Post by seniorcitizen007 on Feb 21, 2024 12:03:28 GMT
Martha's rule
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-68348301
It says in this report:
"Patients already have the right to a second opinion if their condition deteriorates - but trusts currently operate different systems".
The truth is that patients have NO LEGAL RIGHT to a second opinion about their diagnosis and treatment within the NHS. They may ask for one but it is up to the doctors providing the treatment to decide whether it is appropriate.
In the 1990s I persuaded a senior doctor to investigate what was going on with my wife's diagnosis and treatment. His opinion was that she needed to be transferred to another hospital ... but the doctor treating her refused to allow it. I was banned from the hospital, from even contacting the hospital. To get information about my wife's condition I had to contact the police and they would pass on to me what the doctor said to them. After my wife's death there was an inquest. The Coroner spoke to me before the inquest started and when I warned him that the doctor would likely try to blame me for my wife's death he said: "Leave him to me. We know about him". When the doctor gave evidence, when it became obvious that he was trying to blame me, the coroner interrupted him with an annoyed: "Shut up!" It was decided that she'd "died from pneumonia". The doctor continued working at the hospital for a further 6 years before being sacked after being found "unfit to be a doctor" (because of his abusive behaviour towards staff). He then took the Health Authority to court ... saying that "there was a widespread conspiracy at all levels within the NHS against him". He was awarded some compensation and, after a period of time. got back into the NHS ... but only in a teaching capacity ... they wouldn't allow him to practice (he had once been a Senior lecturer in Endocrinology at The King's College Hospital Medical School .. so he was a very knowledgeable man).
This is him: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtCHF1gY8-M
Note the comment:
"Hold on, this is waiting to be approved by BMJ blogs. If this is the same Huw Llewelyn who "wrote" the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Diagnosis, might I suggest you disregard everything he says?"
He has proposed that the level of treatment, whether patients' actually receive treatment, should be decided by a computerised mathematical analysis of the patients' medical records ... so that the available funds can be used cost effectively.
He is also of the opinion that doctors should decide when patients should die ... without referecne to the patients' wishes or any any interference from the law.
He said to me: "I have a duty to my patients' souls. If they deteriorate too much their souls have difficulty passing over".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-68348301
It says in this report:
"Patients already have the right to a second opinion if their condition deteriorates - but trusts currently operate different systems".
The truth is that patients have NO LEGAL RIGHT to a second opinion about their diagnosis and treatment within the NHS. They may ask for one but it is up to the doctors providing the treatment to decide whether it is appropriate.
In the 1990s I persuaded a senior doctor to investigate what was going on with my wife's diagnosis and treatment. His opinion was that she needed to be transferred to another hospital ... but the doctor treating her refused to allow it. I was banned from the hospital, from even contacting the hospital. To get information about my wife's condition I had to contact the police and they would pass on to me what the doctor said to them. After my wife's death there was an inquest. The Coroner spoke to me before the inquest started and when I warned him that the doctor would likely try to blame me for my wife's death he said: "Leave him to me. We know about him". When the doctor gave evidence, when it became obvious that he was trying to blame me, the coroner interrupted him with an annoyed: "Shut up!" It was decided that she'd "died from pneumonia". The doctor continued working at the hospital for a further 6 years before being sacked after being found "unfit to be a doctor" (because of his abusive behaviour towards staff). He then took the Health Authority to court ... saying that "there was a widespread conspiracy at all levels within the NHS against him". He was awarded some compensation and, after a period of time. got back into the NHS ... but only in a teaching capacity ... they wouldn't allow him to practice (he had once been a Senior lecturer in Endocrinology at The King's College Hospital Medical School .. so he was a very knowledgeable man).
This is him: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtCHF1gY8-M
Note the comment:
"Hold on, this is waiting to be approved by BMJ blogs. If this is the same Huw Llewelyn who "wrote" the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Diagnosis, might I suggest you disregard everything he says?"
He has proposed that the level of treatment, whether patients' actually receive treatment, should be decided by a computerised mathematical analysis of the patients' medical records ... so that the available funds can be used cost effectively.
He is also of the opinion that doctors should decide when patients should die ... without referecne to the patients' wishes or any any interference from the law.
He said to me: "I have a duty to my patients' souls. If they deteriorate too much their souls have difficulty passing over".