Last week, Guido followed the mini-saga of Dominic Pimenta, a doctor who promised to resign over the Cummings Durham row if Cummings himself didn’t. Last Monday, Pimenta still hadn’t gone; after Guido pointed this out, by Thursday he claimed he’d handed in his resignation. It now appears Dr Dom may not have been entirely honest about ending his career however. Surgeon Umar Wali has called Pimenta “quite disingenuous”…
It’s now being openly speculated by fellow doctors that Pimenta merely requested an ‘OOPE‘ (Out of Programme Experience) break from his training, used by doctors for PhDs, special training or personal crises, with Pimenta telling the Guardian he will use the “career break” to spend work with a charity. Fellow cardiologist Iain Parsons has also cast doubt on Dr Pimenta’s resignation claim…
Dr Dom has only quit if he’s relinquished his ‘National Training Number’, something he won’t have if leaving for an OOPE. A fellow NHS doctor explains, “calling an OOPE a “quit” is like calling Nytol a recreational drug”. Guido’s sure Dr Pimenta will be keen to clarify this as soon as possible…
On Monday, Guido spotted that the media-savvy hardline Corbynista doctor, Dominic Pimenta, who threatened to resign if Dominic Cummings didn’t, had failed to keep to his word. Well he now says he has:
Guido appreciates Pimenta sticking to his word, though doubts the NHS will appreciate his career-ending virtue signalling…
Dominic Pimenta is a regular commentator-doctor on the telly, from Sky, to Good Morning Britain, to Channel 4, and of course the BBC. Last week he cruised across the airwaves with the audacious claim that if Dominic Cummings didn’t resign, he would. Guido was not surprised that Pimenta, a Labour Party member and canvasser who regularly shares NHS conspiracy theories, was putting his media career ahead of his patients…
A week on from making his threat Pimenta is yet to follow through on it. He does have previous for threatening walk outs, he previously threatened to quit the Labour Party during the 2016 moderates’ ‘coup’, telling the Guardian “Labour has rediscovered its soul under Jeremy Corbyn. If he goes, so do I”. Dr. Pimenta clearly has difficulty keeping his promises, just like most politicians…
