Esther Crawley

I'm assuming this is likely the case and that it's not related to her problematic work record, so am not speculating publicly on reasons why it might be other than to say we don't know.

 

what is the difference between having a license and being registered to practice with the GMC?

 

I must admit I thought they were the same thing.

But I think things are a bit more subtle and may have changed since I registered.

You need to be registered with the GMC i.e. on the Medical Register, to have a license to practice but you can be registered and your license lapse if you have not revalidated. Your license is also a restricted thing - specific to a speciality. So when things changed around 1990 I was no longer entitled to treat children. Prior to that I was allowed to, despite not being accredited in paediatrics.

 

Yea heard something about this ---[medical Doctors] are retiring earlier.
Incentives like this can be considerable --- continue in the job and you're out of pocket --- an incentive to retire!

 

Could it be due to legal reasons? Is it more difficult for possible victims to pursue legal actions if she has rescinded her dr’s licence?

 

If I remember correctly, a doctor who is facing fitness to practice proceedings or who is not in good standing cannot just relinquish (I think so that someone who was likely to face sanctions or erasure can't evade it). IIRC you actually had to get a letter from your employer to leave the register... at least that is how I remember it used to be.

Also medical negligence and other legal claims made by patients are usually against NHS trusts not individual clinicians.

 

On 30 June, I submitted an FOI to the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust via the WhatDoTheyKnow platform.

I requested the following information:

I request the following information which is not available on the website:

a) The name and speciality of the current Clinical Lead for the Paediatric Specialist Fatigue Service;

b) The date on which the current Clinical Lead took up this position.​

Today, I have received a response:

The Clinical Lead's name is given as Dr Jan Cribb and the date on which the current Clinical Lead took up this position is given as 20/04/2020.

Dr Cribb's specialty was not provided in the FOI response but as I have already posted upthread, she is described elsewhere as a part-time NHS Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. Dr Cribb also has a private coaching company (coaching-in-mind.com) offering coaching to doctors and professionals.

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So according to the FOI response, the current clinical lead is Dr Janette Cribb who is said to have held that position since April 2020.

 

In summary (according to the FOI):

The current clinical lead is Dr Janette Cribb who is said in the FOI to have held that position since April 2020 and appears from other online sources to work part-time.

And according to this Bath NHS Trust Board meeting document:
https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/about/trustboard/2022_07/documents/08.pdf

Dr Rachel Chute was also appointed to the paediatric fatigue service as a Consultant Paediatrics/Psychiatrist in May 2022, having already been a Locum Consultant at the Trust and was expected to take up her permanent post from August 2022.

I am intending to submit a further FOI requesting the date on which Prof Crawley stepped down as Clinical Lead for the Bath PSFS.

 

FND will no doubt proliferate.

 

One way to avoid having to follow the 2021 NICE guidance on ME/CFS is to diagnose new people who come through the door with FND instead. Problem solved, ME/CFS disappeared.

 

Further to my FOI request for information above:

On 12 July 2024, I submitted an additional request:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/request_for_information_regardin_546

Suzy Chapman 12 July 2024​

Dear Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust,

In an earlier request (fulfilled on 8 July) you provided the information that the name of the current Clinical Lead for the Paediatric Specialist Fatigue Service is Dr Jan Cribb.

The previous Clinical Lead for this paediatric service had been Prof Esther Crawley.

Please provide the following information:

a) On what date did Prof Crawley cease to work for the Trust as Clinical Lead for the Paediatric Specialist Fatigue Service?​

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Today I have received a response confirming the date:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/request_for_information_regardin_546

FOI REQUESTS (ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust 22 July 2024

Dear Suzy

In response to your question, Prof Crawley left the Trust in May 2023.

Kind regards

Julie​

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I just noticed that Prof Crawley is also no longer listed as a medical advisor to the Sussex and Kent ME/CFS Society. How will they survive with only five medical advisors?

https://measussex.org.uk/about-us/medical-advisors/

This secretive local charity is in danger of no longer having more medical advisors than all the main national ME charities combined, further they now only seem to have one advisor without obvious current or historic links to Kent or Sussex.