Nina is the pet journalist of the Glib Dem Party's health guy - Norman Lamb. She hangs on his every word. Indeed, the Glib Dems are quick to recommend Nina to everyone. Nina and I have crossed swords. I don't like journalists who attempt to purposefully mislead me. The interesting aspect here is once they discover that they have been well and truly found out, they then get their nose out of joint. The problem with Nina is that she often doesn't read carefully and doesn't listen. She does get a bee in her bonnet and rushes around. That is probably why she makes mistakes. Her pieces have a 2D flavour as opposed to a 3D outlook.
Her work on whistleblowing in the Independent is interesting. She once tried to interview me before I ended up beating her in her own argument. Since then, she hasn't felt very well about me at all preferring not to examine the level of substandard care in North Staffordshire - opting instead to hold the product of her own stupidity against me :). I am pleased she didn't interview me. It would have been painful to try and describe Ward 87 in simple language with the "vacant look" gazing back at me.
I would prefer it if the Independent had a more insightful journalist but there we go. I often find it really amusing that Norman Lamb feels that Nina is the solution to doctors in trouble with the GMC. He has recommended her to a number of doctors to my amusement. It amuses me because I can imagine Nina's minimal intellect attempting to grasp the basics of GMC jurisprudence. She already has trouble differentiating between a consent order in court and a judicial decision.
Hammond has featured an interesting case - that of John Watkinson. It can be read here. Hammond quite rightly points out that Nina has a bee in her bonnet about whistleblowers. The first article is listed here and it is worth a read.
We shall see what Nina comes up with. So far, she has written some straight line whistleblowing pieces - they are all the same romantic tales of - Whistleblower raises concerns, whistleblower gets suspended and whistleblower demands public sympathy. After that, each whistleblower is convinced they have changed the world because the Independent has featured them. Since Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust, whistleblowing has been a trendy issue to write about. The problem though is Nina has a very poor understanding of the issues involved. I often read her pieces just to entertain myself. My friends and I count the errors she has made :). It is a bit like spotting the Guardian typos while they crow away about how wonderful their English is and how foreign doctors can't speak " proper" posh English.
Her work on whistleblowing in the Independent is interesting. She once tried to interview me before I ended up beating her in her own argument. Since then, she hasn't felt very well about me at all preferring not to examine the level of substandard care in North Staffordshire - opting instead to hold the product of her own stupidity against me :). I am pleased she didn't interview me. It would have been painful to try and describe Ward 87 in simple language with the "vacant look" gazing back at me.
I would prefer it if the Independent had a more insightful journalist but there we go. I often find it really amusing that Norman Lamb feels that Nina is the solution to doctors in trouble with the GMC. He has recommended her to a number of doctors to my amusement. It amuses me because I can imagine Nina's minimal intellect attempting to grasp the basics of GMC jurisprudence. She already has trouble differentiating between a consent order in court and a judicial decision.
Hammond has featured an interesting case - that of John Watkinson. It can be read here. Hammond quite rightly points out that Nina has a bee in her bonnet about whistleblowers. The first article is listed here and it is worth a read.
We shall see what Nina comes up with. So far, she has written some straight line whistleblowing pieces - they are all the same romantic tales of - Whistleblower raises concerns, whistleblower gets suspended and whistleblower demands public sympathy. After that, each whistleblower is convinced they have changed the world because the Independent has featured them. Since Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust, whistleblowing has been a trendy issue to write about. The problem though is Nina has a very poor understanding of the issues involved. I often read her pieces just to entertain myself. My friends and I count the errors she has made :). It is a bit like spotting the Guardian typos while they crow away about how wonderful their English is and how foreign doctors can't speak " proper" posh English.
2 comments:
Nina Lakhani has sometimes made courageous comments against GMC.
You must also remember that she is the only one who does write something against GMC.
Other journalists do not write anything at all.
Lots of journalists write against the GMC - Beatrix Campbell is one.
You mean Nina has quoted other people saying courageous things against the GMC.
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