Worcestershire Mental Health Trust Partnership

I have been emailed a number of times regarding the following link. Having read it, I confirm that all documentation there is accurate.

Common Purpose Spotting. NHS and GMC.

The Face of Common Purpose

A few days ago, I wrote about Sir Cyril Chantler's association with the secretive organization Common Purpose. Sir Cyril Chantler was a GMC Member for Standards and Ethics in 2003. Today, I found an interesting piece in the Health Service Journal.

"An innovative leadership development programme is helping managers connect with people they would not ordinarily meet by bringing together diverse groups of people from the private, public and non-profit sectors for unique learning experiences"

"The aim of the programmes, run by training organisation Common Purpose, is to give leaders the skills, the connections and the vision they need to lead more effectively, and to push them to extend their influence beyond their own organisation, locality and culture"

"Chris Simmonds is general manager of the Medical Practice in Doncaster. Chris attended a Common Purpose programme five years ago, which inspired him to develop the practice in innovative ways."

The NHS Improvement Network features Common Purpose.

On the General Medical Council there is an entry for Mr A K Devani listed by Dr Obi [see below]

The Common Purpose Graduate declaration was subsequently removed in the entry at the GMC.

Mr A K Devani, Teachers Certificate, Diploma Community & Race Relations, Graduate Common Purpose, Lay
Former Executive Director, Racial Equality Council. Member Institute of Advisors. Member Employment Tribunal, University Court, Loughborough University. Race Relations Advisor/Assessor: Home Office. Lay Professional British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy. Member East Midlands Regional Assembly. Member Sentencing Advisory Panel Ministry of Justice (MOJ). Associate East Midlands Regional Equality Consortium (EMREC).

GMC disclosure damages careers, livelihoods and reputations

Does Martin Walker hate the GMC because
his girlfriend ran off and married Finlay Scott?

Thankyou to the doctor who left this link. I think this is rather fascinating really. I know the General Medical Council and their barristers at Blackstone Chambers often argue the opposite. ie that the there is no effect of an investigation on a doctor's livelihood.

Nevertheless, here is the admission that GMC cases threaten doctors employment.

'Those cases threaten doctors' employment and allege more serious issues about the doctor's practice because the employers know more about it,' said Mr Philip.

Finlay Scott is currently in court fighting a case that crows about the fact that no harm is done to a doctors employment by a case at GMC Towers. Of course, the more astute of us who go GMC document spotting noticed the following quote :-

Paragraph 73 of Finlay Scott's statement [ Shipman Inquiry] reads as follows

"The disclosure by the GMC to third parties of information about doctors whose fitness to practise is being investigated was a source of some difficulty until 2000, when matters were put on a statutory footing at the GMC’s request. On the one hand, the GMC recognised that its duty to protect patients required, in certain circumstances, the disclosure of information about a GMC investigation to those responsible locally for the doctor. On the other hand, the GMC was very aware of the damage that could be caused to a doctor’s reputation, career and livelihood through disclosure of information about allegations that had not been substantiated and might in due course prove to be unfounded. That this was an uncertain and complex area of law increased the difficulties we faced in making judgments about disclosure in individual cases”.

Dedicated to Finlay Scott and his £10,000 lawyers, one of whom can't even tell the difference between a blog URL and a website URL.

General Medical Council Committee Members

James Landon tells me the General Medical Council have discovered my Twitter Account today.I wonder whether GMC Towers ever do any work at all. Perhaps all their time is spent looking me up on the internet to see what I have written about them. That is when they are not sinking in court against Will Powell. Ah well, as Angus Dei would say, what a piss poor organisation with a piss poor reputation. By the way, on a side line note, I think Angus Dei is fabulous and if I wasn't a taken woman, I would probably catch him in my fishnets and marry him. We won't tell him that though. That is rather a huge secret.

I note the excellent Liz Miller has followed up rumours on the internet about me and has kindly written a blog. I am honoured. Miller knows about the GMC's hounding of me. She also knows that the GMC have tried everything to discredit me. In their tiny minds, they think that discrediting me will stop people reading what I write. They also have this strange idea that I am motivated by money. Perhaps that is what they are motivated by.

Henry North London is always great. He has done so well over the past few weeks and I am really proud to have him as a good friend. Thanks HNL for everything always. You are the best and yes, I will be your wife at scattered times when your parents require it. At least I am not a female asian GP who is going to lie in a missionary position eh. I have read the Karma Sutra so don't worry. Upside down is fine for me.

By the way, if any doctors or patients reading this, Dr Varma and I are writing up a submission for the UN and the European Commissioner of Human Rights related to the violation of human rights by the General Medical Council. Please email me with a 1-2 page submission of your case [ can be done anonymously]. We need as many as possible. Thankyou to all the doctors and members of the public who have contributed so far. Please email me at ritasaraswatipal@gmail.com

Sir Cyril Chantler, Common Purpose and Media Standards Trust

Common Purpose has been under fire of late. For those who don't know much about common purpose, it is described here. The website that exposes the organisation is written by the very intelligent Brian Gerrish. He states ' and it is worth reading this intro"

"By blurring the boundaries between people, professions, public and private sectors, responsibility and accountability, CP encourages graduates to believe that as new selected leaders, CP graduates can work together, outside of the established political and social structures, to achieve this paradigm shift or CHANGE. The so called "Leading Outside Authority". In doing so, the allegiance of the individual becomes 're-framed' on CP colleagues and their NETWORK"

It is also worth watching this video.

Common Purpose is run by Julia Middleton. It is essentially a shadowy organisation that functions to ensure leaders in the land are trained in ensuring systems in our communities don't work. The other arm of this organization is called the Media Standards Trust . Why is this important?

Well, Witchdoctor tells us a great deal about Sir Cyril Chantler and his links. She picks out the Orwells Prize . If Witchdoctor has her magic spectacles she will note that the Orwell Prize is administered by the Media Standards Trust. Hey Presto, Sir Cyril Chantler is there as an MST Board member. For those who don't know, Lis Paice disclosed that Sir Cyril was on the Chair at DNUK [ Doctors.net.uk]. So, Sir Cyril has an allegiance to Common Purpose. The list on MST is extremely interesting because it also consists of Sue Stapley, the person who sold Sally Clark's case to the world but kept her alcoholism out of it so we all think she is an angel.

Anyhow, in conclusion it is rather disturbing that someone with an allegiance to Common Purpose was also Chairman of the Standards and Ethics Committee of the General Medical Council. Then again he was also Chairman of the Shared Medical Record Committee of NHS Connecting for Health. So, two failing organisations had Sir Cyril Chantler on their board. Interesting isn't it?

Perhaps someone should ask the General Medical Council whether they take courses with Common Purpose?

Dr Scot Jnr. The Cosy Chats Between Deans

Dr Scot Jnr's saga is alive and well at the Dark Towers. For all those who don't know the story, please do follow it here. The fascinating David Patterson from the Dark Towers emailed me recently and enclosed the following emails [see below]. It is interesting to note the emails below between Professor Hemlock and Plaice. The document from Lis Paice refers to Sir Cyril Chantler. Sir Cyril was on the GMC's Standards Committee in 2002. His famous work was A View from the General Medical Council. It is clear that he spends his time telling us all what is proper speech. Of course, what was proper speech in his heddy days [ a long time ago] isn't necessarily a la mode now.

It now explains the relationship between the Doctors Only website and the General Medical Council. It also explains why there is a direct line for complaints against doctors who post there. I speak of course of the complaint against the late Dr Shepherd. This is a nice neat family who engage in fitting up junior doctors for a living. As for the General Medical Council - I know what you did in the summer of 2001-2003. It has all come back to haunt you :).

This is not the first complaint Prof Paice has made. One wonders why she would question Dr Scot's mental state? Does this happen to everyone?


-----Original Message-----
From: Gillian Needham
Sent: 19 July 2008 10:18
To: PAICE, Elisabeth
Subject: Re: FW: DNUK
Thanks Lis. Quite shocking.
I will discreetly pursue.
Thank you.
Gx
>>> "PAICE, Elisabeth" 19/07/08 09:08 >>>
Dear Gillian
I thought I should bring the letter below to your attention. It is a posting on DNUK from a doctor whose DNUK profile identifies him as xxxxxxx, an StR year 3 in general surgery. He signs off as 'from Inverness' so I imagine he is one of yours. I read the DNUK fora from time to time and came across his posting in the 'air your views to the media' forum, which clearly states it is open to journalists.It is therefore intended as a public statement of his views. I wrote to Sir Cyril Chantler, who is the chair of the DNUK board, as soon as I saw it. It has now been modified with all the scatological languiage removed. I have been assured that further steps will be taken to stop this kind of behaviour. I thought you should be aware, as you may feel that this posting, which was up for at least 5 days before it was altered, is evidence of unprofessional behaviour in one of your trainees. He may of course be unwell. I would be grateful if you would not circulate this further than absolutely necessary, as the fewer people read it the better.
Kind regards
Lis

Catto Scott Power

Yesterday's Doctors

I have merged the name of Professor Catto with that of Finlay Scott. This is because Finlay Scott drives Professor Catto. It is called control. Catto is actually a good guy but it is often extremely difficult to function in a environment where Finlay's teeth are there ready to snap at him. Rumour has it that Finlay sharpens his teeth every day. My internal sources at the General Medical Council tell me this. Then my internal sources at the Dark Tower tell me many things about the General Medical Council including their overt hatred of me :).

Today, the excellent Liz Miller pointed me to her post. Miller had gone to Tomorrows Doctors . This was a consultation held by the Dark Tower. I was invited but as a matter of protest, I refuse to set foot into GMC Towers. I have my reasons for this. In my view, no organisation who ends the lives and livelihoods of so many doctors deserve to be visited. I gave my suggestions for Tomorrows Doctors via email. I also told them if they didn't value my contributions then they could take me off the mailing list. The GMC still have me on their mailing list. My view on Tomorrows Doctors is this - we need to train our new doctors for practical medicine not sissy medicine. By sissy medicine - I mean intellectual discussion and having no idea about how to deal with patients.

Miller does a hilarious review of her view from the hill. This is what she says

"Mr Catto presided over a Day of Consultation, Introspection and Self-congratulation from the General Medical Council discussing Tomorrow’s Doctors. He managed to orchestrate a full days navel gazing, with one lay speaker and without a single mention of Tomorrow’s Patient. Apart from a couple of token medical students it was a day out with the over-60’s branch of Saga’s Scottish physicians. Not a surgeon in sight! Rather like Tomorrow’s World running a programme on Stone Age Britain, Mr Catto told us what he and his cronies thought about Tomorrow’s Doctors, and let us comment on his ideas. All boxes were ticked"

Well, this is what I don't understand, why do the GMC have to congratulate themselves. It should be the other way around, people should be congratulating them. If there are no congratulations then the GMC must be doing something wrong. Well, we know they are doing something wrong.

Miller then goes onto make a very valid point

"Tomorrow’s Doctors are employees of the State and governed and managed by the NHS. They will know no other life. Technicians and public servants trained to work in the NHS with no jobs and no mercy for dissenters in a world where your doctor places the needs of the State above those of private individuals. The doctor acts as henchman, reporting dissident colleagues and disobedient patients in equal measure.

Tomorrow’s Doctors will treat patients according to Good Medical Practice. Good Medical Practice is the GMC’s version of Standard English Medical Practice. It may be a key document, but it is key to the Soma intoxicated chemical future of Huxley’s Brave New World"

By doing this, the profession is being cloned. No differences of opinion, no different people, no deviation from the normal will be accepted. The sad fact of the world is that everyone is different. I am positive that the General Medical Council wants to modernise but is advised by dinosaurs who have no idea about modern medicine, young doctors or the public.

Liz then makes a fascinating observation

"Mr Catto will be remembered for peacefully transforming a profession from imperfect autonomous medical practitioners to docile State Employees working for a Monopoly Employer. He has abolished GMC elections, overseen reorganisation of the National Health Service, given the Nation’s medical records to the government and handed over 150 years of independence to the first person who offered him a knighthood. He could do this because, like Anurin Bevan before him, he stuffed the doctors’ mouths with gold. UK doctors and GPs are the best paid in Europe and with some US exceptions, in the world".

Now, you have to sit silently and read that then you discover that Liz is actually quite right. Of course, a monopoly is illegal but then Bill Gates knows that. What I found hilarious was this sentence

"There was one light-hearted moment before Mr Catto fessed up to his big secret. He let out his concerns about the impact of the Internet and the blogocracy. (Well done Dr Rita Pal!)"

Poor Prof Catto. I know, I accept that the reason he is bald is because he worries that a few doctors and patients have given the GMC a run for their money. And it is probably a great shame that the PR machine cannot control us but then they have to understand that we are all the product of and opposite reaction to their behaviour. We should have all been dead after the GMC's feelers but we aren't dead. We are all alive, stronger, well and out in force.

The GMC's problem then becomes this, what do they do with the people they themselves have created. The GMC has no solution for this phenomena.

I say that because strength comes from suffering and trauma until one day you fear nothing. I say that to Dr India as well. I call it training by the GMC. After you have fought the GMC and won, no one else is a threat. I think Dr India should understand this acutely because Dr India is going to win. Lately, he told me that Christopher Kelly, the rogue GMC assessor was taken off his case. The GMC did not force him to see Kelly again. For anyone that is one step for mankind. Kelly can go back to what he does best, multiplying.

The trauma caused by the GMC teaches you self development, it teaches you to be tough, it teaches you to be self disciplined and it teaches you to be better than them. Facing the GMC engages your survival instincts like no other organisation. The GMC is a bit like being in a mental gym. You either survive it or you die. Dying isn't a option so you take the other option.

If the GMC are worried about the internet, or worried about what we all write. The GMC should understand that I as former doctor do not appreciate the manhandling of my friends and colleagues. While they cannot speak out, I speak out for them. I speak out because there has to be a historical recording of the violations of human rights and civil liberties by this organisation. Finlay Scott should be tried for human rights violations and one day hopefully a group of doctors well get together, get a class action going and shut the GMC down.

If all the doctors investigated the GMC could place their experiences anonymously online, the GMC would be out of business in 1 year.

Cujo from the Stephen King Movie. Bloghounds Changes Its Picture

Since my last post where Bloghounds were accused of dog cruelty, they have opted for another picture of a hound. The above dog looks a bit like its been possessed by the ghost in the movie Exorcist and written up by the horror flick writer Stephen King. It gives us all bloggers the message " Join Us because We are the Evil Ones". I think the image is a bit unfortunate as the eyes look glassy and the mini teeth look like its coming to gobble you up. Even its ears aren't symmetrical telling us all that it is probably some stunted crossbreed - between Cujo and Dracula's WereWolf.

Just to ensure everyone knows about Bloghounds - they never respond to reasonable questions and they have currently refused to co-operate with the Data Protection Act request. Their half possessed blogger Calum Carr admitted recently to posting crap on this blog. In my view, it is run by little narrow minded dwarves with even smaller minds.

Essentially, would I advise anyone to join blog hounds - of course I wouldn't. Would I say that they are rated well, nope! And am I being petty about this - probably :). In the end though, the sooner bloghounds gets their paws off the blogsphere, the better it is.

Afterall, its a tin pot organisation with a possessed dog as its mascot. What more can we expect from people who advocate that dogs should be placed in front of fans and left on their own.

The Lying Master

Trusts Negotiate with the GMC.
How to Lie Convincingly Together

Following the last post, I had a doctor email me about performance assessment at GMC Towers. I hadn't considered performance assessments there, because , quite frankly I have never got that far. I have often spent a substantial amount of time robustly challenging the General Medical Council so they understand quite bluntly that I am not a walkover. For that they hate my guts but then I suspect ever doctor hates the GMC's guts.

The one thing all doctors have been waiting for is a report to the police regarding the GMC's lying ways. Many doctors have tried to report them in the past. In retrospect, I should have reported them under the Harassment Act 1997 but I decided to wait and watch. The important aspect about the GMC is this. They are unable and unwilling to play fair. When their fibbing habits are discovered, they then try to conceal the evidence or even fabricate the evidence. It is hard to imagine but everyone needs to watch the GMC in action. Cold, subtle, snide, lizard like. Life is peachy for them, their legal advisers are paid masses of finances from the doctors subscription pot. Their legal advisers simply defend their client, the GMC. The doctors never hold them accountable. It has carried on to such an extent that it is now a dictatorship.

If you catch the GMC lying, you can be sure that Finlay Scott will not sign the piece of paper verifying the lie. I once tested this out with Graeme Catto. Statements were made in the Professor Griffiths complaint. I asked Catto to sign a statement of truth and he just would not. They are quite an amusing organisation to watch. It is a bit like a good spectator sport. They often fall into their own minor traps if they don't know whats going on. Varma and I for instance stripped them down by making them admit that they did not collect ethnicity statistics data. Having made them admit that, the matter was floated over to the CRE who forced them to collect this data in accordance to the Race Relations Act. So, it is rather amazing how a regulatory body had not collected data for a hundred years or more but yet continues to sprout rubbish about their processes being free from discrimination. Free from discrimination? Has anyone heard such a load of rubbish?

In their eyes, they assume that all doctors are not as clever as them but in reality we all know what a dreadfully nasty organisation they are. Dr India yesterday told me that " They can't even formulate the allegations correctly". Another doctor told me " They keep moving the goalposts so we have no idea whats going on".

During performance assessments, one doctor stated

"Do you know that they cheat with every performance assessment. So outrageously as if they were completely in outer space and so shamelessly as if they would be absolutely sure that it would anyway not be challenged. They contort and manipulate evidence, they prove that they have no idea about medicine, they are putting statements of witnesses in the report which the witnesses never have made. Everybody should be warned not to agree to undergo a performance assessment!!!!!!! If they do not find anything else to knock somebody out, they arrange a performance assessment. No chance to contradict as there are 3 assessors against the poor doctor"

Of course, for any doctor facing the courts or facing a GMC hearing, what you need to do is persuade the otherside to write their statement of fibs on a statement of truth, you then need to contemplate reporting them to the police. The more doctors who report the GMC to the police will mean the more likely an investigation takes place. In many cases, the GMC and their legal team have flouted the law and twisted material to fit their own agenda. Then again, I guess you have to see the GMC lie to believe it. They lie quite convincingly and coldly. Their organisational persona is much like a cold calculated personality disordered serial killer. We all know the GMC devours innocent doctors and can't be bothered acting in the case of dishonest doctors.

For anyone who is interested, yes, I am busy collecting comparators, I collect most things about the GMC. I make it my business to know everything they do. That isn't because the GMC has in the past been embroiled with me a court case, it is really because I am disgusted at the way they treat the innocent and the guilty. Both deserve a fair hearing, that is one of the perks of living in a democratic society. I am about to discuss matters with the Human Rights Watch. The GMC is simply a polite version of Guantanamo Bay, it is the smiling serial killer of careers and so far it hasn't been held accountable. One day though they will be held accountable, the entire place will be investigated by the police and they will be completely disbanded. I look forward to the day, Finlay Scott is retired to greener pastures. He certainly would be less of a risk to the medical profession if he were to live in the country, preferably in a locked thatched cottage. Then again, in my book, Scott is directly responsible for any lies told in the GMC hearings. He doesn't think so of course because he would like the world to assume that all is well at GMC Towers. All isn't well, there are boxes and boxes of files, boxes of documents that detail how they all screwed innocent doctors and left them all to fend for themselves.

Essentially, the GMC chews you up in their procedures, spits you out and expects you to survive the devastation they cause. When you survive it, they think about how abnormal you are. When you don't survive it and you have hung yourself on a toilet chain, they say " ah we told you he was troubled" therefore we were "right". The fact remains, the General Medical Council frequently drive innocent doctors off the rails. One of them was Dr Debra Shepherd. The GMC are so cold and conceited, it is almost bordering on evil. I wouldn't be surprised if they sat on the side lines and rubbed their hands with glee and the fact they drove Debra Shepherd to suicide. People don't like talking about things like that, they think its a shocking admission that the GMC should be responsible for the fact that doctors are driven off the cliff.

I suspect they wonder why I haven't even walked to the cliff. Well, its because I don't like cliffs and I don't like the concept of death. In any case, I am around to hold the GMC accountable. Accountability comes in many ways. There is little in the courts, there is little in the world but as Scott and his cronies know, there is a mass of accountability by educating the public and educating doctors. It is the education of doctors and the public that will eventually abolish the General Medical Council. That is the message to The Lying Master and the Serial Killer of Medical Careers.

The Lying Principle of Authority

The General Medical Council Upholding Dishonesty

So much for my lack of updates! I thought there would be no further updates but given this week has been one of the most intriguing weeks in GMC history, I am indeed fascinated. First there was Robbie Powell's case. Dr John Crippen featured it and I am grateful to him. We need some real doctors to feature material when whistleblowers just won't do. In that case, we saw the General Medical Council and the Defence Unions fight to defend the right to kill a small boy, defend the right for forge documents and defend the right to be dishonest. I wonder if that was a adequate use of membership money.

Indeed, I am fascinated to see that the General Medical Council blatantly misled the court. Having told the court that the General Medical Council was unable to take up complaints without a complainant, they forgot to mention their dirty little secret. Of course, the General Medical Council's dirty little secret is me. They investigated me without a complaint between the years 2000-2002. The GMC termed it a "discreet inquiry". I wonder if judges really like being misled in that way or whether the General Medical Council really thought they could get away with it. Anyway, I can understand the GMC lawyers who have had to carry around the many many bundles of files. Life must be tiring and frustrating especially having to defend the highlights of criminal behaviour. Amazing what people can do if paid enough money.

Much like the GMC ensures the defence unions sit on its back. The same appears when Trusts collude with them. It is truly a fascinating phenomena. The GMC investigations for junior doctors are much like this, GMC writes to Trust, Trust always sides with GMC. It doesn't actually matter how bizarre the ideas actually are, it is still so. The other issue that amuses me is that most will sink head first without observing the matter in great detail. Many doctors have experienced this at GMC hearings. I have never reached a hearing. There is a reason for that, firstly, I have a short principle - the General Medical Council and the Trusts are always bad guys. Even if they appear to be good, they are mostly bad when the chips are down. It is for this reason every doctor should adopt a zero tolerance policy. I believe Trusts assume that their power and money gives them the Trust to abuse. In my view, they are simply Trusts filled with people who mismanage most things. If one applies a little logic, it is often easy to see how many Trusts are simply dysfunctional. Communal bullying or victimisation is well known within the NHS. I often find it amazing that Trusts assume they can get away with everything. Of course, they can't get away with most things.

The General Medical Council has a well known trick to make a "lie" the "truth". What they do is make a statement, if you rebutt it and provide the evidence, they hire their henchmen or supporters to verify their statements. So, they practise the appearance of the "truth" ie in their minds, if many people say the same thing, it must be the truth. This is irrespective of the evidence. It is a interesting technique probably used in Nazi Germany. If many people lie together, it gives the appearance of the truth. This is called communical lying.

The other more interesting aspect about the General Medical Council is this - they call you dishonest, they don't expect you to defend it. They expect you to sit there and accept it. What they don't expect is evidence to defend yourself. When they are faced with that evidence, they gibber and flubber and finally run the other direction. Watching them run is often more entertaining then watching them stay around.

They run because in their mind's eye - time will give them a further opportunity to mount further lies. Someone mentioned that the GMC was like Guantanamo Bay. You stand there and say " Yes, I am innocent and here is the evidence". they say " Ah but we found this new aspect and we think you are guilty of that". You say " Ah but here is further evidence" - and they move the goalposts further. In the end, the doctor doesn't know what he is defending.

Recently, a doctor told me about his Interim Order Panel Hearing, on one set of allegations, his next IOP on a different set of allegations and then his Case Examiner assessment on yet another set of allegations - all on one set of events. This is a bizarre tactic by the GMC but nevertheless, this moving of the goalposts is classical of their activities. It is actually a breach of civil rights but I suspect everyone overlooks what the GMC actually does.