Spike wrote
Roger Hayter wrote
Spike wrote

It's not for the squeamish, but the BBC drama 'Bodies' on iPlayer
explains why the suing of doctors is rare - summed up as 'doctors
look after doctors, even the bad ones'. The drama doesn't show
senior doctors, and hospital management, in a good light.

The clue here is in the word "drama". If you have any kind of case
(or indeed if you haven't) it is always possible to find a medical expert
who will condemn the offending doctor. One possible reason for failure
in court is that the doctor did nothing wrong, despite the litigant's
convictions.

The clue here is in the words 'did nothing wrong', as other
doctors, knowing that at some time they could well be in
the same position, come out on the side of their colleague.

It isnt what happened here in real life when this one had killed
a number of his patients. Turned out he had already been struck
off back in the USA and our system was too incompetent to work
that out and allowed him to work here until eventually the other
doctors did make it clear how bad he was.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayant_Patel

You lot have had other examples of doctors no longer allowed
to practice, almost entirely due to the evidence of other doctors.