amanda

Mum, wife, nurse. Love my family, crochet, art and writing.

[amanda @amanda73850907]

@VeraBaird As a health professional I was concerned during the Lucy Letby trials that the medical evidence used was not adequately understood by the prosecution, never mind the jury. Since the convictions much more worrying info has emerged. This is likely a major miscarriage of justice.

[Dr Svilena Dimitrova @NeoDoc11]

This morning, I was contacted in a very unexpected - and frankly, quite unsettling - way by a whistleblower from within Cheshire Police. I am still quite shaken.

They asked me what I believed should be in the public domain to help people truly understand that the Letby case was a miscarriage of justice. My answer was simple:

1. The documents which showed the reasons that originally led police to treat these cases as murders.

2. The reports written by Dewi Evans - reports so poorly constructed, so lacking in evidence, so riddled with cherry-picking and bizarre theorising, that they fail to offer a single credible adequately disproven differential diagnosis other than murder. These reports became the foundation of the entire case, and yet they are so weak that the public won’t even need to compare them against genuine expert reports to see how flawed they are. These were what all other experts “peer reviewed.” And they are not worth the paper they are written on.

I am deeply grateful that there are still people within Cheshire Police who have the courage and conscience to reach out.

On another note, I want to apologise to those of you who have reached out to me seeking whistleblowing support. Right now, I am simply too overwhelmed to take on anything beyond Letby in my free time. Please remember this is not a job I’ve ever been paid to do, and the demand has far surpassed my spare time.

For those looking for safe avenues: I trust Private Eye as a whistleblowing platform, Phil Hammond for issues relating to the NHS, and Donna Ockenden for matters involving maternity and neonatal care. At present, I cannot personally recommend or place my trust in any other individuals or organisations. (That doesn’t mean there aren’t trustworthy ones out there – only that I cannot vouch for them myself right now.) Please, though, keep speaking up. Your voices matter.

@drphilhammond @DavidDavisMP @DavidRoseUK @PeterElston1 @MartynPitman @wesstreeting

[amanda @amanda73850907]

@DebbieKennett @LucyLetbyTrials She might have turned up every day but she didn’t understand the evidence’ any more than the jury did.

[amanda @amanda73850907]

@GMB what an incredible woman Mina Smallman is. The world needs more people like this.

[Dr Svilena Dimitrova @NeoDoc11]

Here’s a screenshot of my Dewi Evans referral, made before the Baby K retrial.

By that point, I had already examined in detail what he had said publicly and much of what he had said in court and come to see the obvious conclusion that every other actual neonatologist who has looked into it has seen: Dr Evans had essentially reinvented neonatology in order to present himself as an expert and charge an undisclosed but certainly hefty sum. (He later quietly shifted his self-description to “professional witness” - whatever that’s supposed to mean.)

I stand by every word I said. Furthermore, since then, I’ve reviewed all the “expert” reports Dr Evans has written: I could write a GMC referral the size of a book, listing not opinions, but cold, hard facts - demonstrating that this man is has no grasp of neonatology and has breached nearly every principle of the medical expert code.

But I won’t. Why?

Because the system doesn’t care.
•The police don’t care.
•The CPS doesn’t care.
• The judiciary don’t care.
•The GMC certainly doesn’t care.

Lucy Letby is guilty because Dr Evans says so - and that’s enough.

Anyone who dares question that - whether they’re a Bulgarian female neonatologist, an international professor, or a whole group of global national and international experts who actually understand science and/or neonatology - is immediately branded a “truther”, a “conspiracy theorist”, or some other dismissive label. Their credentials, logic, and evidence are irrelevant. Because Dr Evans says otherwise. And that’s all it takes.

Whoop whoop. Hooray. Justice, apparently.

Let’s talk about what happened next.

Guy Adams of the Daily Mail then dedicated a two-page spread explaining what a real example of sainthood Dr Evans was and allowing him to continue to harass me - for daring to speak out. At the time, I was the only independent currently practising UK neonatologist to publicly call out Dewi Evans’ deeply flawed contributions. (Mike Hall also had but he was a defence expert. And yes - Dr Hall is an actual genuine expert).

Now, here’s what’s interesting: several other doctors also raised concerns. Some referred Evans to the GMC. All of them were men.

But Guy and Dewi picked me.

I will wait patiently to hear the answer but I wonder… could it because:
•I’m a woman.
•I’m not rich.
•I’m employed (read: easily targetable).
•I’m Bulgarian.

That’s misogyny. That’s xenophobia. That’s classism. It’s all there. (Never mind the fact that I am also British and gained top degrees in medicine and law from top British universities - because who would want the truth to come in the way of important people being important and making lots of money…)

But Guy didn’t stop with the hit piece. He then emailed multiple of my employers the vile trope I posted about yesterday. A journalist of real calibre.

Let’s be very clear: what’s happening here is more than just individual injustice. This is a state endorsed exercise of scapegoating for human and system failures with a multitude of victims and an ominous message to every professional in the UK:

Do your job too well, challenge bad science, raise legitimate concerns - and you’ll be punished for it.

And finally, a well-earned round of applause to those who made this circus show possible:

•Cheshire Police
•The CPS
•The British “justice” system

And let’s not forget the shining lights of British journalism: Guy Adams, Liz Hull, and Judith Moritz - who basically co-authored a masterclass in “How Not to Do Good Journalism”. Honestly, it should be taught in journalism school.

Let’s make Guy Adams famous for his behaviour. Long overdue.

@guyadams @MailOnline @DailyMailUK @drphilhammond @wesstreeting

[amanda @amanda73850907]

@GMB @ChrisGPackham Very well said @ChrisGPackham
The media are only about blaming individuals and making headlines, while avoiding the real issue.

[amanda @amanda73850907]

@LBC Low sense of responsibility and high sense of entitlement with using NHS healthcare. There needs to be more emphasis on healthy lifestyle instead of asking for avoidable consequences to be fixed

[amanda @amanda73850907]

@GMB @susannareid100 @toryboypierce @JonAshworth Public information campaigns on the importance of a healthy lifestyle. Make it clear that it’s in the individual’s interest. Waiting lists are in part due to the number of people with avoidable health conditions.

[amanda @amanda73850907]

@GMB @susannareid100 @toryboypierce @JonAshworth Laurence llewellyn Bowen tried to discuss taking responsibility for our health as we age but you changed the subject. That is a large part of why the NHS is in the current mess.

[amanda @amanda73850907]

@GMB Laurence Llewellyn Bowen was trying to talk about the importance of taking responsibility for our own health as we age but you changed the subject. No wonder the NHS is broken.

[amanda @amanda73850907]

@GMB It’s all very well repeatedly talking about how pensioners are badly done to, but working age people also struggle to pay their bills and will never have money in the bank or the low mortgages of the 70s and 80s.

[amanda @amanda73850907]

@CnfReal @GMB But if my elderly parents were using a budget airline, knowing how they operate I would probably help them check they had done everything to avoid hidden costs.

[amanda @amanda73850907]

@Sammyowl44 @GMB @KHemingwaynews Years of deliberate underfunding. GPs are working late into the night to get non-patient-facing work done because there is a huge shortage of GPs.

[amanda @amanda73850907]

@_Char_X__ @GMB @KHemingwaynews They get 7-10 minutes per appointment. If someone is really struggling they won’t throw them out the door so they run to time. The same if you were really struggling when you are seen.

[amanda @amanda73850907]

@GMB @KHemingwaynews People should absolutely be charged for wasting appointments. Unfortunately there is a very high sense of entitlement and a low sense of responsibility when using the service (23 years as a nurse)

[amanda @amanda73850907]

@GMB very refreshing listening to @matthewsyed If everyone had a little more humility and kindness, along with a little less entitlement, the world would be a better place.

[amanda @amanda73850907]

@MichaelaMarie84 @GMB @kategarraway @richardm56 @DrAmirKhanGP @DrHilaryJones @sthknhs Also, we’ve had 12 years of pay-freezes or below-inflation pay rises due to austerity. The RCN are asking for us to be brought back in line pay wise.

[amanda @amanda73850907]

@MichaelaMarie84 @GMB @kategarraway @richardm56 @DrAmirKhanGP @DrHilaryJones @sthknhs It makes it a feasible career choice for people considering it. A newly qualified nurse has £30,000 debt and gets paid £13 an hour.