I would not dare to lie about patient’s duration of illness in a report. I would be worried about the negative implications to the patient and my professional standing. I guess many of you would feel the same.
Some doctors need not worry. I am talking about the doctors commissioned by GMC. Dr Nicholas Seivewright, Consultant Psychiatrist lied about duration of my depressive illness in his report to GMC dated July 2014. He noted that my ‘psychiatric problems’ were ‘more recent’ , in contrary to medical evidence available to him at the time.
Likewise, the medical members of Interim Orders Panel namely Mr John Walsh, Chair along with two doctors in the panel hearing held on 12 November 2014, Dr Christopher Stone and Miss Patricia Durning lied about content of referral letter and date of dismissal in their determination. It says that the referral letter ‘referred to my dismissal from my post.., with effect from 23 August 2013’, in contrary to the evidence available to them at the time.
Further, Dr Stone, Miss Durning and Mr Walsh misrepresented the link between my physical and mental health by stating that ‘my mental health issues were directly linked to the problems with my physical health’, in contrary to the evidence available to them at the time.
I thought MPTS and GMC would act on the discrepancies. First, I wrote to Mr John Walsh, Chair on 24 November 2014. He did not respond. Then I wrote to His Honour Judge David Pearl, Chair, Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service on 04 December 2014. He too has not responded till date.
However, GMC has made a note in the case files about my questioning credibility and integrity of IOP members. Further, my registration continues to be restricted with conditions determined by the Panel based on lies and misrepresented facts.
I am left wondering are the doctors and staff working for GMC accountable? Is this why we doctors pay yearly subscription fees to GMC?
Note: Please email me at thalagwara@gmail.com if you would like copy of the evidence.
NHS Doctor 