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Hi

Just wanted to run a recent experience by my right honourable and learned colleagues! :rolleyes:

A few months ago I moved into a new town and I was offered a room to rent at a local clinic for the purpose of setting up a private Podiatry service. An established Podiatrist in the area learned of this and wrote to the owner of the clinic telling her that I had an 'old HPC number' which appeared suspect, and stated that I was not qualified for nail surgery or local anaesthetic, and I was also not qualified to work for the NHS. I have in fact been working for the NHS for over 25 years, including performing regular nail surgery clinics using local analgesia!!

My aforementioned 'colleague' continued to make unfounded comments about me and my abilities as a Podiatrist.

Fortunately for me I had some excellent references from peers, GPs and patients, hence the clinic owner ignored the defamatory comments and offered me the room.

I have taken the matter no further as I believe in karma and, although the whole situation has been distressing, I actually feel rather sorry for the individual concerned as it appears to me that one's main motivation in vilifying others is some perverse form of compensation for one's own inadequacies.

However, I would love to get feedback on this from other members.

Cheers

:drinks

 

Take solace in that...... or hit back

1) Refer it to the HPC. Given the many cases that they have ruled on, this is definitely a 'fitness to practice' issue case against them. Name and shame them.

2) Go see a lawyer. Get them to write to them and point out the defamation and ask them what they are offering to prevent you taking this further. You do not have to take it further, just get a letter written. A lawyer's letter will cost a few $, but the satisfaction of putting the absolute sh.ts up them is well worth it (I know, been there ... done that!). It does not matter if it is really defamation or not, they will get an absolute shock at getting the letter and it will stop.

 

Third option, assuming you're both in the scp, run it through them. There are rules on that sort of thing...

Or turn up on his doorstep and have a chat.

 

With or without the baseball bat?

 

I find a bottle of wine is ideal. It's a nice gesture of reconciliation, but if the conversation goes badly you can fall back on it as a weapon.

It's good to be flexible.

 

From personal experience I wouldn`t bother with the SCP, their rules are subjective guidelines, at best.

However, I would certainly do the latter. In fact, I have done so with a local pod who felt they should educate our community on the fact that my HPC reg number fell within the `Grandparented = therefore not properly trained` sequential batch of numbers....

Good mates now:drinks