One of the biggest problems with whistleblowing is the fact that the first person caught in the net is the one that will be blamed. Raising concerns about patient care is not a simple issue. The NHS is not thankful for it and neither does it even want to correct their problems. They often see the whistleblower as the person who raised as the one who has to be blamed for everything. This has happened to me on more than one occasion. In Stoke On Trent, North Staffordshire NHS Trust tried to deviate attentions from their mismanagement of the ward by accusing me of something I had never done. You then attempt to sort this out and when you do, the organisational response from the Department of Health and the General Medical Council is rather the same. In my case, I suppose the GMC have for years tried to establish that I am somehow a bad doctor. They have had this bee stuck in their bonnet and no matter how many times they have tried to frisk me, its not worked. Its not worked because I am potentially far far more advanced in my thinking patterns than they are. This is sheer arrogance but it is potentially self confidence. I have got out of the GMC's clutches on three occasions. This is not an easy task. I understand full well that the establishment works through the GMC and it is for that reason, the aim was to sink me so I would never recover from it. North Staffordshire NHS Trust and the General Medical Council have not done well out of harassing me with their pointless investigations that went nowhere. The key to anyone who is exposed to these tactics by the establishment is to understand the undercurrent behind the paperwork you have. Psychological analysis of your opponents is vital. There is no point playing the game if you don't understand the rules.
I suppose, they assumed that like every single junior doctor I would quieten down like a little mouse and say nothing. Of course, I am not one to back down to oppression. So yes, its all about having the fighting spirit and learning to accept that you have to fight for what you believe to be right. I think if we all do that with a honest conscience, nothing can touch us. So, first they say you are mad, then they say you are bad then they start to say you are just sad. I have been through two phases and I am going through the third phase so hopefully the myths about me will soon be dispelled. Peter Wilmshurst once told me that it takes about ten years to be taken seriously despite the fact that multiple pieces of evidence stare everyone in the face.
For those of you who find the onslaught difficult, you have to always remember that it is just a phase for you to work through and survive. At the end of it, if you are right, you often sit on the top of the mountain ten years later in the gleeful satisfaction that you were right all along. At that point, all those who have harassed you, undermined you, called you names - just seem irrelevant guttersnipe human beings who you then start to pity. I suppose I often look down on a number of people in the higher echelons of power. I believe that respect has to be earned not demanded.
That is probably what in the end is called an element of justice. In whistleblower land, it is called vindication and we all aim for it. I am nearly there with it and in my view its taken a long long time. Nevertheless, this is a element that was very important to me on a personal level. And yes, even if it took ten years of hard work, it serves to show the public that the system fails to work even for those who are right about their concerns.
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