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Topic Started: Aug 3 2010, 09:54 AM (152 Views)
Luke's Dad
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Remember you're great moments in socialized medicine series?

Well here you go: http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2010-07-29/article-1632292/Peakes-woman-loses-her-baby%2C-dignity-while-awaiting-hospital-treatment-/1
The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it.
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http://www.thelocal.se/28150/20100803/
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HOLY CARP!!!
Yeah, I think these two socialist countries need to reform their tort laws to allow American style malpractice lawsuits. That way, it will put fear into the hearts and minds of the healthcare providers to not repeat such carp; or if not, at least afford the victims the hope of a multimillion Euro payoff.

What say you, Luke's Dad?
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Oh yeah, that will solve all of their problems. :rolleyes2:
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HOLY CARP!!!
You have a better solution? :blink:
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According to former Enron adviser Paul Krugman, "In Britain, the government itself runs the hospitals and employs the doctors. We've all heard scare stories about how that works in practice; these stories are false."
Edited by George K, Aug 3 2010, 10:34 AM.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/millions-spent-on-doctor-gagging-orders-by-nhs-investigation-finds-2041209.html

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Hospital doctors who quit their jobs are being routinely forced to sign "gagging orders" despite legislation designed to protect NHS whistleblowers, it is revealed today.

Millions of pounds of taxpayers' money are being spent on contracts that deter doctors from speaking out about incompetence and mistakes in patient care.

Nearly 90 per cent of severance agreements hammered out between NHS trusts and departing doctors contain confidentiality clauses.

A joint investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Channel 4 News has discovered that at least 170 doctors in England and Wales agreed such a settlement with the trust employing them – backed up by pay-offs totalling more than £3m.

Fifty-five of the 64 contracts supplied by the trusts to the investigation team contained gagging clauses. The agreements have to be approved by the Treasury. The bureau discovered that a further 19 NHS staff who decided to go to employment tribunals after blowing the whistle on hospital standards eventually settled before their allegations were made public.

The widespread use of "gagging orders" against senior NHS staff who could raise patient safety concerns will intensify the doubts over the protection given to whistleblowers.


What's to hide? After all, according to former Enron adviser Paul Krugman, "In Britain, the government itself runs the hospitals and employs the doctors. We've all heard scare stories about how that works in practice; these stories are false."
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- Mik, 6/14/08


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- Klaus, 4/29/18
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