unless you have learning difficultiesOriginally Posted by joebloggs
It saddens me in the UK's increasingly litigious society that the immediate response when something goes wrong is to name and shame, criticise before all the facts are known, and contact a solicitor (if they haven't already contacted the victims). Such actions can have unintended consequences - does this really encourage doctors, nurses, social workers or other health care workers to take up their profession ?
Melanie Reid ( who broke her neck and back after falling from a horse in April, and writes for "The Times") puts it better than I could : "The blame culture is but a sub-plot in which carers are some of the poorest paid, lowest skilled, most overworked, least well educated people, who must nevertheless carry some of the most profound responsibility".
I only hope that some good comes out of all the publicity given to this tragic case. It's the way adverse events are dealt with nowadays. But as I still don't know the full details, I will reserve judgement.
