So….just catching up and want to check I’ve read all this right….is the general consensus now that KS, upon realising that she may have been carried away while filling out the Datix and SP’s banishment not being as dead a cert as she initially thought it would be….did she then go on her own wee fact finding missions, trying to recruit “witnesses” (such as rhianna) who were willing to come forward and say “oh yes she’s also bigoted in these ways too…”. And Rhianna saw her coming and, quite wisely, told her to sling her hook? Which KS is now reframing as “not wanting to be involved”? Have I got that right?? I honestly can’t think of another reason for her bursting into tears at that point, other than a realisation in her that she knows NC knows that now, and all it infers about her desperation to be in the winning team.
if that’s the case, another ramification of it could be that this isn’t the first time KS has been involved in the summary dismissal/ forcing to leave of other members of staff, historically. Everyone knows how to fill out a Datix, and will have done several over the course of their careers. It’s a really soulless form, asking very narrow questions and demanding quite concise answers. The only real place for her adding a bit of “colour” to it is when it asks the reporter to write what happened. It’s not a place for reflections, feelings or opinions. Does this mean, then, that how she reported this incident now indicates that several others may have been a bit flowery too?
Honestly wish I could say any of this would be surprising. But the NHS operates such a culture of blame and scapegoating that everyone’s constantly looking over their shoulder, looking for ways to not just cover their arses, but bank some brownie points for the future when they’re inevitably accused of bad behaviour themselves. That’s what the weird “im kind” breakdown is about. She HAS to be kind. She’s told everyone she is, everyone has to believe that. That’s Who She Is, she’s probably had some sort of email signature telling people that and everything. It was her insurance policy.
Live by the sword and all that. If she doesn’t get hauled in front of a GMC hearing for this (reckon it’s 50/50, dependent wholly on how much damage they think has been done to the profession’s reputation) then at the v least her career in NHS Fife is over. She’s damaged goods, far too risky to fraternise (sororitise…sororise? We don’t discriminate!!) with. Her working life there won’t be pleasant.