Wow...that is much too familiar....

I do not know how you came by this but I can confirm that it is an authentic document, and that it supports the view that this was an unusual and untoward process.

The transcript is extremely interesting.

It really shows the power with which psychiatrists tend to rule. These are of course individuals from the same organisation who supported a flawed study from Australia citing that most litigants suffered from a paranoid illness. That spilled into the courts culminating in an article in the Independent newspapers citing all Litigants in persons as being " obsessive paranoid individuals" - quoted from LCJ Nicholas Philips ( the UK's top judge). An interesting manner of preventing challenge I thought.

I note that one of the assessors works for my friendly neighbourhood "Diagnosis from the written word" organisation - none other than the General Medical Council.

For avoidance of doubt, my history is rather similar to Lisa Blakemore Brown. I am what they call in England - a whistleblower. While NHS Blog Doctor Dr John Crippen an anonymous GP is far more believed than I am and indeed I note featured here. Credit to him - a gentleman who plays on the side of the establishment in an acceptable manner. Then there are mavericks who are marginalised to the peripheries of medicine. Lisa Blakemore Brown is one and I am another.

Lisa Blakemore Brown has been bullied into the position she finds herself in. An intelligent lady with no evidence of mental illness is now examined under the subjective assessments of men who live in a different circle from her.

A similar present was awaiting me at the GMC - but as a whistleblower one must be quick. I found the GMC Assessor Sheila Mann admitting to discreetly inquiring about me without my knowledge. The plan of course - was to trap me in the health procedures ( yes, its all written in the GMC's own memos). The health procedures is known as the health gulag. J Colman a ex committee member of the GMC tells me that if you get in their you never come out. It seems that the trap has been set for Lisa Blakemore Brown. The Health debate - the speculation of mental health. Afterall, who is normal? People are different and we are not all like these stuffy old psychiatrists.

So, the doctors within the transcript work within the same remits that they are used to ie abusing their trade and making assumptions on matters they have not studied for instance - flame wars. Afterall, this is all Lisa's complaint was - from a lady who had her ego hurt. A one Penny Mellor made a complaint due to a challenge made against her on the internet. As emails Lisa has written is dissected, Lisa's entire personality assessed under the measurements of subjective normality.
Similarly, the GMC copied tons of pages of NHS Exposed, had printed out my fan email to Stephen King ( the author). Apparently, being a fan of Stephen King is evidence of mental illness. Of course, when I pointed to this - the English media left me to fight this alone. A similar fate is being dealt to Lisa Blakemore Brown. The road is long and hard with many faces mostly of those who relish in the idea of you failing. This is why Lisa needs the support of her colleagues.

The point here is this - the stigma of mental illness is a strong one. Because this was used against me by the GMC - my whistleblowing episode on the substandard care of elderly patients was ignore ( despite two internal reports verifying what I have said and one report from Stephen Bolsin). Similarly, Lisa's work is questioned because of the spectre of mental illness. We both know that we have to live with the stigma of mental illness without having the illness. If she was mentally ill then her psychologist friends would have noticed. They though never raised any concerns.

Despite the obvious wrongs in these two cases, I believe there is no support for us within the UK. We both fight a lonely battle. The lonely battle of principle and the truth. The price of those principles is a high one. These battles are much like the forest in a fairy tale wood - full of turnings and blind walkways. One never knows where the journey will end.

I have completed my journey and kicked the GMC's backside with a case I formatted myself ( as no lawyer would represent me). I won against the GMC and despite being the only doctor since 1800s to win in a direct action civil case, it was never mentioned in the media here in the UK. Even then the spectre of mental illness never disappears. It haunts us all where we have to work harder and harder to make ourselves heard. Because of this there is no accountability for my whistleblowing on the NHS - as everyone presumes it was done by a mad hatter. I cannot change people's minds about me.

I have narrated the parallels between Lisa and myself to show the pedigree of doctors who have felt it appropriate to cite us as mentally ill. The GMC's Assessor's colleague Dr Sheila Mann had never met me but used one letter ( where I cited that the GMC was not fit for its function) as evidence of paranoia. Sheila is a old lady from the old school and has absolutely no idea of my life as a young lady and a whistleblower generations apart from her. This is therefore their modus operandi. It is called abusing one's power. Harris HHJ in R Pal v GMC was right - the GMC is a totalitarian regime. Those who sail in it infect other regulatory bodies with their brand of psychiatry.

I believe it is therefore important to examine most GMC Assessors to review their mental state. Not so long ago, a study detailed the common occurrence of psychopathic behaviour in those who rise to the top. I am a psychiatrist by trade and I exist in the peripheries of medicine. Its called the banishing effect of a whistleblower - similar to Lisa Blakemore Brown.

Dr Rita Pal
Editor
www.nhs-exposed.com
Blog www.nhsexposedblog.blogspot.com

Thank you for this post.

.."She's also been vocal in her views on the possible connection between vaccines and mental disorders such as autism."

She is my hero.

As an outspoken advocate, I must say, that this is intense, yet not surprising. During my personal advocating for my family member, I was questioned, grilled, publicly humiliated, and referred to see a therapist, as a result of my being vocal, against mainstream psychiatric belief system(here, in the USA).
Reading this makes me say one thing: thank God I am not a professional, because the way 'they' tried to take me down on a personal level; most likely would have been on a professional level if there was that opportunity.

I must also add, that the autism/vaccine theory is controversial, and I am not convinced it should be thrown out in discussion.

Another great post Philip. Aubrey Blumsohn over at the Scientific Misconduct Blog has several great comments on this case.

Eric

You should read about the case of the British Psychological Society and the mysterious tea-drinking episode.

Tea Drinking

The BPS is a corrupt narrow minded organisation. Psychologists and psychiatrists used to be an enlightened group in the West - no more.

Fritz

.."She's also been vocal in her views on the possible connection between vaccines and mental disorders such as autism."

Thank God some one is--xoxoxo

Since 1960's nurses were taught that vaccines can cause brain damage.

So why all these denials?

Similarly whistleblowers are dubbed as suffering from mental illness.

Just like the totalitarian regime in Old Russia.

Even Priests were persecuted and sent to the salt mines for their belief in the existence of God.

The GMC has been likened to a Totalitarian organisation on more than one occasion.

Corrupt screeners allow senior doctors who are dangerous practitioners off scott free.

Yes it does sound incredible but I can prove it.

Why have you only posted one part of the transcript? It clearly shows that there's a lot you haven't posted. Can we see the rest of the hearing please?

that's all i've got john. sorry.