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04/12/2008
Heated Debate At BMJ Over Baby P 'Blame'
What has been described as 'professional victimisation' may be distracting from learning lessons of the 'Baby P' tragedy.
A heated debate on the matter is taking place on the British Medical Journal's website, www.bmj.com following a contribution that urges "support to professionals" when they make errors will help them "learn and improve".
This is said to be the key to making children safer, according to a consultant paediatrician in a 'blog' on the website.
Heather Payne has been discussing the "media orgy of blaming professionals" surrounding the Baby P case.
She argues that focusing on the errors of the professionals involved in the case distracts from making practical progress: "We should focus on what could have been done differently," she said, noting that "each professional group should identify how they might have modified their practice to fill the gaps", instead.
According to Ms Payne, recent reviews of serious cases such as Baby P have repeatedly called for more observance of procedure and better interagency training and communication without any practical progress or moving forward.
"It is essential," she said, "that professionals are accountable for their work, but there needs to be 'a supportive response to possible errors' or their will be no mechanism to be able to learn and improve.
"This is hard edged, evidence-based risk management, but it will make children safer," she concluded.
Payne's blog continues to spark heated debate on bmj.com.
Click here to view the blog and reactions to it: blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2008/11/27/heather-payne-baby-p-and-now-the-completely-nameless/
(BMcC)
A heated debate on the matter is taking place on the British Medical Journal's website, www.bmj.com following a contribution that urges "support to professionals" when they make errors will help them "learn and improve".
This is said to be the key to making children safer, according to a consultant paediatrician in a 'blog' on the website.
Heather Payne has been discussing the "media orgy of blaming professionals" surrounding the Baby P case.
She argues that focusing on the errors of the professionals involved in the case distracts from making practical progress: "We should focus on what could have been done differently," she said, noting that "each professional group should identify how they might have modified their practice to fill the gaps", instead.
According to Ms Payne, recent reviews of serious cases such as Baby P have repeatedly called for more observance of procedure and better interagency training and communication without any practical progress or moving forward.
"It is essential," she said, "that professionals are accountable for their work, but there needs to be 'a supportive response to possible errors' or their will be no mechanism to be able to learn and improve.
"This is hard edged, evidence-based risk management, but it will make children safer," she concluded.
Payne's blog continues to spark heated debate on bmj.com.
Click here to view the blog and reactions to it: blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2008/11/27/heather-payne-baby-p-and-now-the-completely-nameless/
(BMcC)
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08 July 2010
Baby P Doctor 'Breached Professional Duty'
A GP who missed the opportunity to save Baby P before he died has been found guilty of a serious breach of professional duty by the General Medical Council. Dr Jerome Ikwueke had seen Peter Connelly (referred to as Baby P in court) more than a dozen times before he died, the last time just eight days before his death in August 2007.
Baby P Doctor 'Breached Professional Duty'
A GP who missed the opportunity to save Baby P before he died has been found guilty of a serious breach of professional duty by the General Medical Council. Dr Jerome Ikwueke had seen Peter Connelly (referred to as Baby P in court) more than a dozen times before he died, the last time just eight days before his death in August 2007.
05 August 2009
Missing Baby Found 'Safe And Well'
A nine-month-old baby girl who was reported missing from her home in Glouchestershire on Monday has been found safe and well. Maylayah Delaney had been reported missing by her mother shortly before lunch-time on Monday. Police have confirmed that a man from the West Midlands is helping them with their inquiries.
Missing Baby Found 'Safe And Well'
A nine-month-old baby girl who was reported missing from her home in Glouchestershire on Monday has been found safe and well. Maylayah Delaney had been reported missing by her mother shortly before lunch-time on Monday. Police have confirmed that a man from the West Midlands is helping them with their inquiries.
09 December 2010
NHS Efficiency And Quality Threatened By Cuts
The health service will struggle to protect quality and find efficiency savings if cuts to the protected time senior doctors can devote to the improvement of services continue, the BMA says today.
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14 December 2009
Training Review Slammed: BMA
Top UK doctors are criticising the government for a scheme they said actually threatens to cut millions of pounds from junior doctor training. The British Medical Association's (BMA) Junior Doctor Committee (JDC) has today called on the Department of Health to halt a review of funding for its training procedures.
Training Review Slammed: BMA
Top UK doctors are criticising the government for a scheme they said actually threatens to cut millions of pounds from junior doctor training. The British Medical Association's (BMA) Junior Doctor Committee (JDC) has today called on the Department of Health to halt a review of funding for its training procedures.
26 October 2006
GMC wins appeal on expert testimony
Regulatory bodies will be able to discipline expert witnesses who give flawed evidence, following a ruling by the Court of Appeal.
GMC wins appeal on expert testimony
Regulatory bodies will be able to discipline expert witnesses who give flawed evidence, following a ruling by the Court of Appeal.
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