tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605520130790875019.post2844398283170666778..comments2023-09-01T12:27:26.422+00:00Comments on It's quite an experience: The letter of the Law (but what of the spirit?)Radagasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286529284742690239noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605520130790875019.post-47131665590447775222007-09-05T10:00:00.000+00:002007-09-05T10:00:00.000+00:00A stop press on this. It seems that patient repor...A stop press on this. It seems that patient reporting had already been introduced by the time the HSC wrote up its report (the pilot scheme is mentioned in the report, anyway).<BR/><BR/>Looks like the HSC report was completely ignored, then. I wonder why, given that I know from my own experience that many of the concerns raised therein are perfectly valid. It rather looks like the Worshipful Company has used its influence (money) to protect a thoroughly inefficient system.<BR/><BR/>MattRadagasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14286529284742690239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605520130790875019.post-32741447207333841442007-09-04T22:02:00.000+00:002007-09-04T22:02:00.000+00:00Poor Gallileo, he really didn't understand, did he...Poor Gallileo, he really didn't understand, did he? The reason that the good Professor wouldn't look through Gallileo's telescope was so that he COULD deny the existence of Jupiter's moons! <BR/><BR/>That, I imagine, was Gallileo's chief problem: Breckenridge and he could think about exactly the same things, even believe in the same objectives, but it is the journey that a person takes to reach a certain conclusion that is more interesting, because it is that that informs on the way that that person thinks.<BR/><BR/>"Motivation". That was the word I was looking for.<BR/><BR/>MattRadagasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14286529284742690239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605520130790875019.post-54711798338797121262007-09-04T15:11:00.000+00:002007-09-04T15:11:00.000+00:00Well in terms of "spirit" the reported conversatio...Well in terms of "spirit" the reported conversation between Galileo and the current head of the MHRA is pertinent: <BR/><BR/>Gallileo: 'if you won't look through my telescope, how can you deny the existence of the moons of Jupiter?<BR/><BR/>Head of MHRA: 'if you won't drink my absinthe, how can you deny the existence of pink elephants?'<BR/><BR/>Honesty be damned. <BR/><BR/>Aubrey BlumsohnAubrey Blumsohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14702477777798565371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6605520130790875019.post-2973186243619888132007-09-03T13:40:00.000+00:002007-09-03T13:40:00.000+00:00To my knowledge, the only recommendation of the HS...To my knowledge, the only recommendation of the HSC that was implemented was the introduction of patient reporting of side effects, and we know only too well from Stephen Fawbert's commentary what the limitations of the Yellow Card scheme are.<BR/><BR/>An utterly inadequate response to the concerns raised. The question is "why?".<BR/><BR/>MattRadagasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14286529284742690239noreply@blogger.com