Alex Smith

views my own, not those of my employer

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@KayFSheldon @hannahmary31 Have you factored in life changing impacts such as disability that becomes apparent further down the line, maternal incontinence, sexual disfunction? These things are not routinely measured and likely to be much higher following vaginal birth

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@KayFSheldon @hannahmary31 I don’t think you understand the difference between correlation and causation or the limitations of what that data shows

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@KayFSheldon @hannahmary31 But not damage

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@KayFSheldon @hannahmary31 Were women followed up to establish if they or their babies had been harmed?

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@KayFSheldon @hannahmary31 Was the harm actually measured though? Many women have cause to regret not having had a c section

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@LucyGoBag @LouiseSlorance Trade offs were made among competing objectives with infection control not being given sufficient priority

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@webdevMason As kids get older they have their own busy lives that often won’t involve grandparents. Sometimes parents get the blame for this too but there is just a lot of plates they need to keep spinning

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@thewheythetruth @LucyGoBag Sometimes people should be fired- as things stand they continue to cause harm. Read the accounts of the bereaved. This is not about “righteous indignation “ but avoidable harm and devastation to real families

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@thewheythetruth @LucyGoBag This attitude is part of why the number of baby deaths is so horrifically high. When obstetric care goes wrong there is little accountability and it doesn’t seem to prompt system change

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@mgtmccartney Some of the training may lead to discrimination as it insists we should be aware that female colleagues may suffer with brain fog and mood swings

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@yuanyi_z The AI is a useful tool. Helps get the tone right in emails with difficult people. Helps identify where more explanation is needed or where some known issue has been missed. It can imitate anyone’s style, given enough material

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@amandacomms Not a lot of work. Just minimal due diligence as as done in almost any business with access to confidential information. Staff should be aware that this is gross misconduct and is monitored

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@amwilson_opera @kafkaswife The suffering is real whatever has triggered it and these patients are in need of support, though perhaps not in the form they are seeking

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@gmhales @mark74brown Or maybe they just used AI and did not check

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@BradfemlyWalsh This is obscenely cruel

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@StevoLaughton @maxtempers Containment is very effective at reducing reoffending

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@ShipleyWrites @maxtempers @AbsoluteMeasure I would sooner have prisoners in triple decker bunk beds than released early. If it is acceptable in military and marine environments it is an okay stop gap solution while more space is being made available

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@Scarrowmanwick @jan_murray Rapid processing to reduce chaos

[Alex Smith @md6hn7cgpf]

@Cox_A_R Agreed. Abusive behaviour in a hospital context may also have an excuse such as delirium or dementia which medical staff must manage