If a doctor or nurse acts negligently then there are well trodden paths for their punishment, there is the
GMC for doctors and the
NMC for nurses. 'Self regulation' is a bit of a misnomer to say the least, as both the
GMC and
NMC are effectively government run organisations and this needs to be considered when one considers just why some doctors and nurses are so harshly punished.
It is undeniable and obvious that any organisation with an open and honest approach to dealing with its problems will deal with them quicker, better and more effectively. The
NHS invariably deals with its problem in a dishonest and hidden manner, this is because it is not run for patients, it is run for the needs of politicians and as a result they do not want their corrupt motives to be seen out in the open. As a result of the government's malignant intentions there is currently a massive conflict of interests between the
frontline clinical staff (the doctors and nurses
et cetera) and the managers. The managers are the agents of the state while the
frontline staff want to give their patients as good a service as possible, hence the obvious conflict.
The Baby P case is a great example of this glaring conflict and it has shown us that the managers did nothing until a child died,
despite multiple warnings of the obvious problems from the frontline clinicians. Obviously the
Trust in question tried to scapegoat a doctor, but it is rather clear that the
clinicians were stretched well beyond any reasonable limits in this case. There
have been quite a few sackings following the baby P case but does anyone out there really believe that the real villains have been identified?
The baby P report is a whitewash that seeks to pin blame on paediatricians and
whistleblowers rather than pin blame where it is deserve,
ie at the door of the politicians and unelected cronies who have made the decisions to cut costs and consequently the standard of service.
To me it seems that the problem here runs right to the top of the health service management, those politicians who have been behind the privatisation the
NHS at all costs are most to blame. The problem is that patient care is no longer the most important thing in the
NHS, the government has made numerous things more important than patients such as financial deficits (because of the loony internal market), foundation status, performance targets such as the 4hr wait and on and on. The
HCC/Ofsted and
CQC are only interested in gathering their political
propaganda for the government, the message is that you will be rated 'good' or 'excellent' if you fiddle the stats to keep the politicians happy.
We have a network of organisations and bureaucrats working to keep the supreme leader Gordon Brown happy, if a few patients such as Baby P get killed in the process then our leaders don't mind. In their eyes the ends justify the means, a privatised health system justifies the shabby standards of care that patients have had to put up with a result of this gross waste of funds on these lunatic ideological reforms.
Doctors and
nurses can be struck off in the process, and sometimes this is a way of pushing blame away from those that make the really negligent decisions. I just find it strange that those that really have the power to make the big decisions in the
NHS, that can kill lots of people when they go wrong, are never held to account for their actions. Politicians and managers are just moved sideways, doctors and nurses are sacked or struck off, where is the justice? Until
whisteblowers are listened to and not burnt at the stake the
NHS will continue to rot and the baby
Ps of the future will continue to die in such very avoidable circumstances.
It is undeniable and obvious that any organisation with an open and honest approach to dealing with its problems will deal with them quicker, better and more effectively. The NHS invariably deals with its problem in a dishonest and hidden manner, this is because it is not run for patients, it is run for the needs of politicians and as a result they do not want their corrupt motives to be seen out in the open. As a result of the government's malignant intentions there is currently a massive conflict of interests between the frontline clinical staff (the doctors and nurses et cetera) and the managers. The managers are the agents of the state while the frontline staff want to give their patients as good a service as possible, hence the obvious conflict.
The Baby P case is a great example of this glaring conflict and it has shown us that the managers did nothing until a child died, despite multiple warnings of the obvious problems from the frontline clinicians. Obviously the Trust in question tried to scapegoat a doctor, but it is rather clear that the clinicians were stretched well beyond any reasonable limits in this case. There have been quite a few sackings following the baby P case but does anyone out there really believe that the real villains have been identified? The baby P report is a whitewash that seeks to pin blame on paediatricians and whistleblowers rather than pin blame where it is deserve, ie at the door of the politicians and unelected cronies who have made the decisions to cut costs and consequently the standard of service.
To me it seems that the problem here runs right to the top of the health service management, those politicians who have been behind the privatisation the NHS at all costs are most to blame. The problem is that patient care is no longer the most important thing in the NHS, the government has made numerous things more important than patients such as financial deficits (because of the loony internal market), foundation status, performance targets such as the 4hr wait and on and on. The HCC/Ofsted and CQC are only interested in gathering their political propaganda for the government, the message is that you will be rated 'good' or 'excellent' if you fiddle the stats to keep the politicians happy.
We have a network of organisations and bureaucrats working to keep the supreme leader Gordon Brown happy, if a few patients such as Baby P get killed in the process then our leaders don't mind. In their eyes the ends justify the means, a privatised health system justifies the shabby standards of care that patients have had to put up with a result of this gross waste of funds on these lunatic ideological reforms.