Gosport Hospital: our selfless public sector heroes

westernpromise

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/20/gosport-hospital-inquiry-families-get-answers-hundreds-painkiller/
A GP oversaw an "institutionalised practice of shortening lives" that killed 456 patients at Gosport War Memorial Hospital, an inquiry has concluded as it called for police to investigate.

Up to 200 further patients might have died as a result of medical staff "administering opioids without medical justification"

The usual suspects will be along shortly to explain why it's perfectly OK for poor people to die in Dickensian state workhouses, but if they die in a tower block fire it's all Fatcha's fault.

DigForVictory

It was not just Dr.Jane Barton. (Much though that might give the relatives comfort.)

*Every* clinician there would have known. Unlike Dr.Shipman, who worked alone, hospitals are places of Team Medicine.

As Prof Sir Brian Jarman observes "whistleblowers are fired, gagged and blacklisted." Until we fix that, the next Gosport is just waiting to be heard.

westernpromise

But of course where you have an organisation run for the benefit of its employees, anyone who speaks out against its corruption is guaranteed to be "fired, gagged and blacklisted".

Tromking

This is probably more of an example of the ridiculously arcane hierarchical culture that exists in the healthcare system than a comment on public sector healthcare provision per se.

antrobus

Tromking wrote: »

This is probably more of an example of the ridiculously arcane hierarchical culture that exists in the healthcare system than a comment on public sector healthcare provision per se.

I don't think so.

It takes some period of years for a deranged GP to murder at least 456 OAPs. That's one big cover up. Consultants looking the other way, whistleblowers being ignored, and so forth.

I don't believe a different 'hierarchical culture' (whatever that is) would have made a difference.

westernpromise

And in any case, who created it?

Thrugelmir

Tromking wrote: »

This is probably more of an example of the ridiculously arcane hierarchical culture that exists in the healthcare system than a comment on public sector healthcare provision per se.

As in any walk of life. There's the bad and ugly. Need the full facts to be disclosed to understand what went on.

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I can't see what this has to do with either house prices or the economy? Did the OP get lost on his/her way down to the depths of DT?

humptydumptybits

I was waiting for the connection to house prices or the economy, was beginning to wonder if I was lost.

westernpromise

So you didn't notice the announcement that taxes are to rise to provide £350 million a week for the NHS?

Why should we be robbed again to pay for these Mr Bumbles? They need prison sentences, not money.

antrobus

It occurred to me that Dr Opiate might have been on a public spirited one woman campaign to reduce the burden on the NHS by killing off at least 456 geriatrics.

A bit of an extreme solution if you ask me. But I do recall one thread here where it was seriously suggested that the solution was to simply withdraw NHS care from the over 75s and let the b****** die. At least checking out on some class A drugs is painless.