If this really was about croutons, then its petty. But doctors (gps too)
should be suspended for non-clinical matters eg fraud, sexual harassement,
racial discrimination, bad-tempered so-and-so. i think the middle two are
much commoner than gets into the public eye. An ex-GF and her best mate, at
the time (and presumably still, Sandy, if u read this! phew-got out of that
one) a v attractive HO, were sexually harassed by her consultant and his
best mate at a conference but did nothing about it except her mate
threatened to tell his wife unless he fixed her a top SHO medical rotation
and SPR post after. She got it and made cons in rheum in 5 years.
>From: Michael Leuty <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: GP-UK <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Was-Re: Your Life in.........Now impossible docs
>Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:57:52 +0000
>
>On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 11:24, Paul Caldwell wrote:
> > Hmm, methinks might be more to that suspension than meets the eye.
>
>Terence Hope was of course the surgeon who killed a patient on prime
>time TV by accidentally drilling into her carotid aneurysm (in the
>four-part documentary on the QMC called "The Trust"). But neurosurgery
>is a risky speciality, and if there were any concerns about his clinical
>performance no doubt the appropriate procedures would be followed. It is
>unlikely that war by croutons forms part of such procedures.
>
>The word locally is that Mr Hope is quite a strong-willed character (and
>no-one who agrees to be filmed while performing a risky operation can be
>a shrinking violet) who has been in conflict with the hospital
>authorities for some time over the quality, price and portion size in
>the hospital canteen. One can see the hospital management's point of
>view, "we have to run this place on a shoestring budget, and have to
>have the same rules for everyone".
>
>This conflict puts into a nutshell (or a soup tin) the struggle between
>doctors and management (on behalf of Government). The hospital canteen
>is crucial to the welfare of staff, particularly those in specialities
>which require them to spend long hours in hospital. Doctors see
>themselves as being "stakeholders" and entitled to a say, the management
>demands control of all aspects of the hospital and brooks no dissent.
>
>But the cardinal rule is "don't pick fights you can't win". Suspension
>can no longer be used when patients are not in danger. It is not
>acceptable for management to put the welfare of patients in jeopardy as
>part of a dispute over canteen prices. The hospital administrators were
>the subject of withering satire on page one of the Nottingham Evening
>Post yesterday.
>
>If only we GPs could do the same!
>--
>Michael Leuty <[log in to unmask]>
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