Q&A about Harrops infamous response to the junior doctor 'feds have caught me' tweet
See this thread at Thu 18-Nov-21 14:57:15 and Thu 18-Nov-21 15:00:08 you'll see that the GMC representative Mr Ryan Donoghue (RD) did indeed question Harrop about this. He questioned his flippant use of the SAME WORDS in the hearing. RD reads the words back to him and talks of contempt for the process. AH response not contempt, arrogance.
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RD: stage 2 bundle, two pages, look at page 2. Another tweet here seems to be in response to a doctor and says 'guess the feds have caught me'...(tweet about reflection and personal growth) We can see the words and the emoji
RD: to place this on the time line, you sent this response in September 2020. You're speaking flippantly and your using words now in your statements
AH: yes
RD: do you think your tweets shows contempt for the process?
AH: wouldn't say contempt but I'd say arrogance
AH: I deleted my twitter a few days later. Can't think of better word but not contempt. I think it's important to conceptualise this tweet. This is a response made to a much more junior colleague who'd spoken in jovial and light hearted terms about his own problems.
AH: certainly from an optics point of view and it demonstrates my incomplete insight at the time.
RD: you say junior how many more years junior?
AH: I don't know this person but they say they're a first year.
When I was writing these tweets I was a fully qualified GP in my first year. I'd say he was 6 years my junior.
RD: want to deal with one final matter in to insight.
RD: in your first statement. Page 4 para 12, refs modules completed online in relation to various matters. You produced certificates and haven't reflected any learning or certificates in regards to those.
AH: no not as such, not a specific reflective statement but of course these course have had an influence
RD: would you say your insight has only been developed partially?
AH: I wouldn't say that. (Too fast) I suffer from low self esteem and body image
Personal growth is not a single event, you don't arrive at personal growth, I believe my insights regarding these events in relation to last couple days and SM activity over last 3.5 years. I've been through an immensely stressful and challenging period of time. I'm approaching
..the end and I feel I've done whatever necessary for my professional and personal development. As much a speeds to be developed in relation to these events, I feel I've got there. I understand why I'm sat answering questions and those lessons have been learnt
All I can do is make my solid assurances that I've learnt some unforgettable lessons from these events and these events will never rear their ugly head again or happen again. I'm not saying it's implausible the situ would never arise again...
RD has no further questions
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BUSTED
As PP @MissLucyEyelesbarrow helpfully pointed out "That tweet, when he already knew he was on the GMC's radar, is arguably even stupider than the Vice interview."