblower at Great Ormond Street cannot keep her job, what hope is there for anyone else?

Rome is burning and the peasants are sleeping. The NHS is in disarray - it is just taking a while for the public to understand the current critical status.

Sunny Days, Legal Love Shacks and Sexpot - Roger Stewart QC

Dish

I love the antics of lawyers. Ever since Collins J decided the GMC was right to investigate me and clear me, I have been fascinated by the profession and its own lack of integrity. Collins J changed the actual complaint made about me and inserted his own. You go to the court to get justice and you come out with the entire complaint changed. It can only happen in the United Kingdom. The actual complaint was of a breach of confidentiality, the one Collins J invented was about integrity.

The good thing about the legal profession is that mistakes are made, papers aren't read and in Collins J's case it was a sunny day. I learned recently that one cannot criticize a judge. This was news to me. Nevertheless, I accept that. As claimants, we have to bow down to wrong facts, wrong analysis and a wrong judgment. You can't say - "hey Judgie my man, you have got it all tits up". Even when judges are wrong they are apparently right.

Those who have Collins J presiding should understand that he edited the rules of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Moreover, he never declares the fact that his brother is a Psychiatrist at the Priory Clinic. Perhaps these things don't need to be declared but at least it is online for anyone who requires it. Lots of parties including the GMC have made representations of conflicts but have been unsuccessful.

Anyway, that's Collins J for you. Then again, his own family is rather interesting because his brother Dr Mark Collins who is a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Priory was found in a compromising position at Clapham Common. No one talks about all this we are all supposed to keep quiet about these antics. Collins did a President Clinton. Sadly, the lady in question did not have a fridge.

Anyway, I found this sentence by the GMC great fun "You let your head be turned by a patient whom you found to be pretty, articulate and intelligent". So, Mark had met his patient for some discreet one to one sessions in Clapham Common but it wasn't professional misconduct. In my case, "linking" to a public document could potentially be misconduct :).

The GMC went onto say in Mark Collins case

"The Committee regard the threshold for a finding of serious professional misconduct a high one which would normally require them to take some action on your registration"

Perhaps we are just normal mortals who do not deserve to live or walk on the same streets as these esteemed high powered legal beagles. After all, they uphold the law and uphold the integrity in the land. In my view, first they ought to clean up their profession with some good Fairy Liquid. Perhaps they ought to hire "Chilli Hotstuff" Rosalene Driza who has some good cleaning skills.

My skirmishes with the legal profession are legendary. In 2004, I objected to paying my legal team a large wad of £35K and then was forced to do a lot of the work myself - including making the folders for the court. I have come across rude clerks, rude barristers, some excellent judges and some completely odd ones. Overall, life was much better without any contact with the legal profession.

Then again, I should say that a lot of barristers are fabulously handsome. and I have this weakness for handsome men. This weakness was created by the GMC. The stress of litigating against them, facing their absurd complaints forced me to a few addictions - handsome men and chocolate. When I get stressed, I go into default mode - chocolate then my observatory of good looking men. And this is where my weak squint starts to recur.

Actually, looks are the only thing many barristers have going for them. I have previously spoken of my hopes of meeting the GMC's barrister Mark Shaw QC. When he turned up, he was a crumpled little being with a twisted wig and a stooped gait. I told my friend " Geez, its Rumplestilkin". Apart from losing my case to him, what was more disappointing was the fact that he was no sexpot. I had hoped that the gold class gobbler of doctors subscription fees would be rather more handsome. I was very disappointed at the GMC's failure to provide anyone remotely handsome or charming. The GMC has no class and are incapable of regulating and incapable of picking handsome debonair barristers.

My attentions swiftly moved from my case to a different case because other barristers clearly have more in terms of looks. We just can't waste time on Mark Shaw QC. His stooped gait is worsening with time. Soon he won't be able to stand up straight.

One such sexpot is Roger Stewart QC. The Times has a piece on him but it shows his bald head. OK these things aren't a real disaster. I rang Helen Bright up one night and told her all about this dishy barrister. I was fizzing with excitement. Helen Bright was only bothered about the legals and the case that was ongoing and subsequently wrote about it. I on the other hand was totally distracted by Roger. I immediately saved the above picture as my screensaver. I have developed one with a number of barristers.

Yes, girls, he may be sued for £34 million but you can see why his clerk trapped him in her fishnet tights. We have to thank Dr Aisha Bijlani for introducing us shy retiring women to the likes of Roger Stewart QC. This is what the case is all about so here it is......

A senior barrister and part-time judge denied yesterday that his affair with a senior clerk was a “smouldering fire” that led him to overlook a “racist culture” at his chambers.

Roger Stewart, QC, is one of three heads of chambers at 4 New Square being sued for tens of millions of pounds by Aisha Bijlani, an Indian-born barrister.

Dr Bijlani alleges that clerks at the firm were racist, failed to give her work and did not collect her fees, costing her millions in lost income.

They were not held accountable because Mr Stewart was having an affair with one of them, Dr Bijlani claims.

Mr Stewart admitted an affair with the senior clerk at the chambers, Lizzy Wiseman, but said that he had always been “objective” about her.

Ms Wiseman is also being sued, along with Justin Fenwick, QC, with whom she also had an affair, and John Powell, QC.

At the Central London Employment Tribunal yesterday Althea Brown, QC, for Dr Bijlani, said: “Out of the three heads of chambers [Ms Wiseman] worked with, she had personal relationships with two of them.

Bed Hopping Stick Insect

Seriously, whats happening in at this Chambers? Don't any of these lawyers do any work? It appears that it is a hot bed of sex and bed hopping. Cripes, I shouldn't use the word "shag" but what else can we say. The above story is tantamount to something that should be featured in the Sun. Roger tells us that despite shagging Ms Wiseman, he is able to be impartial? Errrrrrrm, but it is still a conflict of interest is it not?

The world has lots of women. Most women are buxom wenches. Why on earth would Roger pick such a stick insect? This is what I really don't understand. He is clearly a man of power who can have any woman on the planet? Why Ms Wiseman? He may be blindly in love with her but I often wonder whether she will just leave him as she dropped previous relationships. Maybe Roger likes the security and no doubt feels protective over her - a bit like a gladiator. For me, I struggle with day to day life just by trying to arrange every day things. How do these busy top legal minds have time for affairs?

This is what Roger told the Times

"Mr Stewart added: “I believe I’ve always been objective about Ms Wiseman. The relationship started in July 2008. It did not start from some smouldering fire that had been going on for years beforehand.

“There was absolutely nothing that occurred between me and Miss Wiseman before July 2008 which I would not have been happy for my wife to know everything about.”

Wife???? Anyway, the Daily Mail has better details on this. It is such an irony to have the Christian name like Roger. My God, the GMC will tell me to wash my mouth out with fairy liquid for using such terms to describe upstanding member of the legal profession. Upstanding of course being the operative word. All rise me Lud was probably the order of the day for Ms Wiseman. Well, Dr Bijlani has indeed ensured that all the chambers dirty Laundry is strewn around the world. At least we can all swoon over Roger Stewart like a gaggle of teenage girls.

As I told Doctors4Justice, if Roger would like to do some pro bono work for my whistleblowing case - in exchange I am happy to wear my wonderbra, offer him chocolate and have intelligent discussions with him about the law. I have to draw the line somewhere with these barristers because once you start discussing the law, it becomes very soporific and you fall asleep. That's been my experience anyway. I normally last about 15 minutes at conference before I have to go out to the Womens Toilets and wake myself up by splashing water all over my face. I have wondered whether barristers often have this difficulty with women. Perhaps that is why Roger ended up with his sack experienced clerk. Perhaps she doesn't fall asleep like the rest of us intelligent buxom women. Money and power is a great aphrodisiac and I hope Roger isn't disappointed by the pedigree he has opted for. This love puppy is heading for a crash at some point in the future.

Of course, Sexpot Stewart isn't the only one who can seduce with a cloak and wig. We must never forget the wonderful story of Lord Goldsmith. Unlike Dr Bijlani, this asian barrister banged the Attorney General and was made a QC in record time. The article stated

"Divorced mother of two Mrs Hollis, who is nearly ten years younger than 57-year-old Lord Goldsmith, was educated at Cheltenham Ladies College. She became Britain's first Asian QC in 2002 when she was made a silk' by Lord Goldsmith's Cabinet colleague and friend, Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer"

Amazing! We all wonder where the Bar Standards Board is when all this is happening. I keep forgetting, they hardly prosecute QCs.

Last but not least is the tale of Chilli Hot Stuff. This is my all time favourite legal sex tale. Naughty Judge Khan picked the wrong Brazillian Cleaner and found how hot she really was when he got burnt to a cinder. The Independent had the best write up and said

"Two immigration judges and their illegal immigrant cleaner became involved in a love triangle that ended in allegations of blackmail, drug taking, sex videos, assassination allegations - and broken china.

Yesterday the soap opera of Court 13 came to a dramatic climax when Roselane Driza was convicted of theft and of blackmailing a female judge. Driza was cleared of a second count relating to another judge, Mohammed Ilyas Khan, with whom both she and her female victim had been lovers.

The 37-year-old Brazilian was also convicted of stealing two home-made sex videos from Mr Khan, one of which, Driza claimed in court, show the female judge apparently snorting cocaine"

And that is just a brief summary of the legal indiscretions in this profession that apparently maintains integrity of the United Kingdom :). Roger Stewart QC is a fine upstanding gentleman in more ways than one :) :) :)> after all he is in a profession where size does matter. I meant wig size for god sake :) :)!

Conflict of Interest :- written by a shy, retiring NHS Whistleblower and no, I would never date a lawyer due to narcolepsy problems.

David Fillingham. Where is the corporate manslaughter prosecution then?

Smug Git in a Purple Tie

David Fillingham is a negligent Chief Executive. I know that because he dealt with Ward 87. He was never held accountable for his misdemeanors. The reason for this is this - as a doctor, if you kill a patient, the GMC normally comes after you. If you are a manager and you kill patients by breaching the NHS Management Code of Conduct, your salary just gets hiked. There is no regulatory body for managers. Lord Darzi, the man with a lot to say decreed that managers should not have a regulatory body. As such, there are limited ways with which to discipline managers. Most NHS Managers tend to have psychopathic tendencies, have special parking spaces while the doctors struggle to park in emergencies and are paid 10 times more than the average hard working junior doctor.

Essentially, patients died on Ward 87. They didn't just die in the two weeks I worked there, they died in the 20 years before me and the 7 years after me. Now that's a lot of patients. David Fillingham knows all about corporate manslaughter because in a fair world, he would have been found guilty.

After Ward 87, the National Health Service gave him a second position of responsibility. That position was at the Royal Bolton Hospital. The Royal Bolton Hospital is one of the deadliest hospitals in the UK. David being the biggest concealer of death rates in the history of medicine was trying to get himself out of a tight spot, he stated

"David Fillingham, chief executive of the Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Trust, said Bolton appeared to have performed poorly because of how the figures are worked out — for example, if other trusts make improvements, Bolton’s standing is affected"

He added: “The quality of care that patients receive is our priority. We’ve had some outstanding achievements in reducing death rates, for instance, for patients who have had a stroke.”

Dr Foster, a consultancy that analyses health information, said 128 more people died at the hospital last year than expected.

You just keep winding the newspapers up David. The evidence though shows that David is as negligent as they come. Having effected the end of numerous lives by neglecting Ward 87, he continued to do the same in Bolton.

There is a solution to this - David Fillingham should be prosecuted for corporate manslaughter, thrown in a high security prison and left there. The NHS should also strip him of his pension.

Disciplinary and Regulatory Proceedings

The above book is set to be the leading Regulatory Law textbook. I have this view of doctors in the UK, they often use their defense unions as a crutch. After doing this, their brains shut down to the actual issues. They then follow their defense union's advice like sheep. The problem with most defense unions is that they don't know the law themselves. They hire barristers sometimes from Crown Office Row who are quite happy about being paid extortionately high fees. In many cases, their barristers' total lack of knowledge has cost the careers of fledgling junior doctors. Dr Satya and Dr Varma are two such junior F1 doctors shut down in their prime and struck off the GMC register.

It is though painful to watch junior doctors be at the mercy of their defense unions. Both the Medical Defense Union and the Medical Protection Society always threaten doctors if they do not do things their way. Their way often involves sticking your neck in a vice and never being able to remove it. A few doctors who have been served badly by their defense unions are Dr Helen Bright and Dr David Southall. Represented by the Medical Protection Society and Medical Defense Union respectively, they are both senior doctors whose complaints should have been thrown out at the first hurdle. Their glittering careers were never preserved by their defense unions. We therefore ask the question - why did they pay their defense union fees for so many years? The Medical Protection Society has pulled out of Dr Helen Bright's case. The defense lawyers for David Southall is busy extracting money from the Medical Defense Union. Afterall, what motivation is there for lawyers to succeed at the first hurdle of defense when they can multiply their funds by getting the doctor struck off then getting paid treble the amount to appeal.

Complaints against doctors are increasing. The only people who actually benefit from these things are barristers. Barristers eat money. Their fees are often £400 plus VAT. They charge for walking, talking, pissing, eating, sleeping and writing out bizarre arguments. Personally, I have only ever met one barrister who is a decent person. They rest have been lazy, inefficient and lax. That said, there are some good barristers out there. I find it is a bit like searching for a needle in a haystack but nevertheless, every good doctor should have good representation because hearings at the GMC are quite dysfunctional. It is a bit like a kangaroo court, filled with large guffawing idiots who often think they know everything but they actually know nothing.

At the end of this piece, I should say that my defense union was the Medical Protection Society in 1998. You have never seen a such a spectacular cringe worthy bunch of inept suit wearing morons. Then that is what the MPS is - all appearance and little in the way of robust representation for junior doctors. The MPS always feels nauseated because of my case as they commence a series of frantic clicking on posts I write about them. I pulled my own case out of the fire while they were all filing their pretty little nails. Priya Singh does a lot of filing as does Stephanie Bown - both work for the MPS but haven't a clue what they are supposed to be doing. I don't own a nail file but I can cut a pretty OK argument.

Lastly, I actually don't give a damn what the MPS think. The fact remains - I was right and they were wrong. The evidence speaks for itself. We ask the question -what did the MPS do with Ward 87? The answer is " Sweet FA".

Club Culture

One important aspect to remember is that doctors exist in a "Club". The club involves accepting certain types of doctors within their fold. To be that certain type of doctor - you need to be Registered with the GMC [ Club], a BMA member [ Club], a practicing NHS Doctor, a member of Doctors.net.uk. That is the criteria. If you do not have one of those, you aren't accepted in the esteemed club/fold. You are then considered an outsider and they deal with you at arms length. It is safer that way for them because they don't have to address ideas that are not within their limited worldview.

Indeed, the Shipman Inquiry and Dame Janet Smith told us all that a club culture existed. It certainly exists on the internet.

I noted a post early today on Jobbing Doctor. JD is a General Practitioner or so he says. His mates are listed on his website here. He laments over the loss of a number of bloggers. This is what he says

"It seems to me that the only 2 active bloggers are Nurse Anne and Dr Grumble. We have effectively lost Mousie, the Brown Stuff, A fortunate man, Dr Rant, and Nice Lady Doctor. NHS Blog Doctor seems to have gone into hibernation for now"

Only 2 eh. How JD's memory fades. I ought to thought point out that the first and oldest blogger on the block was http://www.nhsexposed.com developed in 2001. After us, Dr Crippen came into force and became infamous because clearly what a invisible doctor says is more important that one who names herself. We all accept that because Crippen is a talented writer although his Guardianista influence has rendered him next to toothless recently. He appears to have lost the edge to his controversial writings. Following him, a number of bloggers came to the forefront of the medical blogsphere. There aren't just 2 bloggers as Jobbing Doctor may have us believe. There are many many more. Jobbing Doctor knows of all these bloggers himself. He says this because he belongs to the select club who chat together and write together. They include the above.

The other notable medical bloggers are as follows -

1. Scientific Misconduct - Run by Dr Aubrey Blumsohn - Whistleblower.
2. GMC Human Rights - Developed by Dr Helen Bright Consultant Psychiatrist
3. Doctor Bloggs - Developed by the animated and talented Dr Elizabeth Miller
4. Witchdoctor - Developed by The Decrepit Witch
5. Bad Medicine - Developed and Maintained by Dr No.
6. Ferret Fancier - Developed and maintained by Garth, a hospital doctor.
7. The Cockroach Catcher - Developed and maintained by a very talented retired doctor.

They all work harder than the trumped up invisible consultant Dr Grumble who moans so much that we often wonder whether he does any work at all. He is the kind of consultant who probably eats too many grapes while Rome burns - and lets face it, his profession is burning but he doesn't even have the balls to name himself - nevermind challenge the status quo.

I decided to write this because Jobbing Doctor has made a second catastrophic mistake, the first being to tell Pulse that I had a GMC sanction when I never have had one. It took almost 6 months to correct this error. We all had creepy apologies from Pulse and JD but it amazes me how mistakes like this happen from competent doctors and editors. I suppose JD will say he is only human - well, I know JD's real name. If I wrote " Dr JD was suspended from the GMC Register", he would have something to say about it if it remained online for 6 months plus. But as usual, there isn't any remorse here for disastrous mistakes because we have to simply accept they are all human and accept the fact that neither the editor of Pulse or a senior qualified GP like Jobbing Doctor are able to do basic things like read the material on the GMC Register before putting pen to paper.

On this occasion, Jobbing Doctor - whether done on purpose or just on a whim is showing that he believes that only he, Dr Grumble and Dr John Crippen are the only medical bloggers worth listening to. He tells us there are only 2 bloggers on the medical blogsphere. Well, thats a outright fib and I am not really sure what JD was trying to achieve by this. It is quite true a few bloggers have run off because the dragons at the GMC are breathing down everyone's neck but there are still a few brave souls remaining as listed above.

It seems to me that there are a lot more active medical bloggers than Jobbing Doctor would have us believe. I do not for one minute believe that this was a careless mistake. I do though believe that Jobbing Doctor's head has got too big for the Google door and because these boys originate from the spineless brain numbing social networking forum Doctors.net.uk, they all support each other and club together, vote for each other, feature and quote each other and tell themselves that they are the most famous bloggers of them all.

This is therefore a version of the old boys network - but in this case we have the camaraderie of senior doctors who feel that only they exist in the blogging world and only their ideas matter.

So lets smell the roses shall we and make a statement that other doctors do exist, they have a lot to say in the blogging world - and quite frankly it is important for the public to develop a perspective from all sides - not just the side of three old whinge bag senior doctors - one consultant and two GPs - who to this day haven't got the balls to name themselves. For all we know, they may be pretending to be GMC Registered doctors. After all, we know next to nothing about them even to this day.

It has been like this in the medical blogging world for a while. It is called the Club Culture and I get irritated with it because it serves to encourage narrow minded thinking and non acceptability of others who are perceived as a little different. Jobbing Doctor's club is admirable but there is always a 360 degree side to medicine - and there are more than 2 bloggers to tell the public about it. Well, I hope we aren't going to see the Michele Tempest style of self voting - this Psychiatrist infamously voted herself as one of the top bloggers some years ago. Jobbing Doctor and his club of old men are heading towards the same skull extension. I suppose soon he will tell us that there is only 1 medical blogger left - thats him.

Whistleblowers in Australia

Steve Bolsin Should Come Home

Steve Bolsin left the United Kingdom for Australia. No one campaigned for his return. Steve is a successful doctor in Australia but England is his country. He was forced to leave because England did not fight to keep him. Yet, he was the bravest man of them all and the only whistleblower to have achieved an inquiry into his concerns. As Steve himself points out, the subject matter was children and people have a soft spot for kids. Other whistleblowers aren't so fortunate and neither do they have subjects that tug at the heart strings of the public. The Bristol Inquiry still remains the leading light in whistleblowing. It made a number of recommendations that the National Health Service subsequently ignored. Now we see the cost of this in the high death rate in various NHS hospitals.

Many ask me why I never left for Australia. The answer is this - I am British. I was born in the United Kingdom and this is my home. I have everything I love in the UK and nothing - not even the medical establishment is going to chase me away. I also believe that I should never set the precedent that every whistleblower's fate should be in Australia. This is why it is important for me to develop an existence and acceptability within the UK - as a NHS Whistleblower. As I see it, it is also my job to assist those who require help in many ways to improve the healthcare in the National Health Service. It is impossible to effect improvement singlehandedly therefore my own principles of healthcare improvement is to create a information well that many can find useful in their own challenges of the NHS and other authorities.

I am no diva hence I often shun the media because these issues of patient safety are not about me but about patients. It is therefore the patients and their relatives that require the spotlight of publicity. I am also not Margaret Haywood or anyone else - in that I actually dislike talking about myself as a "case". I do though find my discoveries of the failing system to be worthy of exposure. This is because the NHS currently fails the vulnerable in many ways. We live in a first world country with a third world service. As I see it, it should be the job of every doctor to take part in improving the system they work in. I though understand that the General Medical Council has used its silencer on them. And that is a very sad fact of life - that the doctors in the UK are not free to challenge the status quo to effect improvement in this system. Then I know those that care about the system do whatever they can above and beyond the call of duty. Just that their patients don't understand the number of hoops they have to jump to ensure their patients have basic healthcare.

Good doctors and even whistleblowers are all taken for granted. Few fight for them or ensure they are protected. The public is a great demander for justice for themselves but few will protect those doctors who seek to protect them. This is why Steve isn't back in the United Kingdom - because no one took the time to fight for him. Now everyone talks about him as the whistleblower who had to leave for Australia - but few engage in a campaign to bring him back home. Few forget that Steve's talents and influence could have radically changed the way medicine works in the United Kingdom. He could certainly do a much better job than Liam Donaldson. Liam though is getting fat. He is fat man because he is fed too much crap from the government. Liam's brain runs on one brain cell and that is being quite generous. As Chief Medical Officer, he should be responsible for the high death rates in this country and immediately referred to the General Medical Council. He has clearly been unable to improve matters and given his negligence in the mess created by the MMC [ Modernising Medical Careers], I am surprised he hasn't been ousted from his job. Then the UK must be the only place in the world where you can be negligent as a doctor but never held accountable because the system protects you. As I said, Steve Bolsin needs to return back to a position in the Department of Health - where he can effect and overhaul the entire National Health Service so that it saves more patients than it kills.

GMC Pounces on Whistleblowers

GMC Case Examiners.
"Yes, we cut and pasted Rita Pal's pre-action protocol in our decision in 2007"

Since Count Rubin opened his rather large mouth full of fangs, I find it interesting that Dr Korashi is being slaughtered slowly. The media are no doubt taking the story fed to them by the GMC. I wrote about Korashi last night on our neighbouring blog. Korashi reported negligent patient care to the police. For that, he is now being admonished and whiped with a large GMC Stick.While I observe Korashi from a distance, I am aware that the GMC wanted the same fate for me. At least, I know they were edging there. The General Medical Council wanted to frisk me at a hearing so that my credibility [ one that they have already single handedly ruined] would be tarnished. I like Korashi reported my concerns to several places - the General Medical Council being one. Each place attempted a mammoth shut down and character assasination.

His Trust much like North Staffordshire NHS Trust is attempting to silence him. North Staffordshire NHS Trust concealed the data for many years. Half of it still remains concealed. Had I not run off with my patient list taken while oncall and my notes, I would never have achieved vindication. If I had not done that, I am quite positive the powers that be would have white washed the entire episode, said I was wrong and then told the GMC that I was making malicious unfounded allegations. That is of course the way of the General Medical Council. They are a malevolent body with criminal intentions. Having done that [ which is what they were edging towards] they would have strung me up at the General Medical Council hearing and crowed about how I was bringing the profession into disrepute. Of course, I have always known this was happening at GMC Towers.

I think I had a fairly close shave from the General Medical Council. I certainly know that fighting them twice has been bloody hard - not because they are difficult - but because they lie, cheat and do not play a straight game. On the two occasions that they have tried to pounce on me and rubbed their hands with glee, the issues have exploded into court. The General Medical Council on each occasion has spent millions of doctors subscription money on cases related to me. In 2004, yes I wanted them to understand the price of being malicious to a whistleblower. In 2007, I wanted them to understand the price of incompetence within their procedures and the resultant repercussions on junior doctors. Sure, I am quite positive that most people believe that I deserve what I get - but they also fail to understand that the case law created by the GMC in relation to me also affects them. So, yes, my face may not fit but the case law will affect those whose faces do fit. That is of course the danger.

These dangers are currently not understood by doctors - the dangers being

1. A lack of definition of misconduct. This is left to a subjective decision by the GMC Registrar
2. The immediate disclosure to all employers of the complaint against you during a GMC investigation
3. The lack of rights for doctors. The balance appears to have tipped to the complainant. There is no balance.
4. The requirement to declare a GMC investigation whether you have been cleared or not. This has to be done in all application forms.

Those in the know-how will understand the immediate dangers of the above. Dr Korashi is being taken down the steps of the GMC because of the widened definition of misconduct. Misconduct is now anything the GMC wants it to mean. Dame Janet Smith had recommended a definition but the GMC have not done it. Legions of doctors will sit around much like sitting ducks, quacking away at the current circumstances created by their money and in their name.

During revalidation, the GMC will stop licenses and doctors will be trapped within their system of idiotic behaviour. The profession currently cowers at the wrath of the GMC. The GMC have achieved supreme control by their current system. No doctor should whistleblow in this climate because it is plainly dangerous. The promises made by the GMC and their whistleblower's protocol are show pieces designed to placate the media.

It is a fact that the GMC reverses the investigation on whistleblowers. It has not only happened to me, it has happened to Dr Peter Wilmshurst, Dr Shreedar Vaidya, Mr Robert Phipps, Dr Raj Mattu etc. The list is endless. While Margaret Haywood's case was frowned upon, the method used by the GMC to silence whistleblowers continues to remain unrecognised.

The GMC is anything but fair. Sadly, few will understand it until it is far too late. It is fine turning a blind eye until one day the GMC comes after you.