Dr Neil Bacon : a disgrace to the medical profession

Dr Neil Bacon should be ashamed of himself. Earlier today I wrote at length, with some circumlocutions, about Bacon. It is no longer necessary to mince words. The site he has set up is a disgrace. If Bacon is making money out of it, he deserves to be driven out of the medical profession. Take a look at how, in the course of one short day, he has attempted to destroy the professional reputation of a doctor, without explanation, and without giving that doctor the right to respond.

This is what I said earlier:

Look at what is already happening on the site, with this utterly disgraceful ad hominen attack on a doctor who is not able to defend himself. There are always two sides to a story, never more so than when there is a psychiatric problem. This poor doctor cannot defend himself without breaking patient confidentiality. Disgraceful! Fortunately, some of the doctor's colleagues are defending him, and it is not difficult to infer what is probably going on here. Patients with mental illness do not forfeit their right to medical confidentiality, however demanding and pushy their relatives may be.

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And what exactly is going on now, Dr Bacon? Some supportive comments were made about this doctor, but now they have disappeared. Without explanation. Why is that, Dr Bacon? Compare what is appearing now, with what was on the site earlier today when I first visted (and furled) it. This morning you were rating this doctor as "good" at 75%. You are now rating him at 0%. That is a career destroyed over Sunday lunch. You can't play with peoples' professional careers like this. You are a disgrace, Dr Bacon.

Baconshit has amended the record again. Now, possible as a result of this article, the record of Dr Jayantilal Popat has been amended yet again. Full story here. The derogatory remarks have now been removed. But there is no explanation and no apology. Disgraceful!

On his distasteful website Bacon says the following:

How can the ratings of doctors help me/my family get better health?
You can search iWantGreatCare to find the type of doctor with the style and approach you prefer. All doctors have met professional standards to practice safely and competently, but the 'bedside manner' and communication methods of doctors vary greatly. By reading the reviews of other patients you will be able to get an idea of how a doctor behaves towards patients, and thus choose the approach that best meets your needs. It is well reported that the quality of the relationship and communication you have with your doctor can influence the outcome of your care. Letting your doctor know what a great job they have done and using iWantGreatCare to publicly thank them will help them continue to give great care.

Bacon is an ill-prepared, mendacious little shit. You don't believe me? Try the following exercise. Search Bacon’s database for these three doctors. You may like their "style and approach" and want to sign on with them:

Dr Edmund Griffith
Dr Lisa Fook
Dr Peter Lyne

I have made it easy for you. All you need to do is click on the names. When you have done that, why not write a few derogatory remarks? It’s all good “fun”. No one is going to sue, I can assure you. Before you do though, pause a while to ask youself why I now openly say that Bacon is a mendacious little shit, and a disgrace to the medical profession.

The answer is above and, most of all,  here.

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And finally, the reductio ad absurdum. A reader points out that Bacon was rated at 1.8 out of 5.0 on RateMDs.com whereas This doctor scored 4.9 out of 5.0.

Ha! Ha! Ha!