tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post6379444808679369854..comments2024-03-20T11:09:50.796+00:00Comments on voiceforchildren: Blowing The Whistle.voiceforchildrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825129148579102037noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-16697760186484355472016-02-28T10:52:56.225+00:002016-02-28T10:52:56.225+00:00Jersey's civil service is still way out of con...Jersey's civil service is still way out of control<br /><br />Posted on the New Hospital thread:<br /><br />http://planetjersey.co.uk/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=sc1el7vi7r5im1jsu265j9aa81&topic=3980.msg60708#msg60708<br /><br />RE "civil servants who spent £15k flying business class ......<br />It states in the government rule book that civil servants should only travel economy unless they want to pay the difference themselves."<br /><br />So is the balance of this £15k going to be recovered from the offending civil servants?<br /><br />In the private sector fiddling/rule-breaking on expenses is likely to lead to dismissalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-63746092771773588302016-02-27T18:07:48.074+00:002016-02-27T18:07:48.074+00:00Rico has published the JEP Editorial HERE.Rico has published the JEP Editorial <a href="http://ricosorda.blogspot.com/2016/02/andrew-lewis-and-poisoned-chalice-5.html" rel="nofollow">HERE.</a>voiceforchildrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825129148579102037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-78531223559823814372016-02-27T07:32:51.660+00:002016-02-27T07:32:51.660+00:00RE. discusssion above (24 February 2016 at 12:19) ...RE. discusssion above (24 February 2016 at 12:19) about the targetting of Dr. Zoe Cameron by state media for being "off message" about Jersey child protection and mental health provision and the Hospital Replacement. <br />Looks like we need to cut the dead wood out of management and target investment better:<br /><br />http://planetjersey.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3980.msg60706#msg60706<br /><br />"As a member of staff at the hospital I will comment from the front line. Here a few obvious changes that our glorious members have not made because apparently it costs too much. <br /><br />The Island GP practices have the best IT system and are now note free, for some reason our hospital didn't buy in. Instead we have a system everyone - except management, loathe. Our learned leaders will not spend money on updating, but instead do sticking plasters on an existing system which is not fit for purpose. <br /><br />Yes we need a new hospital, but where they should be spending money is technology. If we spent money on that, patients could come in and go through a 1st class technological look-see, i.e radiology and biopsies. I believe one exists in Liverpool courtesy of Sir Paul - you go in and come out the other end with all the results in front of you - why can't we do that?<br /><br />Expensive consultants have had to cancel clinics (or lessen them) to discuss complete bulshit (my own take on this) with management. End result is management come before patients <br /><br />We don't need much extra space, but with the right technology we could stay where we are and we just need to update everything - sure be cheaper than buying up land. "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-75231738976658729572016-02-27T07:23:23.410+00:002016-02-27T07:23:23.410+00:00First line from your link:
"A hierarchical o...First line from your link:<br /><br />"A hierarchical organisation, overseeing a climate of fear, where the overriding concern is to protect reputation rather than investigate the sexual abuse of children and young people."<br /><br />Applies equally to Jersey!<br /><br />Do you really think anything will be different after this CoI ???<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-29539435905143737342016-02-27T07:17:37.169+00:002016-02-27T07:17:37.169+00:00Saw Andrew Lewis on TV news being interviewed abou...Saw Andrew Lewis on TV news being interviewed about airline expenses .......Didn't get the impression he was fearing for this job or Liberty"<br /><br />Lewis on TV is a clear signal from the establishment and state media that it is "business as usual" <br />Lewis is being deliberately rehabilitated in the minds of the thick Jersey electorate. It has worked before and it will work again. There will be no consequences for participating in what must be one of the most serious crimes imaginable. The HIJACK of the actual Police Force.<br /><br />A crime that inevitably leads to innumerable other crimes and their cover up.<br /><br />Children and the vulnerable are no safer this century than last.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-51711766215036741782016-02-27T01:28:13.002+00:002016-02-27T01:28:13.002+00:00VFC, may I leave a question for Stuart Syvret on y...VFC, may I leave a question for Stuart Syvret on your blog please? On his twitter feed, he tweeted (about the Verita report) earlier this evening<br /><br />"Remarkable; I had similar experience as Health & Social Services Minister in Jersey. Unexpected death of a patient.. "<br />"@ShaunLintern ...."investigation" was "overseen" by "investigator" known to & called in by a key conflicted party. Couldn't make it up."<br /><br />Would Stuart mind identifying the investigator and the conflicted party please? I would be most interested in understanding any such relationships. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-24039504704368974332016-02-27T00:25:30.400+00:002016-02-27T00:25:30.400+00:00Saw Andrew Lewis on TV news being interviewed abou...Saw Andrew Lewis on TV news being interviewed about airline expenses... I wasnt left thinking £13000 was a lot of money for flights, but why is this man still acting as spokesmen for the government. Didn't get the impression he was fearing for this job or Liberty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-2856893862006545932016-02-26T23:53:12.276+00:002016-02-26T23:53:12.276+00:00Jersey should be added to the list in this catalog...Jersey should be added to the list in this catalogue of shame.<br /><br />The Guardian: Shocked by the BBC Savile report? Prepare for more of the same<br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/25/shocked-bbc-savile-report-prepare-more-of-the-same" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/25/shocked-bbc-savile-report-prepare-more-of-the-same</a><br /><br />Aside from the obvious horrors mentioned in the article, one standout statistic is this:<br /><br />"If Goddard can do anything in her mammoth £17.9m inquiry over the next five years..."<br /><br />The obvious question is, how come Justice Goddard can run a five year inquiry in London with £17.9m when Jersey's shorter and smaller inquiry is already budgeted to cost £23m?<br /><br />I should add that I am a vocal supporter of the Jersey Care Inquiry and am very angry that its cost overruns have mostly been caused by legal cover-ups orchestrated by our own government, its civil servants and its lawyers.<br /><br />Either Justice Goddard has vastly underestimated her budget, or the people of Jersey have been well and truly ripped off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-89463956621276348282016-02-26T20:39:05.996+00:002016-02-26T20:39:05.996+00:00Will hopefully be published on RICO'S Blog ton...Will hopefully be published on <a href="http://ricosorda.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">RICO'S Blog</a> tonight.voiceforchildrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825129148579102037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-8575994811982758392016-02-26T20:19:31.163+00:002016-02-26T20:19:31.163+00:00VFC you mentioned above that the official comment ...VFC you mentioned above that the official comment by the Jersey newspaper concerning the constitutionally significant undermining of a major police investigation into child-abuse by a politician, and that politician then having lied about it, was going to be published on one of the blogs soon. I haven't seen it yet? Do you know if it's going to posted by the bloggers soon?<br /><br />ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-53553855301325913232016-02-26T20:15:16.158+00:002016-02-26T20:15:16.158+00:00"Andrew Lewis ....should go to jail for perju..."Andrew Lewis ....should go to jail for perjury"<br /><br />Andrew Lewis and his co-conspirators should go to jail for the UNLAWFUL suspension of the legitimate Chief of Police.<br />Is there a crime more serious than the hijack of the policing function -the theft of justice itself?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-9988263801849495222016-02-26T18:46:28.433+00:002016-02-26T18:46:28.433+00:00I see the Tony Blackburn case rather differently t...I see the Tony Blackburn case rather differently than you.<br />I think the current BBC management has been caught up in the earlier management's cover up.<br />There seems to be a redacted memo that claims that 2 now deceased men interviewed TB.<br />Why would TB lie about it. If he said "Yes that's correct, I was interviewed" he is completely in the clear, with no possibility of any contradiction.<br />Maybe the 2 men charged with the investigation went to see JS and said, "keep your head down for a couple of weeks Jim, we're investigating you". Later they say we have interviewed everyone and found nothing. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13932314682237087853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-41792600164448831952016-02-26T15:31:33.993+00:002016-02-26T15:31:33.993+00:00Frances Oldham's action (or inaction) is getti...Frances Oldham's action (or inaction) is getting to be a common theme of discussion. As is comparison to the BBC's sacking of Tony Blackburn for submission untenable evidence to the Dame Janet Smith Hall/Savile Inquiry.<br /><br />Here is a short piece by Dr. Mark Forskitt http://st-ouennais.livejournal.com/183217.html<br /><br />"Dame Janet Smith & the BBC:<br /><br />Listening to the initial fall out of Dame Janet Smith's report on how Hall & Savile were able to operate so long has been interesting. Predictably the people who were paid the most to be responsible at the top were not on the hook - it was all middle managers. That is not what being responsible means. The reportage was clear that there were many failings at the organisation and there was a pervasive culture of fear and deference. Is this sounding vaguely familiar yet?<br /><br />The treatment of DJ Tony Blackburn is most noteworthy. The chair refused to accept his evidence that a meeting never occurred, when documentary evidence had been seen that showed it had. As a result he is no longer at the BBC since his 'evidence had fallen short of the standard required'. The parallel to a former minister testifying that his actions were based on a report that I believe could not have been read at the time as he claims is clear to me. Whether the CoI will accept the former Home Affairs Minister testimony is yet to be seen - I think that won't come out until the conclusion of the hearings.<br /><br />I note the repercussions of the testimony of actions of Deputy Lewis are far more significant that those of Mr Blackburn's. Lying to the Assembly over the dismissal of the Chief of Police gets right to the heart of constitutional matters. This is no small matter. Frances Oldham QC will be under the spotlight on this. It is probably the lynchpin that distinguishes the two narratives that have been presented. Pulling on the right loose thread leads to the whole garment unravelling. That's what the chair needs to do - pull the loose threads so we can see the naked truth."<br /><br /><br />Of course we require ALL the plumbs on skewers, not just one little head on a plate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-69456393811414463652016-02-26T15:08:22.322+00:002016-02-26T15:08:22.322+00:00Sod Privileges & Procedures. If Andrew Lewis h...Sod Privileges & Procedures. If Andrew Lewis has blatantly lied under oath he should go to jail for perjury.<br /><br />So the question is "what is Frances Oldham QC going to do or say in response to the Andrew Lewis situation?"<br /><br />Probably nothing because the her CoI is a farce. Their final report will probably say that they accept that Andrew Lewis was acting in good faith and there is no evidence that he intentionally misled....<br /><br />How many coats of "Eversheds® Whitewash" do they think they will need to cover this up?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-18438553275642667012016-02-25T22:51:00.838+00:002016-02-25T22:51:00.838+00:00Q. "which is what is the internal disciplinar...Q. "which is what is the internal disciplinary body of your parliament, your ‘Privileges & Procedures Committee’ going to do or say in response to the Andrew Lewis situation?"<br /><br />A. simple... NOTHING<br /><br />Did you thing we were a democracy with proper checks and balances?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-90254920298958153492016-02-25T21:36:12.130+00:002016-02-25T21:36:12.130+00:00A heartfelt comment at 19:56 which some may feel t...A heartfelt comment at 19:56 which some may feel too strong, but others, even some 'senior Islanders', might be open to, but feel this state of affairs is 'not their problem', and are sitting back and waiting, as many of them have been doing for some years now, for some 'higher authority' to clean up this mess. Even 'senior Islanders' fall into the trap of thinking there are other 'senior Islanders' above and beyond them, who will 'have things under control'. <br /><br />And that is the fatal mistake the Jersey 'establishment' has made and is still making in these years. There is 'no one in control'. There is 'no leadership'. The destiny of Jersey has been as a rudderless ship at the mercy of a storm. Until someone from within the establishment rises up and causes the rule of law to cleanse our community of the likes of the Bailhache brothers and all their associated contaminations we're doomed to hit the rocks. <br /><br />A Jersey conservative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-10404512467899608092016-02-25T20:47:09.385+00:002016-02-25T20:47:09.385+00:00"what is the internal disciplinary body of yo..."what is the internal disciplinary body of your parliament, your ‘Privileges & Procedures Committee’ going to do or say in response to the Andrew Lewis situation?"<br /><br />PPC has known about Andrew Lewis' "discrepancies" for quite some time and has chosen to turn a <a href="http://voiceforchildren.blogspot.com/2015/02/complaint-to-ppc-2.html" rel="nofollow">BLIND EYE.</a><br /><br />What are they going to do or say in response to the Andrew Lewis situation? Not a damn thing and "The Jersey Way" will trundle on as it always has. The children of this island will be no safer at the end of the COI than they were back in the 1900's. That is truly frightening and sad........yet very true.<br /><br />voiceforchildrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825129148579102037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-74982254060865296832016-02-25T20:13:38.321+00:002016-02-25T20:13:38.321+00:00I expect many of your readers VFC have followed cl...I expect many of your readers VFC have followed closely the publication of the Report by the Dame Janet Smith Review. There are serious question-marks over that Report, and no doubt in the coming days and weeks the national debate will focus on those issues.<br /><br />The point I wanted to make concerned the sacking of BBC disk-jockey Tony Blackburn, and the implications of that action and the contrast which will be drawn in due course with your polity in Jersey and the case of the disgraced politician Andrew Lewis.<br /><br />It’s important we be exact about the supposed reason for sacking Blackburn. He has been sacked, not because he was found guilty of sexual impropriety, but specifically because the BBC had to confront the fact that the testimony given by Blackburn to the DJSR was simply not compatible with the actual, documented, evidenced facts in possession of the DJSR. What the BBC Director General has said is that the ‘standard of testimony given by Blackburn to the DJSR did not meet the standards expected of BBC staff’, or words to that effect. <br /><br />What has happened is that Blackburn made repeated and unambiguous assertions in testimony to the DJSR which appeared to be untrue in the face of significant amounts of other evidence. The implication being he was, let’s say, ‘inexact with the actuality’ – in a very brazen way – and that his credibility was therefore destroyed. <br /><br />Obviously, the BBC as an organisation, its credibility already savaged, would have faced an impossible task had it even attempted to keep employing Blackburn under such circumstances.<br /><br />The position of Tony Blackburn, in that issues of his testimony to the DJSR being non-credible, is very analogous to the position of former Home Affairs Minister Andrew Lewis. The former Minister has made repeated and unambiguous assertions to your public inquiry, which, like Blackburn’s assertions to the DJSR, are simply not faintly credible when held alongside the relevant known documented facts.<br /><br />OK, in the case of Lewis we’re dealing with an elected politician, not an employee, so in terms of what action could and should be taken, we’re dealing with different issues, but the problem the Jersey authorities face is analogous, and just huge. Simply huge. <br /><br />My understanding is that there is actually legal precedent for members of your parliament to be stripped of office. (I’m sure if I’m wrong someone will say so.) But there’s a more basic test than that, which is what is the internal disciplinary body of your parliament, your ‘Privileges & Procedures Committee’ going to do or say in response to the Andrew Lewis situation? <br /><br />It seems pretty clear looking in from the outside what your parliament’s disciplinary and standards committee has to do, in due course. <br /><br />It would be interesting to know what other readers of this blog think?<br /><br />A London Observer. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-67247432068020403052016-02-25T19:56:03.729+00:002016-02-25T19:56:03.729+00:00I have followed this whole Saga from the very poin...I have followed this whole Saga from the very point when Stuart stated he had no confidence in child protection in this Island of ours. What has made me feel totally ashamed to be a Jersey man is having to try to explain to outsiders the pathetic, mind numbing scumbag lying cretins we have as so called senior Islanders. I will say this, I have voted all my life but I will never vote again in Jersey, and God help any of my own local Deputy and Constable if they ever come knocking at my door come the next election. One final point and it is this, millions have been spent on this Child Abuse Inquiry (most of the money unsurprisingly straight into the pockets of the lawyers. But as a taxpayer who has footed the cost I most sincerely hope that not only will the final report give closure to the many victims but it will also robustly state what went wrong and what MUST be done to put things right. One thing is for sure I fully expect to be able to obtain a copy of the report and that copy will be provided to me at NO COST!!! as I have already paid for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-78098477008831631332016-02-25T13:42:15.136+00:002016-02-25T13:42:15.136+00:00And when you consider Stuart, Shona And Trevor, th...And when you consider Stuart, Shona And Trevor, three of the most honest, hardworking people to ever get elected you see what happens to genuine 'threats' to the system...Andrew Lewis' crossed fingers behind his backnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-48813505992701231132016-02-25T10:13:16.024+00:002016-02-25T10:13:16.024+00:00Still the best blog and journalism in the Septic I...Still the best blog and journalism in the Septic Isle. Keep up the good work. Judging from completely dead apart from lonely trolls JEP site also still the most accessed on line resource as well. Keep up the great work you are a national treasure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-50908720259216209802016-02-25T09:58:54.195+00:002016-02-25T09:58:54.195+00:00www.itv.com/news/channel/2016-02-11/suicide-invest...www.itv.com/news/channel/2016-02-11/suicide-investigation-gary-burgess-blog/<br /><br />"ITV News reporter Gary Burgess shares some observations about producing his special investigation about suicide and abuse survivors.<br /><br />They want to be called survivors. They hate being called victims. They’ve survived abuse, they’ve got their lives on track, they’re living, here, now.<br /><br />But for some, that journey isn’t an easy one, and whether it’s a particular moment of crisis or an ongoing sense that life just isn’t worth living, they need the support of health professionals.<br /><br />The message I received again and again is that the support just isn’t good enough.<br /><br />The people working in the mental health service are all doing their best, but they’re stretched to the limit, there’s no slack in the system.<br /><br />It all means, for some, suicide is their answer.<br /><br />But suicide is a tragic waste of life and an avoidable loss. The one thing I really picked up on through my investigation is the devastating impact it has on those bereaved.<br /><br />So what is the response of Jersey’s health service? Well I was surprised at the apparent lack of urgency to offer me access to the people who make key decisions about the island’s mental health provision. That they didn’t want the Health Minister live in our studio (the offer we made on Tuesday morning ahead of a Thursday evening broadcast). I was told that, as he was attending a public meeting at 7.30pm tonight he’d be busy preparing for that.<br /><br />That’s his choice, but it chimes with the impression I’ve been given time and time again that the “feudal” and “hierarchical” management structure of the health service is removed from what’s really going on on the front line.<br /><br />........................."<br /><br /><br />WHY are we even talking about spending hundreds of millions on a new hospital id we have not sorted out a management which is FEUDAL and HIERARCHICAL ??????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-87186583050243552172016-02-25T09:46:41.780+00:002016-02-25T09:46:41.780+00:00@ "[Zoe C is] Just a convenient distraction f...@ "[Zoe C is] Just a convenient distraction from dealing with Andrew Lewis"<br /><br />No it is more than that.<br /><br />Syvret, Pitman T and Pitman S went into politics in order to be a "a threat" to the bad guys<br />(rightly it turns out!)<br /><br />Higgins and Zoe Cameron are very much Professional Middle Jersey and have been moved into action by their knowledge and what they see around them -while most of their colleagues hide under the blanket (some quaking with fear, some counting the money)<br /><br />So "BBC Jersey ... vilified Zoe Cameron for three hours" on a trivial non-story. So trivial that despite the diversionary fanfare there is NOTHING online on the "story" on the BBC website!<br />For the BBC this may be deliberate because they get to stick the knife in but leave no online evidence. They cover their tracks.<br /><br />Zoe Cameron turns out to be quite the campaigner. She IS a threat to the ruling shysters because of the unauthorised things she has been saying.<br />ZC is so very different from Syvret but I was taken aback by the similarity of their twitter feeds: https://twitter.com/zoeanncam & https://twitter.com/StuartSyvret<br /><br />The BBC's diversionary hatchet job was particularly targeted at Zoe Cameron because she has just nailed her colours to the mast:<br />www.itv.com/news/channel/2016-02-11/exclusive-abuse-survivors-in-jersey-are-taking-their-own-lives-because-of-a-lack-of-support/<br /><br />"Unless there's going to be some meaning to it [the investigation and CoI], and some worth, so if nothing comes of it there could be quite crushing disappointment felt among all of those who have opened their hearts and are hoping that some good could come of it.<br />[yes] I think it already has [led to suicide]. I don't know how many lives, but certainly the suicide rate went up during the police inquiry. I don't know what the current suicide rate is this year, but I get the sense there are lives being lost currently as a result of past abuse still not being addressed and lessons still not being learned."<br />– SENATOR ZOE CAMERON [MD]<br /><br />Zoe Cameron is saying that the children who were so appallingly let down in States "care" are now being let down by inadequate adult survivor provision and that this is leading to deaths year after year.<br />Cameron is backed up in what she is saying by the NSPCC<br /><br />An unusually good investigation by ITV News, who add: If you’ve been affected by any of the issues raised in our investigation, there are a number of expert agencies you can contact.<br /><br />The Samaritans Phone 08457 90 90 90 or email jo@samaritans.org<br /><br />Mind Phone: 0300 123 3393<br /><br />Childline Phone: 0800 1111<br /><br /><br />I would add to that list <br />Jersey Action Against Rape 01534 482800 help@jaar.je<br /><br />JAAR have been counselling Jersey care abuse victims (historic & recent) and it would be useful to have feedback on the quality of their service.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-75695973784207361302016-02-24T21:29:47.930+00:002016-02-24T21:29:47.930+00:00The Syvret, Pitmans, Higgins treatment to a degree...The Syvret, Pitmans, Higgins treatment to a degree I'll acknowledge. But Zoe is hardly a threat like these guys. Just a convenient distraction from dealing with Andrew Lewis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591695769525894359.post-58815790631302237582016-02-24T20:30:01.680+00:002016-02-24T20:30:01.680+00:00OOps - apologies! 'Twas Peter Mac, not Norton....OOps - apologies! 'Twas Peter Mac, not Norton.<br /><br />Same difference I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com