Mark Dudley was the Head of Medical Services in London until last year. Supposedly he is still the Head of Medical Services but he has been missing from the London Office for over a year now. Where is this man we ask? Is he sick or is he on gardening leave? If it's gardening leave then he could have refashioned the whole of Kew Gardens by now.
Alison Metcalfe is sitting in his seat. She is Acting Head of Medical Services. If you remember she was the person who cocked up on the Bhadra case which necessitated moving him to Leeds amongst other things.
Returning to Mark Dudley- what has he done? Well a couple of years ago he wasted over £1,000,000 of the MPS money on what can only be called a bogus defamation claim on behalf of Andrew Wakefield against Brian Deer and Chanel 4. It was so bad that it comprehensively failed and the MPS was the laughing stock of the defence bodies all courtesy of the Head of Legal Services in London i.e. Mark Dudley.
Wakefield was coming up at the GMC and apparently the rather questionable and somewhat secretive and possibly dishonest Richard Barr, the solicitor of MMR (the lost cause) fame, was involved with all this. A former client of his from the Organo-Phosphate action, (another Barr failure), reliably informs the emigrant circle that Richard Barr has five rulings against him by the Law Society. Richard Barr was supposed to give evidence for Wakefield at the GMC- no doubt all orchestrated and countenanced by Mark Dudley who suddenly disappeared as if in a puff of smoke, from the MPS at the outset of the hearing. Was he pushed or did he succumb from the heat. Is Mark Dudley a fit and proper person to hold your medical career in his hands? We of the emigrant community think not.
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.
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