rvallee
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
Trying to work through what his accomplishments are, and there are none listed. All imaginary contributions, which could have been positive if he had been right, but he has this lifelong habit of being comically wrong about most things, compensated by a knack for appearing to know what he's talking about. Which says a lot about what gets rewarded for contributions to health care.
This is very much a political award. Medical peers should feel deep shame for being associated with any of his work. He is a good example of someone who should never have gone in medicine in the first place. More of a banker or administrator for a large corporation type, the latter of which is why he is getting another participation trophy.
Seriously, this is one of those moments where the entire system needs to look inward and ask what the hell they are even doing here. But because politics reign supreme in health care, I assume he will get a good few days of ass kissing, as bootlickers vie to elevate themselves, at whatever costs to their honor.
It'd be like honoring Elizabeth Holmes for her contributions to health technology. A moment of deep embarrassment for everyone involved. It also says a lot about why medicine is utterly incapable of progressing in those areas.
This is actually a very sad indictment of the state of psychiatry. He is none of those things. I never once saw his name outside of the narrow confines of UK health politics, and of course ME/CFS and GWI, where he is a reviled figure for both communities. If this is the 'best' that psychiatry has to offer, you may as well start over from scratch.
His work on the first three areas is horrid. He has literally been public enemy #1 for the two patient communities, working against the patients to the benefit of systemic injustice. His clinical trials are terrible, and mental health care in the UK is a horrible mess. IAPT is a good example of what his contributions amount to, and it's a total mess that should be shut down entirely.
This is very much a political award. Medical peers should feel deep shame for being associated with any of his work. He is a good example of someone who should never have gone in medicine in the first place. More of a banker or administrator for a large corporation type, the latter of which is why he is getting another participation trophy.
Seriously, this is one of those moments where the entire system needs to look inward and ask what the hell they are even doing here. But because politics reign supreme in health care, I assume he will get a good few days of ass kissing, as bootlickers vie to elevate themselves, at whatever costs to their honor.
It'd be like honoring Elizabeth Holmes for her contributions to health technology. A moment of deep embarrassment for everyone involved. It also says a lot about why medicine is utterly incapable of progressing in those areas.