For those who have forgotten all the massive clangers that Dear Friend Carol signed off on: https://archive.ph/wh9UE
The legal case brought against NHS Fife began after it commenced an internal investigation following allegations made by a member of its staff. The claimant’s case is being supported by Sex Matters, whose chief executive officer and co-founder was called as a witness by the claimant in the earlier hearing. The claimant’s barrister is also chair of Sex Matters. Other members of the organisation’s ‘advisory group’ have provided commentary to the media on a number of occasions where no reference is made to their direct involvement in the organisation. Sex Matters have been very active, making numerous statements which it would appear are aimed at steering public opinion in a way that NHS Fife as a public body clearly cannot.
- A public charity who can share relevant statistics on this subject gave evidence in the case. You NHS Fife paid out the wazoo from taxpayers money for legal advice and had a KC paid over £100,000 to build your defence. You could sway public opinion by having rational policies, honest employees or send Carol to defend herself. Your defence was an opportunity to steer public opinion. You got it wrong. Your choice.
While NHS Fife recognises the clear public interest in the tribunal, and of scrutinising NHS Fife’s actions as a public body, it remains important to be mindful of the privacy of all those giving evidence in the case. There has been significant and very polarised debate on social media regarding the case and associated issues, throughout. In some cases, however, what began as debate has evolved into much more worrying behaviour, including a threat of physical harm and sexual violence, which has required the involvement of Police Scotland.
- Threats were made to Naomi and the Judge. If there were additional threats to individial staff they weren't widely known. What we do know is that Sandie suffered horrific abuse and you clearly didn't give a fig about her.
As made clear during tribunal proceedings, the disciplinary process was initiated due to concerns raised about interactions with a colleague and patient care.
- We all know the patient care stuff was made up and was found to be a fraud in the Tribunal likely by the time of the statement. So why repeat the lie to obsfucate matters? Sandie was innocent of all allegations - so why repeat the false allegations again?
During the initial phase of proceedings there were also issues and disruption with the livestream due to the significant number of people granted access. To assist the smooth running of proceedings, our legal representatives sought to limit the stream to media as a means of reducing the opportunity for further disruption and interruptions.
- Oh we didn't like people seeing what we were up to so we just wanted the captured media to have access. Not those Mumsnetters - they are too nosy and pay attention to what we are actually saying in evidence. No open justice for us please.
NHS Fife acknowledges the Supreme Court’s ruling and other developments in this area. Work is underway across the entirety of the health board's estate (including toilets, changing and locker rooms) to identify areas where any adaptions may be required and schedule any work that may be necessary to improve facilities.
- We are running a hospital site that allows for the sexual harassment of women and haven't resolved that. We don't need to follow the law because you know things take time.