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Online petition in support of Steph Brennan
By quinstowin
October 4 2010
My personal view is that what Steph did was wrong, and not good for Harlequins Rugby, and as such he should have penalised by the world of rugby.
He was. I have read previous threads about whether this impacts him as a physiotherapist - ask any former patient of his and they will be in absolute agreement he is an excellent physio who cares for his patients.
Steph has publicly apologised to us as fans which I thought was good - many wouldn't have bothered - I feel we should support this petition. It also includes a link to an interesting article written by tyrone howe.
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Discussion started by ComeAllWithin.co.uk , 04/10/2010 17:59
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Apologies to quinstowin, Quinten Poulsen and safri-quin - I was trying to do something clever with the thread and managed to seriously break it.
Anyway here's a link to the petition again with the content of quinstowin's original message.
Other articles:
[www.telegraph.co.uk]
[www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk]
Anyway here's a link to the petition again with the content of quinstowin's original message.
Other articles:
[www.telegraph.co.uk]
[www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk]
As much as i feel for Brennon, and also that i disagree with the council to which i to answer to. He brought this all on himself, as medical professionals we ultimately answer to the councils and our peers, his fault happened in rugby, but they have no say over his professional conduct. treating patients is a privalige, and he abused his position of trust. He will know that as well as all of us in the medical professions.
I am truely sorry he was struck off, and i am sure that he was a magnificent professional, however we must keep to the highest standards ALL of the time, not just 99.9% of it.
I am truely sorry he was struck off, and i am sure that he was a magnificent professional, however we must keep to the highest standards ALL of the time, not just 99.9% of it.
Womble - the issue is not the guilt but the degree of punishment
- life is too short to punish poor judgement in an area not directly related to his profession.
If every medical professional was struck off for civil and criminal offences associated with poor judgement there would be a good few less medics
Drinking, driving, divorce, misc personal peccadillo's, - with Steph there is too great a sense of punishment rather than redirection or retraining with a view to using a considerable talent.
A ban plus community service in appropriate fields would be more intelligent.
There are few areas of life where a sinner gets no opportunity to redeem him or her self from the sin.
Within my vast legal back ground I haven't come across any punishment as draconian as in this incident.
I have come across incidents of far more serious genuine medical negligence - no details of course - that have been successfully defended at great cost, but where the effect of the negligence was far more serious from the patients point of view.
A more measured view needed to be taken in the case of Steph Brennan - it needs to be reviewed.
The very confidence that is claimed to be defended is in doubt.
There is no protection of the public or indeed of the profession involved.
There can be little confidence in bodies that make an example of the little fish but allow the more financially strong to escape.
Steph cant afford a defense, so he is an easy target.
on on quins
- life is too short to punish poor judgement in an area not directly related to his profession.
If every medical professional was struck off for civil and criminal offences associated with poor judgement there would be a good few less medics
Drinking, driving, divorce, misc personal peccadillo's, - with Steph there is too great a sense of punishment rather than redirection or retraining with a view to using a considerable talent.
A ban plus community service in appropriate fields would be more intelligent.
There are few areas of life where a sinner gets no opportunity to redeem him or her self from the sin.
Within my vast legal back ground I haven't come across any punishment as draconian as in this incident.
I have come across incidents of far more serious genuine medical negligence - no details of course - that have been successfully defended at great cost, but where the effect of the negligence was far more serious from the patients point of view.
A more measured view needed to be taken in the case of Steph Brennan - it needs to be reviewed.
The very confidence that is claimed to be defended is in doubt.
There is no protection of the public or indeed of the profession involved.
There can be little confidence in bodies that make an example of the little fish but allow the more financially strong to escape.
Steph cant afford a defense, so he is an easy target.
on on quins
This was a disgracefully punitive punishment.
To stop the poor fella from earning a living is quite appalling, and shows the disciplinary body who sentenced him in a very amateurish light.
He was silly, but should have received no more than a light suspension of a couple of months...
To stop the poor fella from earning a living is quite appalling, and shows the disciplinary body who sentenced him in a very amateurish light.
He was silly, but should have received no more than a light suspension of a couple of months...
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