The General Medical Council (GMC) is in overdrive, with medical professionals being erased from the register for ‘wrongspeak’. Yet this is not a new phenomenon. If we delve into the history of how our existing ‘medical monopoly’ was established, it is an all too familiar disturbing playbook of censorship, corruption and subversion of ethics that spans over 130 years in the making.
Tag: ethics
Does mother know best?
The cost-benefit decisions that drive NHS spending can be hard to reconcile. On one hand, loving parents face roadblocks from courts and medical experts when seeking life-saving treatments for their children. On the other, vast sums are spent on COVID-19 interventions, raising the question: What is a life truly worth, and who gets to decide? Shouldn’t loving parents have more say when the stakes are so high?
Consultation on new Public Health Act for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is having a consultation about a new Public Health Bill which would widen the scope of the current legislation to create permanent powers on an ‘all hazards’ basis. It includes hidden in paragraph 143 that the regulations may require a person to be vaccinated or to receive other prophylactic treatment. Say goodbye to bodily autonomy.
Spiking via a spiked drink
A young adult with learning difficulties has been sedated and vaccinated against the wishes of him or his parents and at a time when this was not even a JCVI recommendation. His mother is appealing for help in her court case to prevent further doses being given.
Were the unvaccinated treated (literally) differently from the vaccinated?
If the unvaccinated were treated differently from the vaccinated, yet another bias could creep into the outcomes.
Our institutions are hollowed out
This is what totalitarianism looks like Republished below is an article from Jonathan Engler, first published 19th August, on his substack page, where he looks at two examples from here in the UK: The first is The Royal College of Nursing, which says (of the recent protests): “These scenes around the country are nothing short […]
The Academic Whistleblower
According to Dr Elliott, a bioethicist at the University of Minnesota, “individuals don’t stumble into whistleblowing; rather, they are reluctant casualties of a corrupted system.”
Bring back moral red lines
There’s a good reason for moral red lines but in a society which lacks moral leaders, politicians and others have been crossing these lines without any thought for the consequences. It is time to bring back moral red lines and stick to them.
Shocking testimony regarding Remdesivir
Some shocking testimony from the USA.
Evidence presented to the Scottish Inquiry
The Scottish Inquiry has heard repeated stories from care homes of neglect, abuse, denial of healthcare and repeated misuse of end of life medication resulting in deaths. Witness after witness has given concurring evidence.
Informed Consent: Ethical Principles of Medicine
It is a basic requirement in medicine that before any procedure, a screening intervention or treatment is undertaken, the individual must consent. To do so, they must be informed of both the benefits and the risks before deciding whether to proceed.
An open letter to Professor MacEwen at the GMC
time to put your words into practice and end the witch hunt against doctors Open letter to GMC: 28th June 2024 Professor Dame Carrie MacEwen, Chair, General Medical Council Mr Charlie Massey, CEO, General Medical Council Professor Philip Banfield, chairman of council, British Medical Association Dr Jeanette Dickson, Chair of Council, Academy of Medical Royal […]
AstraZeneca children’s trial breaches Helsinki
As a retired paediatrician, I was shocked to see the Oxford Vaccine Group advertising on Twitter for children aged 6-17 to join the latest Sars-CoV-2 vaccine trial[1]. In the two days it has taken me coposing this letter, I now see from tonight’s BBC news that the trial has already begun.
