Dear Mike,
As an even more mature (honorary) clinical
biochemist, who has had to continue working
through week-ends, Christmas, and all other
so-called vacation periods for the past 2-3
years (fighting a multi million dollar law suit
in defence of UCL's microarray patents against a
rich, powerful and aggressive US company), the
first para of you message struck a chord.
In our salad days, we developed - or tried to
develop - new analytical methods for use in
clinical and research laboratories. Currently -
judging from UK participation in the microarray
mailing list ( mailing list
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interest amongst ACB members in methodologies
that will ultimately dominate clinical chemistry.
Has playing with one's computer supplanted
creative thinking in the UK?
Enviously...(?)
Roger
Prof Roger Ekins, FRS
Molecular Endocrinology
University College London Medical School
London W1N 8AA
Fax +44 20 7580 2737
Phone +44 20 7679 9410
>Dear All,
>
>You can certainly tell who has got nothing to do but sit by their
>computers doing e-mail(Elizabeth, Jonathan, Mohammad, Trevors et
>al.). I have never seen such a flurry of activity. What a lot of navel
>gazing and soul searching; it is enough to make an old chemical
>pathologist glad that he is coming to the end of his career.
>
>I would like to make just two points. Firstly, never in my long and
>semi-distinguished career have I felt a greater need for pre-analytical
>and post-analytical advice for clinicians who are less and less
>capable of selecting, ordering and interpreting tests than they ever
>were. This includes adding tests in where indicated. It is always
>nice to discuss these with the doctors if you can find them, but my
>time is also valuable. I suspect that I earn my salary several times
>over each year in avoiding potential litigation for the Trust (added
>value?).
>
>Secondly, for the paranoid, adding a test to a request is not an
>‘assault’ nor could it ever be. I have just consulted my copy of
>Berryman’s Magistrates Court Book (2002 edition) and try as I might
>I can not get you and the ‘victim’ into proximity. I am not sure if even
>a civil case could be brought but that is certainly outside the
>evidence base of my experience. Perhaps the Human Tissue Act
>will alter all this and we will be running our labs from inside the local
>nick. Not me, however, I’m off!!
>
>Cheers
>
>Mike Addison JP FRCPath
>
>Dr G.M. Addison
>Consultant Chemical Pathologist
>Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
>Pendlebury
>Manchester M27 4HA
>Tel 0161-727-2250
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