Esther Crawley

We can live in hope, though retirement from a specific job does not always mean retirement from the field altogether.

 

She would be sixty plus I think, and conceivable even 65.

 

Wow, this could be Brilliant news, hopefully she has retired from any medical interaction with children.

The Bath Clinic she runs/?used to run, now makes no mention of her, still the same old info and leaflets:
https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/patients/services/clinical_depts/paediatric_cfs_me/leaflets.asp?menu_id=1

 

And therefore quite expensive to employ. Universities are trying to cut costs, I know three people who've been offered early retirement packages. I think they're between ages 59 - 63.

 

[retirment] party? celebrating the fact that less children will be harmed…

 

Esther Crawley is still listed on the University of Bristol website (see https://www.bristol.ac.uk/media/exp...ails?personKey=X3Fac4CMLRx6HSJBRceHIUWBuN0htL ) with no indication that she is retired, but this may not be updated.

 

Let's hope she's not one of those doctors who needs to retire at 60 for pension purposes, then after a certain period, pops up again, eg in private practice.

 

But the people Esther Crawley has influenced are all still out there.

 

Yes and the leaflets that are linked on the clinic website, #204 seem to be unchanged

 

I've asked on a parents' site if anyone has seen Crawley recently, linking to the acknowledgement in the BMJ paper.

Was shocked, but not terribly surprised that currently, several families are having their youngsters diagnosed as FND!!!

 

It feels like a conspiracy, but there really is a push from the BPS crowd to “replace” ME with FND. It is their same tactic as usual, broaden the definition of a condition so much that it doesn’t mean anything anymore.

 

Dave Tuller reports on Twitter that
"Professor Esther Crawley apparently relinquished her right to practice medicine last September, according to the UK's General Medical Council, which oversees physicians. No explanation provided. 1/ gmc-uk.org/doctors/3545946"

 

Yes, this is sadly a growing trend.

 

New ducks being lined up .

 

I note that the RUHB page for the Paediatric Specialist Chronic Fatigue service does not appear to list the name of any new lead paediatric consultant: https://ruh.nhs.uk/patients/services/clinical_depts/paediatric_cfs_me/index.asp

The only current paediatric consultants I can find associated with the Bath paediatric CFS service are:

Dr Jan Cribb and Dr Rachel Chute (Dr Chute was appointed as a Consultant Paediatrics/Psychiatrist on 10th. May 2022. Dr Chute was already working as a Locum Consultant at the hospital).


This Job description and Person spec document (January 2024) for a Locum Paed (but not for a position within the CFS service, per se), also does not mention any paediatric lead consultant for the CFS service. See Job Description and Person spec document under heading: Consultant Staff (and special interests)


"Chronic Fatigue Service

Dr Jan Cribb
Dr Rachel Chute"

https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9427-24-0035


Possibly the Trust has not yet recruited a replacement clinical lead, or if they have, the replacement has yet to take up the position; or possibly they intend to operate the service without a clinical lead to replace Prof Crawley. (Neither Dr Cribb nor Dr Chute is designated as clinical lead.)

 

These Bath Chief Executive’s Report documents include references to consultant recruitment. This document, below, mentions the appointment of Dr Rachel Chute (under section: 16. Consultant Appointments) in May 2022:

https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/about/trustboard/2022_07/documents/08.pdf

I have been looking at Chief Executive’s Reports for the period 2022 to 2024, to see whether there is any reference to the resignation of Dr Crawley and the appointment of a replacement clinical lead.

 

"appointed as a Consultant Paediatrics/Psychiatrist"

 

Interesting that scanning the same document I found the following:

I wonder how, given the suggestion is that the MEA PROMS will include service feedback, this will 'marry' with that?

Sounds a lot more what service assessment normally is based on if you actually are focused on reactive and swift improvement - qualitative boxes etc