Nice doctors taking paid time out.

Posted by: Witch Doctor | February 21, 2008

Nice doctors taking paid time out.

THE 360 DEGREE THING

You want to know why doctors are doing 360 degree appraisal, My Black Cat?

I would imagine it’s because they want some time out from their more demanding duties. 360 degree appraisal is a nice soft, fluffy thing to do. Much nicer than anaesthetising a patient, or taking out a gallbladder, or telling a wife her husband is now a corpse.

Much, much nicer.

MAN WISHING HE COULD DO SOMETHING SOFT AND FLUFFY

Yes, it’s a nice alternative to proper work.

Everybody likes niceness in the NHS today.

The 360 Degree thing measures niceness.

All with full pay within NHS time.

Is that why the doctors who said The 360 Degree Thing was CRAP when it was introduced seemed to CREEP.

They CREEP because they now see it as a nice little paid interlude in their busy lives.

Do they?

BOY LONGING FOR AN INTERLUDE IN HIS LIFE SO HE CAN DO THE 360 DEGREE APPRAISAL THING

But they still think it’s CRAP.

But they don’t say its CRAP.

They just do it.

360 degree appraisal symbolises just one way that taxpayers money is frittered away to boost the income of “NHS partners” without any tangible return for patients.

360 degree appraisal also symbolises how the medical profession can easily become sheep that creep.

Medical sheep incapable of saying “NO”

Sad, really.

a red apple ……………………

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We have seen allegations about a doctor’s probity made during these things. Unfortunately they are anonymous so you cannot investigate any concerns that have been raised. The stain then stays on the doctor’s computer record for ever.

By: Peacemaker on February 22, 2008
at 10:19 am

And if not anonymous, and the allegations were wrong, doctors could sue. And so they should.

That would be a sure way of rattling ‘helpful” people who make cursory comments about members of staff not perceived by them to be “nice enough.”

I know plenty of not very nice doctors that I would want to treat myself or my family if they were ill.

This is all about control and nothing to do with good patient care or patient safety. It’s also to do with “jobs for the boys.” It is also to do with profit. All these crazy rigmaroles make me hopping mad. It will take a devastating ‘flu outbreak or a smallpox epidemic where people are dropping like flies to put an end to all this crap!

What upsets me more than the crap, is the way the medical profession accept it!

Sorry about that! Strong feelings here!

By: witchdoctor on February 22, 2008
at 11:56 pm

Obviously I am not the only one with concerns about the big brother records now being kept on our doctors. I have tentatively expressed concerns about particular cases when unjustified pot shots have been taken at hard working young doctors by unreliable individuals with some axe to grind. Unfortunately, without knowing their identity, it is impossible to investigate unfounded allegations. I have the slight impression that lazy nurses who have taken offence at being told to do some work by a hard-pressed junior doctor have decided to get their own back using these silly appraisals. But the anonymity makes it quite impossible to know for sure. Those within the system are very defensive of it and fail to engage with our concerns. Those with their sleeves rolled up on the front line who know the junior doctors concerned seem outraged by the process.

My advice to any junior doctor reading this would be to take advantage of the Data Protection Act and ask the relevant authority for all the details they hold on them. They should then ask for anything adverse that cannot be substantiated to be removed.

http://www.ico.gov.uk/Home/what_we_cover/data_protection/your_rights/correcting_information.aspx

By: Nightrider on February 23, 2008
at 12:59 pm

Thanks for your comments Peacemaker and Nightrider.

Good idea about the Data Protection Act. Maybe I’ll do a post with this link once I return after putting my feet up.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if every doctor in the land simultaneously asked for information that the NHS was holding on them regarding appraisal or anything else? Maybe April Fool’s Day would be a good time!

Anyway, The Witch Doctor has quite a good way of dealing with things like this - just smile a stupid smile and don’t participate in these crazy things at all. Lots of raised eyebrows - but at the end of the day “they” don’t know how to deal with this approach and to date no one has ever challenged it (probably due to fear of being turned into a frog). It’s a high risk strategy for individuals though, and only recommended for those with nerves of steel.

Definitely not for juniors. Better to stick with Nightrider’s approach until doctors en masse decide they have had enough. And surely some day they will.

By: witchdoctor on February 23, 2008
at 7:53 pm