Paul Watson

Ex-cult member, ex-union rep. Passionate about disabled children's rights, unethical persuasion, and abuse of power.

[Paul Watson @Ixashe]

@DrEilidhMaria @CPTSDduck That's one good aspect of the Internet, it makes it easier to find people like that. I hope things are OK for you.

[Paul Watson @Ixashe]

@DeanEggitt So unless there is measurable harm caused to the patient then the clinician would face no consequence despite arguable malpractice/negligence?

Does this explain why so many doctors are willing to succumb to pressure and take that risk?

[Paul Watson @Ixashe]

@parthaskar This is the argument I'm currently having with my Cardiologist.

She said I was fine, I argued the guidelines said I needed further tests. A second opinion conducted those tests and found I've got a serious heart condition. The first Cardiologist can't see why I'm unhappy......

[Paul Watson @Ixashe]

@DrGoblin3 If treatment guidelines had been followed it would have been found in months not years, my incidental LAD blockage woukd have been found before it nearly killed me.

The doctors still treat me as a malingerer though, and are reticent to follow my new treatment plan.

[Paul Watson @Ixashe]

@DrGoblin3 I'm in an almost identical situation, except it was my GP who was convinced something was going on and the hospital who didn't. I had 2 yrs of rejected referrals, hospital discharges, multiple complaints, then 2 weeks ago diagnosed with a rare serious heart condition.

[Paul Watson @Ixashe]

@DrEilidhMaria I'm currently in the same situation.

I have complained about a female doctor. The cardiac guidelines couldn't be more explicit and yet she blatantly refuses to follow them and discharged instead.

She refuses to give any explanation, and being painted as the bad one?

[Paul Watson @Ixashe]

@Mary_Tom11 @anaesthetic_spr It's was my complaint to the Trust which resulted in me seeing the Dr, and the pending hospital investigation. The hospital was Gateshead.

[Paul Watson @Ixashe]

@LostDazes @anaesthetic_spr That's one of the questions I'm hoping the investigation will answer when it's published.

My understanding is that because my symptoms didn't exactly match what they focused on and were looking for they decided to discharge and not investigate further.

[Paul Watson @Ixashe]

@LostDazes @anaesthetic_spr Yes, there was two separate nurses who were both cardiac specialists. One was described as the hospital 'cardiac lead' and ran the heart failure clinic, and the other ran the arrhythmia clinic. When I finally saw a cardiac consultant they ordered a CT angiogram.

[Paul Watson @Ixashe]

@Megsenmumdr @LostDazes @anaesthetic_spr @DrSteveTaylor So where does the responsibility/liability lie in cases like this? Do the ANP/PAs operate independently or under supervision? What issues could that cause for the supervising Dr's or even Medical Director who signed off on it?

[Paul Watson @Ixashe]

@Megsenmumdr @anaesthetic_spr Highly inappropriate, but happens a lot. A GP refered a SEND parent for a cardiac review but a nurse repeatedly rejected the referral, once they finally got seen much later by a Dr it was discovered they had an almost completely blocked LAD artery......

[Paul Watson @Ixashe]

@DrEilidhMaria I guess it depends what you're looking for? For easy reading I'm enjoying the DS Ryan series. I'm a big fan of early Tom Clancy and the non-horror Stephen King.

I'm currently counting the days until the new Slow Horses book is published.

[Paul Watson @Ixashe]

@Chris_of_Durham @gurprinderdeep @frlydensmith So they're considering doing what some other local councils have already been doing for years?

[Paul Watson @Ixashe]

@DrEmmaNash @dr_irfan_malik But is there any deterrent to them doing it given how widespread it occurs? Within my family alone there has been rejected referrals which turned out to be cancer in one case and an almost blocked widowmaker artery in another.

[Paul Watson @Ixashe]

@UselessSpy @DanNeidle The consultantations were going well, but stopped abruptly when they found out it included evidence of misconduct by a Local Authority Monitoring Officer. Multiple times, multiple solicitors. The case itself was a slamdunk that ended up being resolved without legal representation

[Paul Watson @Ixashe]

@UselessSpy @DanNeidle You can smell all you want, that doesn't change facts though nor does it change the response I got from the solicitors I approached.

[Paul Watson @Ixashe]

@NotThatBigIan So far I've had 27 yrs in uniform in HMPPS and 15 yrs supporting people as an advocate in the NHS, people don't believe me when I say I feel safer in the hse...... If I did just a fraction of the things in the NHS whilst I was at work I'd probably be looking at time.