Hospital doctors face unfair disciplinary procedures, says defence organisation
2018; BMJ; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1136/bmj.k1571
ISSN0959-8138
Autores Tópico(s)Health Services Management and Policy
ResumoUnfair and inconsistent disciplinary procedures against NHS hospital doctors are reinforcing a culture of fear in healthcare, one of the UK’s largest medical defence organisations has claimed. The Medical Protection Society (MPS), which advises and helps doctors, acknowledges that some NHS trusts have effective disciplinary processes. But in a new paper, Getting it Right ,1 it accuses others of using legally flawed procedures, prolonging cases unnecessarily, and failing to inform doctors early enough of the allegations they face. Some trusts exclude doctors from work as a default mechanism regardless of the …
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