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Now I know we’re not a ‘medical blog’, but somethings a-stir lately amongst the medics.

That Neil Bacon fellow (essentially an inadequate doctor who pretends he was a renal specialist but decided to go for the dot.com fortune instead with doctors.net.uk) has started something most annoying to the medical fraternity. I won’t link to any of it (except Shrink’s post on the subject and 360 degree feedback - but only cos he’s an honorary nurse*). You know where the rest of it is.

So what’s up? Well in a nutshell he’s started a ‘rating’ site for doctors (Bacon - not Shrink) - with anonymous submissions from.. well, anyone. It’s a bit crass - actually it’s extremely crass - and I sympathise with the medics - (in the same way they might sympathise over nurses pay).

But wait! Cue the cavalry bounding over the hill - Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer has another idea.

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