Introduction

This blog serves to expose the inside of the Medical Protection Society in a way that will surprise the reader. After all what is the MPS? It is said to be a discretionary mutually beneficial society created to help doctors facing disciplinary problems. It boasts of the fact that there will always be a medical advisor on hand to support you and look after your best interests. But is that what really happens and whose interests are they really looking after doctor? Is it really yours? Well it probably is if you are a consultant or a GP principle. If however you are neither of these then it may not be your best interests they are looking after but in fact someone elses best interests including their own and including your regulator's interests. In fact it is likely that they will be acting with a conflict of interests, whilst hoping that you the doctor will not twig there is anything wrong and if you do they will smooth it over with their emollient words, assuring you that all is OK. Can you really be sure? You cannot. This blog will tell the tale of this organisation and what lies in it's archives. It will tell a story of cover up. This is it as never before.

Wednesday, 10 September 2008

Medical Protection Society - Boycott It Now - One

There are good reasons why all doctors should boycott the Medical Protection Society.

Junior doctors and overseas doctors should avoid it at all costs. There are a number of cases over the years in which the MPS has badly let down certain doctors.

There is Tushar Bhadra for instance. This doctor expected they would protect his reputation and preserve his right to work. They did nothing of the sort and when Bhadra would not give up they wheeled Mrs Bhadra into see the oleacous then Chief Executive, John Hickey. John Hickey tried to persuade Mrs Bhadra to get her husband to give up his cause.

Bhadra has since fought them constantly. He won a sanction and compensation from the Law Society against their solicitors, the very underhanded and puffed up RadcliffesLeBrasseur with Ralph Shipway. Alison Metcalfe was so inept at representing Bhadra he was moved onto the Leeds Office to be represented by Dr Barclay instead.

He was also moved onto Berryman Lace Mawer for them to represent him. A bad move for there he encountered Julliette Mellman-Jones, originally with RadcliffesLeBrasseur, who issued a judicial review to have Bhadra reinstated on the medical register. Guess what? Yes the GMC had managed to tip him off their computer and erase him accidentally whilst claiming there was no button on their computer which could restore him. If you would believe that you would believe anything. However Mellman-Jones managed to issue the judicial review after the three months deadline and although the judge essentially said that Bhadra should be restored to the register he also said the JR failed because it was issued out of time.

What the MPS should do after all of this time is pay off Bhadra for their machinations. It comes down to this, the MPS was a racist organisation in the past and looked down their noses at Indian doctors. Whether or not this is true is open to speculation, but Bhadra is being given no real help. They are playing games with him. No doubt when his name is raised in the MPS there is the usual exchange of laughter and knowing glances each time the Bhadra factor arises. We of the emigrant community living outside the UK tell you the MPS to compensate Bhadra now for all your failings towards him and admit you just would not treat a white consultant like that.
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