Lying scumbag psychiatrist tries to ruin someone, only caught out by secret audio recording

[Shechemite]

Dr McLennan, 57, testified under oath that Mr A claimed he “felt like hitting people at work,” at an employment tribunal in January 2015, but was unaware that Mr A had secretly recorded the consultation on his phone and later reported her to the General Medical Council (GMC) after failing to convince Scottish prosecutors to investigate.


Their report read: “Dr McLennan’s actions breached a fundamental tenet of the medical profession, namely the requirement to act with honesty and integrity.”


“Dr McLennan’s integrity was further damaged by the fact that she then gave evidence at an Employment Tribunal which was dishonest. This tribunal considered that fellow professionals would find Dr McLennan’s actions deplorable.”


In their decision, the Tribunal said they could not be fully confident that Dr McLennan would not seek to return to medical practice work in the next six months, leaving them with no choice but immediately suspend her registration.


Renowned Edinburgh psychiatrist struck off for ‘misleading and inaccurate’ patient report

 

[Shechemite]

It’s almost as if patients have a need to be able to record their appointments with health care professionals, and should have the right to do so irrespective of the qualms of said professionals

 

[Spymaster]

Why did she lie? What did she get out of it?

 

[Shechemite]

Why did she lie? What did she get out of it?

Power.

From the article it appears she ‘took a dislike’ to the interviewee.

If you don’t like someone, and have the power to harm them, and don’t think you’ll face sanction for lying about them, why not make shit up about them?

 

[Shechemite]

Medical notes are license to defame people.

And professionals (strangely enough) don’t like it when patients try to equalise the power dynamic by making their own recordings.

 

[nogojones]

Why did she lie? What did she get out of it?

Reading the article, she may have been hired by the employers (or their solicitors) to back their case that Mr A was fairly dismissed and had commited gross misconduct.

She was being paid for an outcome and delivered it. Good to see Mr A was on his toes.

 

[nogojones]

And whilst I know you have beef with the psych profession, it's not just that branch of medicine that is a problem here. Any Dr or "medical professional" who gets paid on the side to tuck patients up by employers or the DWP should be disbarred from their professional bodies

 

[Shechemite]

And whilst I know you have beef with the psych profession, it's not just that branch of medicine that is a problem here. Any Dr or "medical professional" who gets paid on the side to tuck patients up by employers or the DWP should be disbarred from their professional bodies

Beef

Do you think this nonsense only happens in employment tribunals/DWP assessments?

 

[Shechemite]

It’s almost as if patients have a need to be able to record their appointments with health care professionals, and should have the right to do so irrespective of the qualms of said professionals

The RCN are explicitly against patients being able to covertly record professionals, and state that patients should only be able to do so overtly if they ‘give good reasons’.

 

[nogojones]

Beef

Do you think this nonsense only happens in employment tribunals/DWP assessments?

No, not at all. There's bad practice and power shite in all professions, and mental health may be more open to that abuse. But I have noticed that you tend to highlight abuses within the mental health field only.

 

[Shechemite]

. But I have noticed that you tend to highlight abuses within the mental health field only.

Erm I don’t, but if I did, so what?

 

[nogojones]

Erm I don’t, but if I did, so what?

Sorry, I don't get a chance to read every thread or post on here, so I may have missed the ones where you pick up on bad practice elsewhere. It's just the ones I noticed.

"So what?" It doesn't make any odds to me, but it may indicate a degree of beef.

 

[treelover]

Medical notes are license to defame people.

And professionals (strangely enough) don’t like it when patients try to equalise the power dynamic by making their own recordings.

yes, and now the DWP are advertising a contract for a company to develop software to scour said notes.

 

[nogojones]

yes, and now the DWP are advertising a contract for a company to develop software to scour said notes.

Do you have a link for that? Just to see the background of why the DWP wants to see all my medical notes

 

[Pickman's model]

Do you have a link for that? Just to see the background of why the DWP wants to see all my medical notes

don't want you waiting for a link that never comes so here you go Guess who's working on a health data-slurping digital tool? Bzzt! Nope, it's the UK Department for Work and Pensions