Dr Upton is a very dangerous Dr.
He oozes superiority, intellectual snobbery, intransigence and a complete failure to consider there might be alternative opinions/answers. He bullies women and probably anyone else who questions his authority and superior knowledge.
The NHS has form for not listening to patients, especially women and these sorts of Drs are the ones who miss serious diagnoses because they know better.
Practically all clinical staff in the NHS (nurses and Drs anyway) are having to spend a whole day (plus additional e-learning) on the Oliver McGowan training.
Oliver was a teenager with autism, who died after being given anti-psychotic medication despite medical staff being told repeatedly by both Oliver and his parents that he had reacted badly to it in the past.
The focus of the training is about listening to people with learning difficulties but imo anyone can fall foul of staff who know better and fail to listen to patients.
I have a patient whose cancer diagnosis took at least six months longer than it should have due to her symptoms being dismissed as post natal depression/ natural tiredness due to being a new Mum etc. This has, of course impacted the staging of her cancer (more advanced) and means there was never any prospect of a cure by the time she was diagnosed. Many other people have similar stories.
He needs keeping well away from patients.
www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/learning-disability/current-projects/oliver-mcgowan-mandatory-training-learning-disability-autism
www.olivermcgowan.org/