Clinically deficient locum who called other vets "bloody awful" struck off

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Paul Kensington — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 11:51:52 GMT

Interesting that such condemnation (and rightly so) but when it comes to an invented 18th century medieval practice homeopathy in the vet world with its far more extensive potential for damage by omission we get muted criticism and hems and haws but nothing as concrete done as in this case-tho the petition is a good start. Hypocritical and selective in my view. Just ONE article...en.wikipedia.org/.../Homeopathy

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bevs2251 — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 05:05:48 GMT

Sounds like he should be struck off for life. Is this guy an Aussie ? Noted someone said he used the word "Crikey" - an Australianism, older baby boomer/war generation language. A locum like this wouldn't last too long here in Oz. Small fraternity here - his reputation would get around the traps quick smart ! Maybe that's why he works in Old Blighty ! He can't get a job here ?1?

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Arek Domagala — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:35:01 GMT

worked with him about 10 years ago in Wythall. already then has been showing his complete lack of standards and professionalism. Work with him was a real torture. Luckily only for few days when he was asked not to work for the company again. Arrogant disgusting human being.

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Braden Collins — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 05:04:03 GMT

Surely the locum agencies understand that if they provide sub-par vets then they risk losing future business. I don't know which agency this bloke went through, but when I was locuming I knew of at least on agency (Vetlink Employment Services) who advised clinics not to employ particular locums when they felt the locum wasn't right for the job, even when they didn't have someone else in mind, so they're not all bad all of the time.

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Mickymosely — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 03:47:45 GMT

2011-2013. This guy was allowed to get away with being sh... ockingly awful. Why don't we, as a profession, stand up to these imbeciles and have them struck off more quickly? Can the RCVS fast track complaints? Can we stop being idle by-standers and just washing our hands of this type of locum only to allow them to continue to give the profession a bad reputation?

I've worked with one or two hopeless vets. While I'm glad they're in the minority, we really shouldn't allow them to bring the rest of us down

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Peter Ding — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 22:30:18 GMT

Perhaps it's a timely reminder that one should always check references with at least a couple of phone calls, even for locums!

Never solely rely on a locum agency as they have a financial interest in one employing them.

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nikki — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 21:28:44 GMT

This guy locumed for us as well. All of the above applies to his time with us. He was the rudest vet I have ever come across and his clinical standards were shocking. Euthanasia wasn't in his beliefs, he sutured up a dog conscious in the consult with the owner holding it, tipped meds into bottles without counting them, sterilised his suture material in a bowl of hibiscrub and I can go on. We tried to get rid of him but he said we couldn't as he was contracted to work for us for a set period of time. We reported him to the RCVS and they said we couldn't get rid of him and couldn't help us at all. We asked for previous references and were told he was wonderful. It was the worst experience ever.

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grumpyoldman — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:43:35 GMT

I know where you are coming from , we had a guy with excellent refs a few years ago who saw a HGE with CPV and sent it on its way with a shot of dexafort , then when it collapsed he readmitted it , ignored the nurses when they suggested he did an Idexx CPV snap test ,then proceeded to give it fluids SC , because he could not get an iv . They called me to it in desperation to do a test and place an iv , i remember his words were "crikey nearly dropped the ball there". He had been vile to the nurses before I got there but on arrival had a personality transplant . Same guy admitted a DDB with DCM , and decided to give that SC fluids even though it was already drowning in its own serum . They are out there and you cannot believe a word the agencies say about anything. There are also some very good and normal people but we never trust agencies and only take people we know personally if possible.

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niamhjl — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 19:36:17 GMT

I totally agree with you - the locum agency this guy came from said that he had universally positive feedback from previous practices, obviously a lie! - when we complained about him they acted really surprised and said they'd never heard a bad word said about him before! All the complaints above date from before his employment with us, so there's no way they can't have known! The next practice he went to after us then called us very confused as they were also having a terrible experience with him, and had been told by the locum agency that he got on well with us! I really think there should be consequences for the agency, as we lost quite a few clients due to this guys actions, and also had a terrible experience for all the staff at what was a very difficult time for the practice anyway

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grumpyoldman — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 11:31:53 GMT

The important point that springs to mind here ,is how many locus in how many places did this person get ? The agencies always ask for feedback ,but it just goes to show their priority is bookings ,and negative feedback is obviously just ignored. Maybe its time the agencies themselves are regulated and audited independently to stop rogue locums giving the rest a bad press??.

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grumpyoldman — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 23:14:16 GMT

C1-C4 was probably enough , A2 I have certainly met a few of those people ,but unwise to tar everyone with the same brush. A3 I have met a few of those as well. I remember one guy having a practice car ,taking it home ,syphoning the petrol off into his wifes car then filling it up again at the garage with the practice account , same guy had a new car took the engine out and replaced it with a knocked second hand one . So the RCVS pretending everyone are angels until proven otherwise ,is frankly a bit of a joke. But in this case sounds like c1-c4 were enough.

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niamhjl — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 19:38:52 GMT

I worked with this guy last summer when he locummed at our practice... It takes a lot for me to speak ill of a colleague but the experience was a complete nightmare - none of the complaints above relate to our practice, but I can confirm that everything there is very typical of his behaviour, in fact I have worse stories than that! I hate saying this about anyone, but he deserved what he got.