You miss the point if you think prof bodies are considered an
irrelevance, worse we are considered a public threat, a monopoly which
would be against the public interest. The goals are laid out in our
plan, the mechanisms are either declared or in preparation. I am not
sure why "we" have been waiting three years for me to declare policy
since I am a single member of a Council of 24.
My publishing plans for change has already started and consultation is
taking place with groups, a wider consultation will take place when some
legal questions have been answered. Discussion about these plans with
potential members will take place with their representatives in the
first instance.
As a single member group you may not be aware of these matters.
Kind Regards
Ralph Graham
Consultant Podiatrist
Witham, Essex, U.K.
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Sent: 03 February 2004 22:36
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Subject: Re: Ignore if you are not a member of SOCAP
Yes Ralph, we are well aware of the difficulties the Society has in
influencing government policy towards professional practice. It must be
terribly frustrating to be considered as an irrelevance by the DoH and
the HPC. The impact that the Society has made in determining
improvements in podiatry provision - both in terms of clinical delivery
and a workable legislative framework - is plain for all to see.
You write; 'we therefore have to construct a plan that takes account of
that position.' Am I to understand then that professional strategy has
yet to be formulated and that the 'plan', as published, refers only to
corporate and executive functions? If so, I am disappointed. You wrote
last July that you were in the process of outlining your own vision for
the future. Why not publish it alongside the executive and corporate
summaries? Surely your primary objectives for practice reform are of
equal importance than 'ensuring members receive their 2004 diaries on
time', or that 'Fellmongers is kept in good decorative order'?
I am sorry that you still refuse to discuss these issues. I've no idea
what the secrecy is all about. Maybe we should have an Inquiry?
Seriously though, would it not be easier to outline your own views on
which direction you would like to steer towards? Three years we've been
asking you to participate in debate. That is entirely different than
asking you 'to justify policy'. Isn't it curious that you always seem to
adopt a defensive position on such matters?
So you won't discuss professional direction with a non-member. So be it.
You are seeking to attract some 3,500 new members into the fold. Don't
you think a policy manifesto might facilitate this aspiration? You won't
be getting my subscription until you do!
Best wishes
MR
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