Posts Tagged ‘Needham’

The Dispensible Dr Needham

Sunday, March 27th, 2011

Has not responded to the entirely justified and reasonably put criticism of her ill-judged personal view.

Anyone may hold any personal view, but some must be kept internal to be suitable to remain in some posts.

Her view and her post do not seem to me to be certainly exempt from this.

Dr Gillian Needham

Saturday, February 12th, 2011

I find the arguments she advances in her personal view piece in the BMJ weak, unconvincing, poorly written and in the end vitiated by the fact that she has now published.

Very considerable and widespread criticism by a great range of doctors of various types and degrees of seniority which has been made of her seems to me appropriate.

I think medical training would not be made worse by her departure from it, and would welcome that.

http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d752.full