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.
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".
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".
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