Monday, 26 August 2013

Day 7: Petition for Confidential Enquiry into deaths of 100 doctors while investigated by the General Medical Council

On day 7 we have 286 signatures by 10 pm.

At least 60 more people have been emailed today about this Petition

What matters now is that those who signed the petition ask/forward email with link  to petition to as many of their contacts as possible for them to sign the petition and forward on .

We can see that not all of those who signed the petition have done it.

 Our message is: have the courage of your convictions. Do ask other people to sign your petition.

Saturday, 24 August 2013

MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN DOCTORS VISITED BY MEDICAL MISFORTUNE by Dr M. Donnelly




 MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN DOCTORS VISITED BY MEDICAL MISFORTUNE.

The purpose of this paper is to raise further concerns about medical practitioners visited by medical misfortune.

The paper describes how social medicine focuses on the social determinants of health but it rarely focuses on the social determinants of the health of medical practitioners who may be visited by ill health or medical misfortune leading to disciplinary processes and ill health.

There is little written formally about the epidemiology of medical misfortune but we know that it may occur unexpectedly challenging the practitioner and demonstrating that in these situations the practitioner may well be on his or her own, frequently deserted by colleagues.

In 2004, in the United Kingdom, sanctions were made against 315 doctors; 82 erasures, 116 suspensions (64 on health grounds) and 117 conditions on registration (64 on health grounds). In 2003, of 214 doctors subject to GMC supervision, nine died, giving a case fatality rate of 4.2%, twice the death rate from coronary artery by-pass surgery. After the deaths of four soldiers at Deepcut Barracks in Surrey, a mortality of 0.03 per cent (throughput of 12,000 soldiers), Amnesty International called for a Public Inquiry. The trend has been downward since the National Audit Office documented the £40m spent on suspensions (the most frequent challenge) to the Public Accounts Committee..

If the morbidity and mortality amongst such medical practitioners is not addressed, more health service resources will be wasted, morale amongst medical practitioners will continue to fall and recruitment to the medical profession may adversely be affected.

1. General Medical Council. Annual Report 2004. General Medical Council. London, 2004.





Day 5: Petition for Confidentail Enquiry into deaths of 100 doctors while investigated by the General Medical Council

Day 4: Petition for Confidential Enquiry into 100 deaths of doctors while investigated by the General Medical Council



Thursday 22-8-2013

Manchester Student Union responds to our email to engage with the petition for confidential enquiry.

More Student Unions emailed petition.

Some doctors say they are frightened to sign the petition in case they are monitored. Well, that is so dysfunctional.

Total signatures at the end of the day: 150

Day 3: Petition for Confidential Enquiry into Deaths of 100 doctors subject to investigations by the General Medical Council


21-8-2013

We got 64 signatures today which is three times as many as yesterday but not eighteen times as many which is also possible.

A doctor suggested contacting Student Unions which we did. They are away until September.

A Chair of one of the Royal Colleges reports interest in this campaign. Meeting arranged over Skype next week.

Day 2: Petition asking for Confidential Enquiry into deaths of 100 doctors

20-8-2013

Petition has been approved for posting on the Internet by HM Government website and 18 people signed it within a couple of hours. I asked all of those who signed the petition to do just what I have done and if they did have the same rate of success it would take what I call four cycles of friendship to reach our goal which is 100,000 signatures in order to secure a debate in the House of Commons.

1st cycle: 1x18=18 signatures
2nd cycle 18x18=324
3rd cycle 324x18=5832
4th cycle 5832x18=104976

DAY 1: Petition Demanding Confidential Enquiry into deaths of more than 100 doctors while investigated by the General Medical Council

19-8-2013

Petition posted to HM Government's website asking for Confidential Enquiry into deaths of 100 doctors who died while investigated by the General Medical Council in United Kingdom.