We’re publishing a guest post today by Dr. Timothy Dunne, a consultant clinical psychologist, who is unhappy about the fact that the professional regulator for psychologists hasn’t followed up his complaint against a psychologist and member of SAGE whom he thinks has breached professional ethics.
The Health Care and Professions Council (HCPC) was set up by the U.K. Government as the official body which oversees the regulation, registration and safe working practices of the professions on its registers. Psychology is one of the health professions which the HCPC regulates.
As such, the HCPC has a legal obligation to investigate a complaint made against any member of a profession which it regulates. At least, that is what one is led to believe from its website.
Unfortunately, it hasn’t responded to my complaint against a psychologist who is a member of the BIT (Behavioural Insights Team) and who participated in a meeting of SAGE on March 22nd 2020 where it was recommended that frightening people was an effective way of gaining compliance with the coronavirus restrictions using such phrases as “the perceived level of threat needs to be increased”.
I made the complaint to the HCPC in relation to the unethical use of covert techniques by the psychologists in BIT without informed consent from the British public. My complaint was acknowledged in an email I received on April 23rd 2021 and given a case number (withheld for confidentiality reasons) and I was informed that “we will be in touch with you again shortly”.
I have heard nothing from the HCPC since then despite two email enquiries on August 27th and September 27th 2021.
I wonder what’s going on with the HCPC? No doubt they will probably trot out the old reliable COVID-19 lack of staff or staff working from home chestnut to try and explain (away) their lack of response.
A more sinister explanation would be that because the psychologist complained of is a member of a Government unit (BIT) he is being protected by this non-action.
This delay certainly raises a question mark over whether the HCPC is fit for purpose, given that it cannot investigate in a timely manner a complaint in relation to a member of a Government group, i.e., BIT.
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Note to the moderator. My account has been hacked. My posting history has been deleted and when I try to access the “my content and setting” link at the head of the the post I get an insulting response. Please delete this message when you have read it and advise me what action to take other that change my password which I have done.
My posting history is similarly unavailable. When I try to access it I get the message “N0nc€ is invalid. Only it’s spelt correctly. I don’t remember using that word in a comment, perhaps I was infuriated by something someone at the BBC had done, they do seem to glorify pedophiles somewhat…
Try editing your post and see whether you are told that you are posting too quickly when you click Edit
Sorry, when you click Save – I couldn’t edit it to correct it.
That message crops up occasionally and I just log out and log back in.
Nonce is a technical term. Don’t worry, DS is not calling you a nonce. They’ve got their encryption in a mess…
Nonce: random or semi-random number that is generated for a specific use. It is related to cryptographic communication and information technology (IT). The term stands for “number used once” or “number once” and is commonly referred to as a cryptographic nonce.
Thanks for the clarification MAk, as does the “Posting too fast – slow down” message. Clearly abbreviations not intended to be seen by the public.
Okey dokey
Same here, Boomer, I don’t think it’s anything to do with your previous comments. Come on, DS, sort it out! By the way, I’ve never knew you could look at your posting history but mine doesn’t exist either!
I have also set up a completely new account and it is similarly afflicted so it is a site hack, not directed at me personally.
Did you email the DS team yet? Perhaps get back to us with their response, seeing as this is an issue that isn’t affecting you alone. I think this site also suffers from glitches on a regular basis. It’s obviously seen as a threat! lol
Yes. Response from Toby acknowledging that they are trying to sort it.
I’ve had a look, and your past comments are still in the database (2,286 of them), so it’s presumably some kind of UI bug. However, I’m not sure what you’re looking at – are you referring to My Account->Post View Stats, or somewhere else?
As to the comment rate limiting / flood prevention, I’ve turned that off.
Thanks for the response, Ian.
Ah, I see. I get the same error. Looks like a bug introduced in the latest version of the comments software, which was released earlier this week. I’ll file a bug report.
Software bugs have been the bane of my working life and seem to pursuing me into retirement!
I knew it wasn’t a scam. I got an email from a Nigerian Prince 2 weeks ago saying he was selling the bronzes and if I could give him my bank details he would deposit the money there for safe keeping…only happy to help!
Excellent! Never interrupt a fool.
Such nice people.
I think we need Diane Abbot piercing insight in all matters Black, to guide us through this tangled web.