A tribute to Dr Rita Pal

Doctor Tracey Bloggs apologises to all those who have been inconvenienced by her absence and in pleased to have reached the stage of being again able to say hello to the world, unfettered by any constraints on her eloquence.

She would like to begin with a tribute to a doctor whose work she has steadfastly admired since being introduced to the world of blogging and the alternative dimensions of cyberspace: Dr Rita Pal. Doctor Bloggs was pleased to know she is not alone in her admiration of Dr Rita, whose name is engraved forever on the Wall of Honour in the Royal Society of Medicine. It is a well deserved honour and tribute to see Dr Rita Pal's name amongst the great and the good of medicine, including Herr Catto himself, as well as numerous other illustrious professors.






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Doctors worry about the stigma of mental illness

Doctors are worried about the stigma of having a mental illness Click here for the full story There are good reasons to be worried, because when doctors end up in the hands of the General Medical Council, their careers are over.





The General Medical Council has an old-fashioned view of mental ill health. If someone is not of "sound mind", then they are worse than Dr Shipman who was at least of" sound mind". The General Medical Council knows how dangerous doctors with mental health problems are, because they read the Sun. You know, the stories with headlines like "Psycho killer" - although to be fair to the Sun, even they have cleaned up their act.


The General Medical Council knows how much it helps a person's mental health to be put in trial in front of their peers, to have their psychiatric notes peered over by everyone from the Chairman to the Char lady.
1 - It stops doctors seeking help.
2 - It promotes stigma and discrimination. And
3 - It enhances the reputation of the medical profession.


Three birds with one stone! It worked in the middle ages, and it works now. It worked in Soviet Russia, where dissidents ended up in psychiatric wards.

The General Medical Council is weeding mental illness out of the medical profession. If you declare a mental illness, you won't be selected, if you have poor mental health as a student, - a bit of depression etc you will be suspended. And if the medical student conceals their mental health problems until later in their career, its easy - they get done for concealment! If you have feelings, get upset, or even too happy, leave medicine now. Those feelings will get you into trouble. Because if you have feelings, (as opposed to being a psychopath or sociopath) you are at RISK OF MENTAL ILLNESS.

Everyone with a "risk of mental illness", is a target for the General Medical Council. Health procedures include mental ill health and the "risk of mental ill health".

In 2003/4 9 of 215 doctors under GMC "supervision" by the health procedures, died. Three at least were suicide. Once this was brought to their attention, the GMC took appropriate action - they stopped collecting the information.


As Dr India and others will tell you, there is no escape from the Health Gulag. You cannot eliminate risk, so its safer to eliminate the doctor.


Nice work Philips, Catto, Rubin, Findlay and the soon to be appointed Niall Dickson

And Niall,

I will be disappointed if you don't carry on destroying doctors with mental health problems, or continue the quasi judicial show trials (Open to the public Monday to Friday lunchtime, London and Manchester) or the absurdities of medical regulation and revalidation. If you did try and do something positive, Dr Rita Pal and I might run out things to write about and that would be a shame.

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One or two doctors end up before the GMC because they are bad doctors, the rest are there because one way or another, the GMC doesn't like them.

The Labour Party doesn't like Shred Goodwin, but that doesn't mean they can take back the nice pension they gave him before they realised how upset everyone would be. They understand that they can't break the law. If only the GMC had such insight.

What is the difference between a GMC panellist and a GMC affiliate? In practical terms, not much, except the GMC affiliate will be more open about their loyalties.

Dr Steve Choong is a GMC panellist. aka Dr Lin Sun Choong Kam Chong BA MB BCh BAO MRCPsych MBA (beware of people with more than one name!) Dr Steve Choong has been anything but open about his loyalties, and he is not even a GMC affiliate, whose job would be to look after GMC interests within the Trusts.

Steve was involved in representing his Trust in disclosing material about Dr Pal to the GMC because she wrote (or rather repeated) information already in the public domain and put a link in her blog? - Yes, it really is that trivial!

The NHS has become a place of petty fiefdoms, politics and local dictators. When standards fall, usually because the wrong people are in charge, individuals have gained unreasonable political power at the expense of the community. This is often the case of the Medical Directors and the "soon to be Doctor Chief Executives".

The GMC likes these "Yes Men" and "Yes Women" because they are "people like us". In the same way that NuLabour likes people like Mr Findlay Scott and Mr Catto.

Cases where a medical/clinical director has become got above themselves

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and for those with more salacious tastes
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No one can be too careful. I personally have requested all the personal information that the GMC has about the Data Protection Act. They have had my money for well over 40 days.

Their first attempt did not include, amongst other things, any of the details of the volumous correspondence I have had with them over the years about doctors' mental health. I can't believe they lost it all. I complained and I am now dealing with the GMC, DPA Complaints Department. Yes they have a Complaints department.

Every doctor (person) in the country needs to know what their regulatory body and employer is saying about them. This is true, not just for doctors, for everyone - for a letter template click here.

The UK has not been so politicised since Elizabethan Times, when an illegitimate love child seized the English throne and formalised a national and international Spy Network to protect her interests.

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