Harrowing words from a senior emergency medicine doctor showing the despair at not being able to provide the level of care every doctor hopes to for their patients. Every doctor, nurse & HCW can empathise with this right now.
Shared w/ permission. Pls RT to get this out there.
I'm just saying that "stop criticising, they're doing their best" is for when a children's football team are losing a match not for when an elected government is handling a crisis this badly.
" Lord Atkin ... once said of the Bar that it is the only profession in which one goes to work each morning knowing that your workday will involve a highly intelligent individual doing his best to prove to another highly intelligent individual that you are a congenital idiot "
I don’t know how many times we can say it.
Every part of criminal justice is in crisis.
🛑The innocent convicted
🛑The guilty acquitted
🛑Victims & witnesses betrayed
🛑Courts closed
🛑Huge delays
🛑Legal aid removed
🛑No compensation for the wrongly imprisoned
#TheLawIsBroken
In less than two years I've gone from sleeping in shop doorways and eating out of bins whilst off my head on crack and heroin to having a roof over my head, being clean of all drugs including alcohol, volunteering at my local animal sanctuary and feeling like I have a purpose.
Mags " we are now retiring to consider our sentence"
Me " I think sir you are retiring to consider your verdict "
I wonder what the outcome will be 🙄🙄🙄
A depressing end to the week. Dangerous dog trial in the mags ct. Defence expert’s fee for telling the court the dog isn’t quite a pit bull = £1250. My fee for 3hr trial + prep + 2hrs travel time, courtesy of the legal aid regime = £80 + VAT. #notatypo#eightypounds#great