Clare Gerada: influence on UK medical practice and ME/CFS management

[rvallee]

This really shows how deep the 'blame and stigmatise the patient' rot goes. And that it was reinforced in training to treat the patient with suspicion.

It must be your fault you feel ill. You must be an alcoholic (which is still a very stigmatised condition) or have AIDS (still an extremely stigmatised condition in the 90s).

In a sane world this video alone would have barred her from this kind of political elevation.

The overall strategy has obviously been to simply make us so hated that no one would want to help us. It's the only thing they actually achieved, but they managed 100% at it.

It's actually baffling that it worked, to be honest. The gullibility here is so high that it warrants massive audits, but then comes the problem of who would audit. Autarky, self-rule, never works. Everyone needs to be held accountable, there is no amount of skill or talent that can overcome the trap of falling for one's hubris. But when you mix that with no useful skills, whew it just creates a nasty mix.

 

[hotblack]

Thank you, I don’t know how I managed to read LibDem as Conservative. Have corrected post.

Probably my fault by linking to the Wikipedia page for Baroness Scott of Bybrook rather than Baroness Scott of Needham Market. Thanks for the correction @Suffolkres

 

[Valerie Eliot Smith]

Slightly off-topic but it follows from an [expanded] quote in an earlier post here (#165) regarding threads on X/Bluesky:

"The treatment of #MECFS has been described by George Monbiot as 'the greatest medical scandal of the 21st century.'"

This line is being used by many people now; it's inaccurate and misleading.

The original "greatest medical scandal" quote came from Carol Monaghan MP in a 2018 Westminster Hall parliamentary debate. In saying "21st century", she was referring only to the PACE trial - which is correct.

George Monbiot's version reduces the entire ongoing ME travesty to a mere 25 years instead of more than half a century. This diminishes the impact of the shocking history of ME and dismisses the work of several generations of advocates.

 

[Robert 1973]

This is so disappointing but not in any way surprising. I note from the report in the Independent that she was recommended by the independent House of Lords Appointments Commission and will sit as a crossbench peer: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...of-gps-dame-aid-prime-minister-b2850210.html#

The two peerages were recommended by the independent House of Lords Appointments Commission (Holac) and announced on Wednesday.

Holac has recommended a total of 78 non-party-political peerages since 2000 to the Prime Minister, drawn from approximately 6,500 nominations.

She is an already Professor Dame Clare, Lady Wessely. I wonder where the Baroness title goes. I know where I would put it!

I guess Wessely will be disappointed that she has got there first. I anticipate that he will be appointed after he’s told the government what it wants to hear about autism and ADHD (https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/n...-mental-health-and-neurodivergence-for-labour).

 

[Robert 1973]

She is an already Professor Dame Clare, Lady Wessely. I wonder where the Baroness title goes. I know where I would put it!

ChatGPT tells me that she will become Professor Baroness Gerada.