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RapidOnsetGenderCritic · Yesterday 20:52

MarieDeGournay · Yesterday 20:26

Thank you everybody, I got 37 likes!!

I take your point, MyThreeWords, all I have in mind is a short fairly formal message saying something like :
1st draft of 9😄
Could you please pass on to Sarah [Dr Redvers?] a message of appreciation and support from those of us who have been following her tribunal online..
We admire her strength and resolve and send our best wishes.
signed Some Mumsnetters

PS Thanks BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn but my gmail a/c could be anywhere so it'll be grand.

Maybe call her "Dr Sarah Redvers"? Acknowledges her professional status without being too formal?

RogueFemale · Yesterday 20:26

MyThreeWords · Yesterday 17:51

Just a word of caution, not everyone would feel pleased about an email of that sort. Perhaps she would like it, but perhaps not. Lots of people would find it a bit awful to be spoken of extensively online, even the positive comments. And an actual email on top of that might seem intrusive. She has already been through the mill so much that it doesn't seem a good idea to risk making things worse.

It's well known that MN has a lot of GC users, and if she wants to read MN and see the support for her here, she can easily do so. It may even be that some of the comments here would be ones that she finds upsetting. Posts poking fun at tribunal witnesses might just intensify the social tension/horror of the whole experience.

I agree.

MarieDeGournay · Yesterday 20:26

Thank you everybody, I got 37 likes!!

I take your point, MyThreeWords, all I have in mind is a short fairly formal message saying something like :
1st draft of 9😄
Could you please pass on to Sarah [Dr Redvers?] a message of appreciation and support from those of us who have been following her tribunal online..
We admire her strength and resolve and send our best wishes.
signed Some Mumsnetters

PS Thanks BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn but my gmail a/c could be anywhere so it'll be grand.

PassTheHanky · Yesterday 19:10

Thank you to @MarieDeGournay, I'd be grateful if you could count me in please.
I'm sure Sarah will be aware that she'll be getting talked about publicly because of the on-going ET so I would hope she welcome some positive feedback from supportive mumsnetters.

singthing · Yesterday 19:08

Prestissimo · Yesterday 07:24

Word is that she did offer to settle, though, @SqueakyDinosaur - they chose to fight this in court. At all of our financial expense. Hopefully some good will come of it in the end.

It's not their money though, is it? None of them need to look a Board of Directors in the eye to justify it.

In Peggie it was that legal insurance fund, in Redvers it probably something similar, but if not, the taxpayer will ultimately be on the hook.

I am sure someone is already on it, but an FOI to request details of legal costs will be enlightening, especially if they can be approximately dated before and after the £1 settlement offer.

lcakethereforeIam · Yesterday 18:42

A tactful thanks and expression of regret that's she's going through this. I don't know what her relationships were like with the people responsible for this shitshow prior to it all kicking off. Many of them may have been strangers. It's likely though that some were people she liked and respected. I imagine it makes their betrayals (for want of a better word) worse. Presumably she expected them, at the very least, to do their jobs. All this must be a real headfuck.

Prestissimo · Yesterday 18:30

Thanks @MarieDeGournay

It’s a tricky balance, isn’t it? I briefly considered looking her up on NHS email because I would love her to know that she’s supported, but that’s clearly an inappropriate use of that (distant) connection and after a moment’s thought I decided that it was too intrusive to contact her directly that way.

I think a brief vote of thanks through her legal reps would be fine, and hopefully appreciated, as they can time passing it across and edit as required, but anything more personal may just feel too much.

Cars4Gov · Yesterday 18:05

GailBlancheViola · Yesterday 17:51

Count me in on support for Dr Redevers too, I am incandescent at how appallingly she has been treated.

Sarah stood up when so many people were against her. She acted so professionally despite the high cost to her in the workplace and socially. We need bravery medals for whistle blowers such as Sarah.

BlueLegume · Yesterday 17:58

Maybe all Sarah needs to hear is that many people are just relieved decent people exist and do the job they were hired to do.

GailBlancheViola · Yesterday 17:51

Count me in on support for Dr Redevers too, I am incandescent at how appallingly she has been treated.

MyThreeWords · Yesterday 17:51

Just a word of caution, not everyone would feel pleased about an email of that sort. Perhaps she would like it, but perhaps not. Lots of people would find it a bit awful to be spoken of extensively online, even the positive comments. And an actual email on top of that might seem intrusive. She has already been through the mill so much that it doesn't seem a good idea to risk making things worse.

It's well known that MN has a lot of GC users, and if she wants to read MN and see the support for her here, she can easily do so. It may even be that some of the comments here would be ones that she finds upsetting. Posts poking fun at tribunal witnesses might just intensify the social tension/horror of the whole experience.

Hedgehogforshort · Yesterday 17:39

I wish we could have a badge to send her shero something like that

DontStopMe · Yesterday 16:37

Count me in for any shows of support to Dr Redvers who has been standing up for what's right in the face of so many who are so wrong.

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · Yesterday 15:41

I'd certainly like to show my support to her, show my disgust for all she had to fight against, and show her how much I appreciate her sticking with it despite how long it took.

I'm sure she's in no doubt she's in the right, and I AGREE with her, all of them, especially the 'Doctor'?!!! at the centre of this, is wrong, wrong, wrong. Incredibly, stupidly and should be criminally WRONG.

anyolddinosaur · Yesterday 15:37

It's good to be reminded that the medical profession did not entirely lose it's collective marbles. Whatever Dr Redvers is doing now I hope she is happy and that she realises how much her bravery is admired.

NUFC69 · Yesterday 15:23

I’m in, too, please. I just can’t believe what they were doing.

Thehorticulturalhussie · Yesterday 15:22

Mmmnotsure · Yesterday 15:16

Yes. Great idea @MarieDeGournay
And whoever writes, please point her to these threads so that Sarah can see in real time how we reacted and how much we appreciate her.

And definitely send Tunnocks.

Mmmnotsure · Yesterday 15:16

Yes. Great idea @MarieDeGournay
And whoever writes, please point her to these threads so that Sarah can see in real time how we reacted and how much we appreciate her.

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · Yesterday 15:11

Or if you think it would be better coming from a uK based poster (not that you can really tell with emails) I'd be happy to do it.

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · Yesterday 15:10

If Marie is willing to take on the task, I suggest anyone who wants to be counted could like her post.

DauntlessDamson · Yesterday 14:41

I think it would be a great idea, Marie, to send a message to Sarah R saying that the wims of Mumsnet are right behind her and cheering her on.

BendoftheBeginning · Yesterday 14:23

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KittyWilkinson · Yesterday 14:21

As always, your good heart shines through @MarieDeGournay. That's a lovely idea.

Hedgehogforshort · Yesterday 12:45

Yes good idea @MarieDeGournay

CriticalCondition · Yesterday 12:43

Great idea @MarieDeGournay. She said in her statement that she deliberately didn't publicise her claim. It must have been a lonely road. Now it is in the public domain I would like her to know how much support she has.