Thar She Blows!!

I haven't put up an ACC Logo as it's plainly evident from recent media reports that the sign is well and truly in everyone's consciousness.  So ACC!!  What to say?  Well let's start with the recent past.  We remember Jax who blew the whistle on Dr Peter Jansen suing her, a claimant with ACC SCU.  And surprise surprise, one of our good friends (Client B) has her file sent to three different agencies unlawfully, and she too was a claimant under SCU.  Now another "prospective" claimant Bronwyn Pullar, gets dealt the best cards in the deck to help trump ACC and it's well defined level of incompetence.

Now let's just take a step back.  So far, no one that has been responsible as far as we know has been sacked by ACC.  If they have, there has been no public awareness of this.  Why?  Let's also remember, that the ACC department is a government department, and as such a public organisation.  If things are happening in ACC there has to be some sort of public accountability.  It appears not though on the surface.  As far as this correspondent is aware, Dr Peter Jansen still heads SCU, and the people that sent information to the wrong recipients are still employed by ACC to handle client data.

And let's not forget, although ACC is a government bureaucracy, a lot of the staff are medical practitioners or have a background in the medical field.  Now this is where the waters get decidedly murky.  I am going to redirect you now to the health field.  Doctors largely do not get hauled through the courts for malpractice or answering to complaints by patients or family of patients.  They are instead dealt with through the Medical Council and censure or otherwise is handled by peers.  Largely at times to the chagrin of those concerned.  And those doctors censured tend to be back practicing in little or no time at all.  Yes, it's very hard to take a doctor to task for misdemeanours. The Old Boy Network is still alive and kicking (even if a patient isn't)

So what does that have to do with ACC.  Let's take the case of Doctor Peter Jansen.  Effectively he carried out actions that were detrimental to good practice.  And his actions towards a claimant were reprehensible.  Yet Dr Nick Smith (note I said Doctor) failed to dismiss a man that was not acting in the best interest of not just this client, but to all clients.  Once brushed with tar, you stay a Tar Baby.  Yet ACC still has this man not only still working for ACC, but also still heads the unit he brought into disrepute.  Old Boy Network.

So what of Client B with her files and Bronwyn Pullar (and Michelle Boag)?  Before the Bronwyn Pullar Incident in a previous blog I called for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into all facets of ACC management.  This still stands and now seems to be more warranted.  Lives are at stake.  Some folks are becoming unstable when seeing all the news about the organisation that is supposedly supposed to be diminishing the risks to their personal safety.

Your call New Zealand.  Let the ACC Fire Breathing Dragon burn the susceptible, or get the whole shebang investigated and changes made?  I do sense though however that some governments have secretly wanted to privatise ACC, hence their reluctance to deal with the issues.

Jax, Client B, Bronwyn Pullar and all ACC claimants, especially under SCU, keep your heads high.  With your strength change will be made.