Doctors won’t admit to mistakes after prosecution of paediatrician Doctors are unwilling to own up to mistakes after the prosecution of a paediatrician over the death of a young boy, polling suggests.
Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba was convicted of gross negligence manslaughter over the death of six-year-old Jack Adcock, receiving a suspended two-year prison sentence, as well as being struck off the medical register.
The case has provoked outrage among medics with claims that the doctor’s attempts to reflect on her errors had been used as ammunition against her.
A survey of family doctors shows more than half say they have “stopped or adapted” their own reflections in their appraisals in the wake of the case. The Daily Telegraph
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Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba was convicted of gross negligence manslaughter over the death of six-year-old Jack Adcock, receiving a suspended two-year prison sentence, as well as being struck off the medical register.
The case has provoked outrage among medics with claims that the doctor’s attempts to reflect on her errors had been used as ammunition against her.
A survey of family doctors shows more than half say they have “stopped or adapted” their own reflections in their appraisals in the wake of the case. The Daily Telegraph
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